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Intervallic Relations in Atonal Music

Intervallic Relations in Atonal Music

Authors :
Richard Teitelbaum
Source :
Journal of Music Theory. 9:72
Publication Year :
1965
Publisher :
Duke University Press, 1965.

Abstract

By "atonal" music we refer specifically to those works composed by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg betweenthe years 1908 and 1923. Though fairly few innumber, these works were radical in their implications and far-reaching intheir consequences. In abandoning the practice of traditional tonal composition, Schoenberg renounced the most highly developed system in the history of western music. It was not

Details

ISSN :
00222909
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Music Theory
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........dae826bb6a9620c63d10215c09fd4277
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/843150