Arnold Schoenberg’s Important Events

Born in Vienna in 1874, he studied violin and cello since childhood. He mainly studied theory by himself.

In 1894, he studied counterpoint with Zemlinsky. He began composing music in his youth, and many of his string quartets and songs were performed in 1897.

Conducted at the "Art Hotel" in Wolzogen in 1901.

In 1899, he composed "Night of Ascension",

The works of Arnold Schoenberg

In 1900, he started to compose "Song of Gulei", Both belong to the romantic style after Wagner. Due to the achievement of the first part of "Song of Guray", he was recommended by Richard Strauss and was awarded a professorship at the Stern Conservatory of Music and received a scholarship. During this period, he composed the tone poem "Pelléas and Mélisande" .

The premiere of "Ascension Night" in 1903 was a huge success.

In the works from 1903 to 1907, the changing tone and harmony were fully utilized, and the tonal structure became increasingly elusive, until the 1908 "Three Piano Pieces" and the vocal suite "The Hanging Garden" "Part", his atonality began to reach its peak. Both works were performed to fierce attacks from opponents and cheers from advocates with equal intensity.

The famous book "Harmony" was published in 1911. At the same time, he also worked on painting, and the "expressionist" style emerged vividly on the paper.

In 1912, he composed Piero di Moonlight for the actress Albertine Zimmer, a work for recitative and chamber music, whose premiere in Vienna aroused even greater hostility. , but the premiere of the early-style "Gulelied" in Vienna was very successful.

In 1912, "Five Orchestral Pieces" premiered in London.

In 1918, the "Private Music Performance Society" was established in Vienna. Critics were not allowed to participate, the program was not announced in advance, and applause was prohibited.

There were very few creations between 1913 and 1921.

In 1921, he introduced the "method of composing music using 12 tones", which was a technique he used to organize atonal music. The Piano Suite is the first piece of music written entirely using the 12-tone method. In 1933, he reconverted to Judaism in Paris and immigrated to the United States, where he taught at the University of California.

In the next 18 years, he sometimes used 12 tones and sometimes used tonal styles to compose music. The believers were greatly shocked, but he himself took it calmly. He said that every composer changed his style to suit his creative needs and needs. Purpose.

In 1951, Schoenberg died in Los Angeles, USA, at the age of 77.