Great Composers: Arnold Schoenberg
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Published 2018-03-15
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4, performed by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and available on IMSLP: tinyurl.com/y8ekndzn
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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All Comments (21)
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There's a cocktail called the Schoenberg-- it's gin, with no tonic (ba-dum tss)
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Schoenberg is one of my favorite composers. I watch anything I can on him.
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Not that anyone could play it with ease, but his Op.25 work is like jumping into a world of horror and beauty
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This is now one of my most favorite channels. Right up there with "Ask a Mortician " You are definitely much better and entertaining at presenting this information than the instructor in my 7:30am Music History class!!
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I couldn't help but notice your copy of his book "Harmonielehre" in the bookcase behind you.
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It took me a while to get into Schoenberg but as I studeied 20th century composition techniques I have a great apprepiaction for his work. He was the most important composer of the 20th century. Not my favorite (Samuel Barber is) but the most important.
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Yo dude great stuff keep it up
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These are brilliant, and would be even better if you'd include short music examples, like of the intervalic content.
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Thanks for taking my request.
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I lLOVE the richness of the information lasting for 20 min no breaks!
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Your awesome man! Thanks for all your uploads!
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"Are you THE Schoenberg, the composer?" "Someone had to be." 3:09 Keith Emerson did a lot of quartal harmony (and melody)... hearkening back three quarters of a century...
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Great video! I always really liked Schoenberg's Music and I would like to play his "Variations on a Recitative" sometime, but it's sadly not written very well for the Instrument. By the way: The German Word "Sprechstimme" does not translate to "Spoken singing" but to "Speaking Voice" instead.
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Your presentation is simply outstanding, as always!
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Excellent Presentation, well articulated. thankful
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Very informative. Very well done. Thanks.
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Great video and great channel!
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Great video! I was wondering if you could also make videos explaining the history and meaning behind great pieces such as Elgar’s Enigma Variations. I think that might be entertaining to watch. Keep up the good work!
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Actually, Schoenberg started writing in a free atonal style much earlier than Pierrot Lunaire (1912). Take his Drei Klavierstucke (Three Piano Pieces) Op. 11 and Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 16, for example - both from 1909.
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It's very remarkable and for me pretty incomprehensible how intelligent, even brilliant people, can utterly fail to be rational. Schoenberg's superstitious vein is a perfect example of that. Edit: I DO love his music, regardless!
