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
- United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)