Arnold Schoenberg

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To pursue new directions in music, Schoenberg bravely abandoned traditional tonal arrangements, composing atonal works that would eventually lead to the development of his unique Twelve-Tone System. In this program, musicologists David Rosen and Michel Fischer discuss the dramatic technical changes as well as the historical contexts of Schoenberg's music. Historic performances include Pierre Boulez conducting Moses and Aaron and Transfigured Night, Op. 4; Glenn Gould's interpretations of Pieces for Piano, Op. 25; Erich Leinsdorf conducting Chamber Symphony No. 1; Jeffrey Tate conducting Chamber Symphony No. 2; and extracts from A Survivor from Warsaw and Pierrot Lunaire
Originality of Arnold Schoenberg (2:48)
Musical Freedom: Schoenberg's Use of Dissonance (2:08)
Arnold Schoenberg: Atonal Period (2:33)
Arnold Schoenberg: Atonal Opera (2:51)
Arnold Schoenberg and Wassily Kandinsky (2:25)
Arnold Schoenberg: Dodecaphonic Period (2:11)
Arnold Schoenberg and Rising Anti-Semitism in Europe (2:30)
Arnold Schoenberg in America (1:49)
Arnold Schoenberg: Music Inspired by the Warsaw Ghetto (2:06)
Schoenberg, the State of Israel, and Rudolf Nureyev (3:07)

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