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Name of the author: SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD
Year of Birth: 1874
Year of death: 1951
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Text information: Name: Schönberg, Arnold (Pseudonyme): *: 1874 in: Wien +: 1951 in: Los Angeles, Kalifornien
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Arnold Schönberg ist besonders für seine 12-Tonmusik bekannt geworden. Nach dem Jahr 1927 entwickelte er diese Methode. Schönberg wurde in Wien geboren und ging 1933 in die Vereinigten Staaten, wo er an der "Southern California University" und der "University of California" in Los Angeles sein Studium absolvierte. Während seiner Zeit in Europa und den USA hat sich sein Musikstil allmählich verändert. Während er zu Beginn seiner Laufbahn noch die Tonalität bevorzugte, wurden die Werke später immer atonaler. In der letzten Phase ließ er in den atonalen Werken aber auch tonale Elmente zu und schuf so eine Kombination der beiden Stilrichtungen.
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Arnold Schoenberg was the originator of the twelve-tone technique of composition, often referred to as "serialism". Born in Vienna, he studied with Zemlinsky before arriving in the United States in 1933. While teaching at USC and UCLA during the final period of his career, he refined the twelve-tone system, even allowing tonal elements to exist in his serial works. Schoenberg's mark on younger composers have been monumental. Webern and Berg were perhaps his most noted pupils, but his music influenced many others, including Messaien, Boulez, and Stravinsky (whose late works were conceived in the serial vein).
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