Arnold Schoenberg: Father of Modern Music

[plinden]

Shonberg rules, and he is so much better than totally gay postmodernists like Reich. Lozers. Shonberg is so hot!!!!!!!11

[AfroPoli]

The father of modern music is called Richard Wagner, but never mind.

[TheGloryofMusic]

I studied with Truman Fisher, and he disregarded the music of Webern.

[MtWilsonHigh]

What a wonderful surprise to find Truman Rex Fisher on YouTube! I took a number of his music courses at Pasadena City College during the early 1980's. He was a kind and patient professor of music who generously shared his time and knowledge with his students. Interestingly, some of his former students became very well known: Frank Zappa and Van Halen. He also shared with us some humorous encounters he had with other giants of the "New Music" era. I hope he is doing well.

[hea1901]

Arnold Schoenberg rocks!

[nasty6uldv8]

this an't metal madness....????

[sacredshakti]

Pythagoras is Father of Modern Music!

[lorenzarthur91]

are you the father of ronald schoenberg? ^^

[umbyronco85]

Beethoven was

[Stravinsky91]

The "Father of modern music" was more than just one composer; Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. With them follows Bartok and Schönberg.

[wltmy]

It's unprofitable to ask who was the father of "modern" music, one can sum up plenty of composers. Schoenberg is in it's own league. and the 12 tone variation is seriously underrated. If you don't like it, you don't like music. Music is music, there is nothing to like or dislike in my opinion.

[quakercub]

Wonderful historic video. I hope that more people will watch things like this and not be so afraid of dissonant music. The second Viennese school was extraordinary!

[priestofflaggin]

They need more stuff like this on TV.

[sacredshakti]

true! but who needs TV when you have YOUTUBE?! :D

[SonofDostojevskij]

I dont agree that his the father of mordern music, Gustav Mahler was.

[flarexds]

false there really was no fether of modern music since atonality became popular, within the 2nd vieanesse school.

[amgine51497131]

what? explain - whenwas this?

[Ear4Beauty]

As much as I like Mahler, I think modern music in western symphonic tradition could be attributed to two lines - one stemming from Schoenberg and the other from Debussy. Form and Freedom respectively.

[sneddley]

Sorry, I meant Fisher, without the "C".

[sneddley]

Little trick I picked up from another video: if you type

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at the end of the address and hit return, the synchronization between picture and sound is fixed. (It's out of sync in the original, I believe). And thanks for posting. I knew Mr. Fischer-great man and musician. He is sorely missed...

[lexo30]

Wow - a glimpse into an era when people on TV took great modern music seriously. Many thanks for uploading it.

[aaldredge]

Didn't know he was a painter as well. I really liked those paintings. Thanks for posting this.

[WIGNSWORD]

Wow! Thank you for posting this on YouTube, it's a privilege to watch this.

[mrmajestyk77]

This is my father interviewing!!!!! I cant believe someone posted this on youtube!! This is great...enjoy everyone!!!

[mackjay2]

Wonderful. Thanks for putting this up

[LockedPig]

he was a genius...

[hybridjohnny]

We just began our unit on Expressionism and 20th century music in my Music survey class. THis is very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[rickypix]

How great to see Kolisch, who was teaching at New England when I was was studying there in the 60s (along with Eugen Lehner, the violist in the quartet) fantastic

[ipmoic]

This is REMARKABLE information. Imagine Rudolph Kolisch, one of the great pioneers of chamber music in America talking about Schonberg. Wonderful! I knew the cellist in the Kolisch quartet--the loveable bear, Benar Heifetz.

[jfrankley55]

Thank you very much for posting this.