SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD
(1874–1951)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (Born in Vienna, 1874 — Died in Los Angeles, California, 1951) Arnold Schoenberg came to the United States in 1933 and was on the faculties of the University of Southern California and the University of California in Los Angeles. Schoenberg’s music reveals that his style of composition gradually changed through his years in Europe and the United States. His early works—before 1909—contain a wealth of counterpoint and remained tonal. Post-Wagnerian Romanticism describes his…