Beethoven, Mozart, Schoenberg, Webern

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Karim Said
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arnold Schoenberg
Anton Webern
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Compositional Technique

The last of Arnold Schoenberg's Five Piano Pieces Op.23 is considered the first ever twelve-tone work, dated July 26, 1921.

Compositional Technique

The 'Eroica' Variations, Op.35, start with the bass line of the main theme, followed by three variations on the bass line, before the main theme itself is introduced.

Composition History

Beethoven used the main theme of his 'Eroica' Variations, Op.35, twice before in his 12 Contredanses and the ballet music The Creatures of Prometheus.

Composition History

Anton Webern, a distinguished disciple of Arnold Schoenberg, took a year to complete his Variations for piano, composing the movements out of order.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Arnold Schoenberg, a composer known for his atonal and serial music, once predicted that 'Grocers' boys will whistle serial music on their rounds,' a prediction that has yet to be fulfilled.