Schoenbergian, a. and n.
(ʃœnˈbɛːgɪən)
Also Schönbergian.
[-ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) or his music. B. n. An admirer or adherent of Schoenberg; an exponent of Schoenberg's music. Hence ˈSchoenbergism rare, the advocacy or practice of Schoenbergian techniques of musical composition.
| 1922 C. Gray in Mus. & Lett. III. 79 Side by side with a daring experiment like Op. 6, No. 1, Traumleben, with its characteristic late-Schönbergian voice part. 1931 [see diatonicism]. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! v. 330 His earlier works..show signs of a Schönbergian ruthlessness. 1947 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 21 An extraordinary combination of the traditional Italian lyrical cantilena writing with the Schönbergian technique. 1951 Schoenbergism [see dodecaphonic a.]. 1959 Times 13 Feb. 13/4 Other names in these programmes are those of Egon Wellesz, a lapsed Schönbergian..and Karlheinz Stockhausen. 1976 Gramophone Aug. 324/1 He had been taking a crash course in early Schoenbergian expressionism. 1978 P. Griffiths Conc. Hist. Mod. Music iv. 46 Apart from that the work is not at all Schoenbergian. |