Messiaen, Schönberg and other atonal composers

GD · 12-15-2013, 12:33 AM

So I've been recently getting into atonal music (mostly solo piano music thus far) and I figured I might as well start a general thread for it here in the Classical forum.
There are some pieces I'd like to share:

Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus - V. Regard du Fils sur le Fils

Arnold Schönberg: 6 kleine klavierstücke op. 19

Fartein Valen: Intermezzo op. 36

Norwegian composer Fartein Valen (who has composed the piece in the third YT video) referenced a concept coined my Michelangelo; "L'altra beltá" or "The other beauty" when explaining how to appreciate and understand atonal music. It is about defying the traditional concepts of beauty to create another form of such.
Is anyone else interested in atonal music?

Burning Down · 12-15-2013, 06:40 AM

I am! I studied it in school as part of my major.

GD · 12-16-2013, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I am! I studied it in school as part of my major.

Awesome.

Is there any other composers/works within this field you recommend that I check out? (As I said, I have only recently started looking into it seriously.)

**Frownland** · 12-16-2013, 06:39 AM

I'm quite a fan of Charles Ives' atonal work. I think I heard somewhere that he was developing an atonal system at the same time as Schoenberg without knowing about him, but I can't find anything to validate that so I could be wrong.

There's also Krzystof Penderecki, who did several soundtracks that you may have heard.

Edgard Varese is the man

There's also Stravinsky, Debussy, and John Cage. If I were you I would check out all of Schoenberg's work because it's fantastic, especially this early piece.

The pieces I posted may not be strictly atonal, but they give you an idea of what the artists are about

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GD ???pp? ??snW Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: NO Posts: 686	Messiaen, Schönberg and other atonal composers So I've been recently getting into atonal music (mostly solo piano music thus far) and I figured I might as well start a general thread for it here in the Classical forum. There are some pieces I'd like to share: Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant Jésus - V. Regard du Fils sur le Fils Arnold Schönberg: 6 kleine klavierstücke op. 19 Fartein Valen: Intermezzo op. 36 Norwegian composer Fartein Valen (who has composed the piece in the third YT video) referenced a concept coined my Michelangelo; "L'altra beltá" or "The other beauty" when explaining how to appreciate and understand atonal music. It is about defying the traditional concepts of beauty to create another form of such. Is anyone else interested in atonal music? __________________ lasty\|rate-y music-y

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	I'm quite a fan of Charles Ives' atonal work. I think I heard somewhere that he was developing an atonal system at the same time as Schoenberg without knowing about him, but I can't find anything to validate that so I could be wrong. There's also Krzystof Penderecki, who did several soundtracks that you may have heard. Edgard Varese is the man There's also Stravinsky, Debussy, and John Cage. If I were you I would check out all of Schoenberg's work because it's fantastic, especially this early piece. The pieces I posted may not be strictly atonal, but they give you an idea of what the artists are about . __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	I am! I studied it in school as part of my major.