Arnold Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orchestra I-III

[callmeBe]

I just love the way Schoenberg orchestrated! Really, between his early works like this and "Rite of Spring," a goodly portion of our major composers of this century were heavily influenced by his color handlings. Take the str. mute trbn. line beginning at :22. It begins on small E flat and three notes later dips down a Maj 7 and then ends on a sustained contra A, which is doubled by a contra bssn. and focus given with bass pizz + harp. Who before this would have orchestrated this way? Brilliant!

[MaestroTJS]

Love the march of the war elephants and the low bass brass farting in the first movement.

[prisonersdilemma666]

thank you my friend

[choirboyfromhell1]

I was at conservatory here in Cleveland (CSU 1992) and I think I was at Severance the night they recorded this. I remember being spellbound. I still am.

[juspasenthru]

When I listen to this I sense the unravelling of my neuronal structure and the loss of mental integrity as a functional entity when glom dribble ya beezer xhts kieb bhurshn ubapmqz

[SpongeInPyjama]

are there more artists like arnold? please tell me!

[pelodelperro]

@SpongeInPyjama Nope. He's one of a kind.

[defdeezy]

@SpongeInPyjama Berg & Webern, 2 of his associates (Webern is one of my favs)

[aaihman]

yes,Anton Webern and Alban Berg

[quinntissentialmusic]

@SpongeInPyjama unless you count his students in the Second Viennese school like Berg, Webern, and others, even Stravinsky attempted his hand into expressionalism/serialism, but Schoenberg was the master of it.

[StrikingEnergy210]

@quinntissentialmusic Arnold used impressionism right? His students Berg and Webern used expressionism.

[quinntissentialmusic]

@StrikingEnergy210 Impressionistic composers were Dubussy, Ravel, and depending on who you talk to Faure and Satie. (The later are usually considered Neo-classical). Schoenberg basically started expressionism, then later serialism with the use of tone rows.

[frankentomato]

@quinntissentialmusic Don't forget Le Six: Honegger, Milhaud, Taillefaire, Auric, Durey and Poulenc.

[SkiBumK27]

@SpongeInPyjama Anton Webern was a student of Schoenberg's and composed many pieces in similar styles. Obviously he's not the same as arnold, but he's probably as close as you'll get.

[80whiterice]

@SpongeInPyjama

Like people say he is one of a kind, but if you want music that (in my opinion) is similar, I would go with webern, berg (studied with him). Now for composers later than him, Boulez, Elliot Carter, Stockhauson, all have some very wild, almost even more ambiguous sounding tonalities. Bartok's 3rd-6th string quartet can be pretty ambiguous and harsh as well. Varese is fun, have you heard atmospheres by ligeti? I could go on...

[Debsquall]

@SpongeInPyjama Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Alexander Zemlinsky

[Bailouts]

@SpongeInPyjama Check out the whole second viennese clique though! Like Webern and Berg!

[frankentomato]

@SpongeInPyjama Schoenberg had a distinct style certainly, but Webern and Berg were students of his and also pioneered the field of atonality. Certainly look into their works, especially Berg.

[bradkoolaid]

@SpongeInPyjama If you havn't already, check out Berg and Webern. They were his students, although still unique in their own right.

[aggelosf1]

Absolutely Amazing Devine Music. 1.000.000 thanxx!!

[manicContrebasse]

Masterpiece!

[kixzbg]

Sorry, when do 2 and 3 start?

[pelodelperro]

@kixzbg 2:14 and 7:01

[JerseyLoveee]

When does 3 start?

[pelodelperro]

@JerseyLoveee 7:01

[SuperSaltpeanuts]

2:17