Arnold Schoenberg

13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951

Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist and painter associated with the expressionist movement and the Second Viennese School. He is best known for developing the twelve-tone technique, a hugely influential method of composition.

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Born in Vienna, Austria
13 September 1874

Arnold Schoenberg was born in the Leopoldstadt district of Vienna, Austria-Hungary.

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Composed Verklärte Nacht
1899

He composed the string sextet Verklärte Nacht, an early late-Romantic masterwork.

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Composed Pierrot Lunaire
1912

Schoenberg wrote Pierrot Lunaire, a landmark of atonal expressionism using Sprechstimme.

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Developed the twelve-tone technique
c. 1921

He formulated the twelve-tone method of composition, one of the most influential ideas in modern music.

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Taught at the Prussian Academy of Arts
1926 – 1933

Schoenberg held a prestigious teaching position at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin.

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Emigrated to the United States
1933

Dismissed under the Nazi regime because of his Jewish heritage, he emigrated to the United States.

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Professor at UCLA
1936 – 1944

He became a professor of music at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Became a US citizen
1941

Schoenberg became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941.

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Died in Los Angeles, California
13 July 1951

Schoenberg died in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

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