Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
with Soprano
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- Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
- Editor: Ullrich Scheideler
- Instrumentation: Soprano, String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Work: String Quartet No. 2 (with Soprano), Op. 10
- Work Language: German
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- Size: 9.3 x 12.2 inches
- Urtext / Critical Edition
Description
This chamber music work, composed in 1907, No. 08, marks a turning point not only in Schoenberg's output, but also for the history of modern music in general. Major-Minor tonality, obligatory for centuries, is increasingly abandoned over the four movements in favor of a free atonality. This break with music-historical tradition goes hand-in-hand with a further breach of convention; in the last two movements, Schoenberg includes a solo soprano singing settings of two poems by Stefan George. with the transition to atonality, Schoenberg opens the way to a new musical language which was to lead to twelve-tone music a little later. Without question, his second String Quartet represents a landmark in the history of music.
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
