Schoenberg, Arnold
Period: Early 20th Century
Born: Sunday, September 13, 1874 in Vienna, Austria
Died: Friday, July 13, 1951 in Los Angeles, California (USA)
Nation of Origin: Austria
Major Works:
Moses und Aron (opera first performed in 1957)
Gurrelieder
Five Orchestral Pieces
Verklärte Nacht for strings (1899)
Pierrot Lunaire for voice and instruments (1912)
Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
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General Bibliography:
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Salzman, Eric, Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, Pearson, October 2001, ISBN: 0130959413
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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