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Keep it quiet in atonal music

Keep it quiet in atonal music

From the Lebrecht Album  of the Week:

Music of the Second Vienna School was condemned as noise on first reception. How deaf is that? The greatest asset of these revolutionary works is their quietude. The arresting opus 1 sonata of Alban Berg achieves a 12-minute span of introspection without an obvious atonal tantrum. …

 

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