Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16

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Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 is a landmark early 20th-century orchestral work by Arnold Schoenberg that exemplifies his move toward atonality and highly expressive, coloristic writing.

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instanceOf composition
orchestral work
alternativeTitle Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
surface form: Fünf Orchesterstücke
approximateDuration about 16 minutes
catalogueIn Schoenberg’s official opus list
composer Arnold Schoenberg
compositionYear 1909
countryOfOrigin Austria
dedication Richard Strauss
surface form: to Richard Strauss (original dedication later withdrawn)
genre orchestral music
hasForm suite of character pieces
historicalSignificance landmark of early atonal orchestral repertoire
influenced 20th-century orchestral writing
Expressionist music
influencedBy Gustav Mahler
Richard Wagner
late Romanticism
language none (instrumental)
movement Das obligate Rezitativ
Farben
Peripetie
Vergangenes
Vorgefühle
movementCount 5
movementOrder 1: Vorgefühle
2: Vergangenes
3: Farben
4: Peripetie
5: Das obligate Rezitativ
notableFor absence of traditional tonal center
highly coloristic orchestration
move toward atonality
notableMovement Farben
opusNumber Op. 16
orchestrationFeature large orchestra
prominent use of percussion
prominent use of woodwinds
originalLanguageTitle Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16
period early 20th century
premiereConductor Sir Henry Wood
surface form: Henry Wood
premiereDate 3 September 1912
premiereLocation London, England
surface form: London
premiereSeries Promenade Concerts
relatedWorkByComposer Erwartung, Op. 17
Pierrot Lunaire
surface form: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
style Expressionist
atonal
workNumberInComposerOutput early atonal orchestral work

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Arnold Schoenberg notableWork Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 alternativeTitle Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
this entity surface form: Fünf Orchesterstücke
Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 originalLanguageTitle Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16