The Birth of Modern Music Part 1: Arnold Schoenberg

This episode is the first in a series of European composers who started a change in music - paving the way for avant-garde and disruptive sounds from the classical minimalist genre, to punk and rock and roll we hear today. We’ll start with Arnold Schoenberg, an Austrian composer who mapped out the coming modernist era. Schoenberg created new methods of musical composition involving atonality, serialism, and the 12-tone row. Don't forget to check out Press Play at sonospherepodcast.com for a playlist of Schoenberg compositions. Featured Tracks by Schoenberg in this episode: Gurrelieder Transfigured Nights String Quartet No. 2 Op. 10 Erwartung Chamber Symphony No. 1 Piano Suite Op. 25