Schoenberg, who taught Webern and Berg, is the well-known inventor of the 12-tone system (Josef Hauer independently invented one on separate principles about the same time). Schoenberg was, amazingly, a self-taught musician, whose Harmonienlehre ("Theory of Harmony") is still studied for the breadth of its understanding of the deepest meaning of... [+] Read More

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Studied with Schoenberg and at Vienna Conservatory. Hungarian regiment in World War I and wrote Gegen den Krieg (Against War) in the following year. Conducted workers choirs, proofreader at Universal Edition. Collaborated with Bertold Brecht and worked with agitprop groups. In 1933 escaped from Germany (trailed by Gestapo). In 1935 lectured in... [+] Read More

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