“[If] it were possible to watch composing in the same way that one can watch painting, if composers could have _ateliers_ as did painters, then it would be clear how superfluous the music theorist is and how he is just as harmful as the art academies.”
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Arnold Schoenberg, born on September 13, 1874 in Vienna and died on July 13, 1951 in Los Angeles, was an influential Austrian-American composer. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century, known for his innovative contributions to musical theory and practice. Schoenberg is the founder of the twelve-tone technique, which had a profound impact on the development of 20th-century music. more
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