String Quartet No. 2

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String Quartet No. 2 is Arnold Schoenberg’s groundbreaking chamber work that marks his transition from late-Romantic tonality toward atonality and uniquely incorporates a soprano voice in its final movements.

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instanceOf chamber music composition
string quartet
vocal-instrumental work
associatedComposerMovement Second Viennese School
basedOnPoem Entrückung by Stefan George
Litanei by Stefan George
catalogNumber Op. 10
composer Arnold Schoenberg
composerNationality Austrian
countryOfOrigin Austria
featuresInstrument cello
viola
violin
featuresVoiceType soprano
genre chamber music
string quartet
vocal chamber music
hasInstrumentation two violins, viola, cello, and soprano voice
hasMovement I. Mäßig
II. Sehr rasch
III. Litanei
IV. Entrückung
hasOpus Op. 10
hasVocalMovements fourth movement
third movement
historicalSignificance early example of atonal writing in chamber music
pioneering integration of voice into a string quartet cycle
key F-sharp minor
marksStylisticPhase transition from late-Romantic tonality to atonality
movementCount 4
notableFeature abandons traditional tonality in later movements
incorporates soprano voice in a string quartet
numberInSeries 2
period early 20th century
premierePerformerType string quartet with soprano
style early atonal
late Romantic
textAuthor Stefan George
textLanguage German
typicalEnsembleSize four string players and one soprano
usesPoetryCollection Der siebente Ring by Stefan George
usesVoiceInMovement soprano in fourth movement
soprano in third movement
workTitleLanguage German

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Arnold Schoenberg notableWork String Quartet No. 2