How to Listen to (and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 1
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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The Origins of Free Atonality
These were his first works to completely dispense with tonality altogether. The pieces are also extremely short, which allows you to dip in and out of their expressive worlds. Schoenberg was convinced that A-Tonal music was the only way forward for music. He wrote quote, I have made a discovery that will assure the supremacy of German music for the next century.
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