Arnold Schoenberg
From Young Composers
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.
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.
