Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was a German composer who is widely credited with the invention of Twelve-tone music. Aside from composing he was also a painter, a music theorist, and teacher of Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Hanns Eisler, John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Earl Kim.
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Music
Arnold's significant compositions of modern music extend well over 50 years and are thus divided into three periods of time.
1894–1907
During this time Arnold composed in a Romantic and Expressionist vein.
1908–1922
This period is marked by Arnold's abandonment of key centers.
1923-1951
It was here that he developed the dodecaphonic compositional method.