Theodor W. Adorno - Studies for String Quartet - Movement 4

The fourth part of Adornos Studies for String Quartet. Again he's reflecting a specific movment of string quartets. The - in total - six studies were composed 1920, before Adorno went to Vienna in 1925 to study composition with Alban Berg. Berg was along with Arnold Schönberg one of the most influential composer of 12-tone music (Dodecaphony). Although Berg and Schönberg were friends Schönberg disliked Adorno very strongly. In his eyes Adorno needed too much time to compose, hence he viewed him as not intuitive and as untalented. But there are a lot of similarities between Schönberg and Adorno, i.e. they didn't were purists. While they use elements of dodecaphony to compose, their works not always entirely dodecaphonic. For an introduction to this work you can read 'Essays on Music' (2002) edited and commentated by Richard Leppert.
My video plays along with the music and is my personal interpretation of it. Hope you enjoy!

The music used in this video is performed by the Leipzig String Quartet (Leipziger Streichquartett). If you like the music please buy the CD (Theodor W. Adorno - Hanns Eisler, Works for String Quartet)

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