Anton Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1938)

I. Mässig
II. Gemächlich
III. Sehr fliessend

Twelve-tone work using Webern's typical distillations of classical form: variations (mvt. 1), scherzo (mvt. 2) and rondo (mvt. 3). Through the use of canon and fugue in the second and particularly third movements, he was proud of his fusion of "horizontal" and "vertical" methods of composition.

Lasalle Quartet performs. Art by Paul Klee.

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• serialism
• twelve-tone
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[simonofhell]

@KhagarBalugrak Well it's only nonsense in regards to tonal music. But that's like saying japanese is nonsensical, because in English those sounds don't mean anything. A different langauge requires a different standard of logic, in spoken language, music or whatever.

[clockface59]

@KhagarBalugrak If you honestly believe that rock music is destroying the future/planet, you need a reality check. The powers of human reason and perception are much greater than that of rock music, so really, it's not about the music at all, it's about your perception of the music. And perception happens to be one of the only real idiosyncrasies in humanity, so its all relative. Perception also changes over time, so maybe atonality is perceived as negative at first, until you habituate to it.

[drybonesband]

Paul Klee's paintings are a good fit for the music.

[KingCrimson776]

@octipi I dunno, it has to mean something that they grew away from the speakers... that is pretty funny

[imaginEyes]

I can't say that I'm a big Anton Webern fan, but the music is interesting to listen to, occasionally. Music for the intellect - very cerebral stuff.

[ewhguitarist]

@KhagarBalugrak If you had the slightest idea how intricately constructed this music is, and weren't so ignorant perhaps you could appreciate it a bit more. The world is full of people who are too single minded, music is more than just nice tunes and chords, it should challenge the listener to extrapolate meaning and make you think

[RogueRotting360]

@LutenistDeMari Mighty who?

[LutenistDeMari]

@LutenistDeMari Presumably if you play the plants Beethoven's Grosse Fugue, they will meet a very tricky spiritual dilema, because the music is so dissonant, yet you found the cd in the Classical section of the shop...

[LutenistDeMari]

@RogueRotting360 who cares what the mighty D Retallack did?! should we seek to follow the taste of plants in all artistic endeavour?!!

[LutenistDeMari]

@KhagarBalugrak Plants lack intelligence, so they are not even percieving "music", they are simply being effected by sound waves. We on the other hand, are capable of sorting those sounds into meaningful patterns called music. My brain is capable of sorting Webern into very beautiful patterns. Yours isn't yet. And rather than seek to understand through further listening, instead you search for some immutable scientific reasoning for your own lack of artistic understanding.

[LutenistDeMari]

@KhagarBalugrak Your comment is classic. thanks for supplying me and my friends with wonderful youtube comment section comedy. Peace out, and stay away from WEBERN!!! its DESTROYING THE UNIVERSE!!!! ARGHH!HHHHHHH