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Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-American composer (1874–1951)
"Schoenberg" redirects here. For others with the surname, see Schoenberg (surname).
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Schoenberg in Los Angeles, c. 1948 | |
| Born | (1874-09-13)13 September 1874 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 13 July 1951(1951-07-13) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, US |
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| Known for | Second Viennese School |
| Works | List of compositions |
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg[a] (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer.
He was among the first modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-century classical music, and a central element of his music was its use of motives as a means of coherence. He propounded concepts like developing variation, the emancipation of the dissonance, and the "unity of musical space".
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