The new method he created—12-tone serialism—attempted to instill in music a sense of mathematical inevitability. But it was seriously flawed. “Form in the arts, ...

The Listening Service Extra 11 of 12 - Twelve-tone music and its reception. We hear Schoenberg on the reception of his music in America, Europe. 3 mins; The Listening Service.

On the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Arnold Schoenberg, whose 12-tone system transformed music composition, we ask why his music is so rarely performed. Show more.

Arnold Schoenberg’s 12-Tone Revolution Turns 100 The towering musical modernist presented his mathematical new system in 1924, breaking the rules of the classical tradition and influencing ...