Arnold Schonberg

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Definition

Proper noun: - Arnold Schoenberg: An Austrian-born American composer and music theorist, renowned as a pivotal figure in 20th-century music for developing atonal composition and the twelve-tone technique.

Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • The music of Arnold Schoenberg marked a radical departure from traditional harmony.
    • Students of music theory often study the writings of Arnold Schoenberg.
Advanced Usage
  • "Schoenbergian" (adj): Pertaining to or characteristic of Arnold Schoenberg or his theories and compositional style.
    • The piece had a distinctly Schoenbergian approach to dissonance.
Variants and Related Words
  • Schoenberg: The most common alternate spelling of his surname.
  • Atonality (n): The absence of a tonal center or key, a concept central to Schoenberg's music.
  • Twelve-tone technique (n): A method of musical composition devised by Schoenberg that orders all twelve notes of the chromatic scale.
Synonyms
  • Composer: A person who writes music.
  • Theorist: A person who develops or studies the theoretical principles of a subject.
Related Phrases
  • Second Viennese School: A term for the group of composers, including Schoenberg and his students Alban Berg and Anton Webern, who pioneered atonality and serialism.
Noun
  1. United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)