Schoenberg, A: String Quartet No. 2 op. 10

Arrangement: For Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Soprano voice (SOP/STR 4TET)
Edition Information: Miniature Score
Edition Type: Study/Miniature Score
Publisher: Universal Edition
Catalogue Number: PH229
Language: German

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Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10

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Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 op. 10 with soprano (1907 /1908) is among the founding documents of New Music. The two poems by Stefan George 'Litanei' and 'Rapture ' were worked by Schoenberg into a set of variations and into a finale far removed from traditional notions of form. The vocal reduction of the 3rd movement 'Litanei' is available as UE 6862, the vocal reduction for the 4th movement 'Entrückung ' is available as UE 6863. The string parts are available as UE 2994.

'This quartet adds a new element to Schoenberg's creative oeuvre: brevity. It was already indicated by the succinctness of the Chamber Symphony and is clearly expressed in the structure of the F sharp minor Quartet with four shorter movements. There is only a small step from the harmonic language of this work to a complete renunciation of tonality. The last movement - although, in the main, belonging to F sharp mayor - no longer carries a key signature. Chromatic alteration turns the fourth chords into harmonies never heard before, free from any tonal context.'
(Anton Webern)

ISBN: 9783702412616 (3702412611)
ISMN: 9790008018749 (M008018749)

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