Symphony, Op. 21

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orchestral work twelve-tone composition

Symphony, Op. 21 is a concise, two-movement twelve-tone orchestral work by Anton Webern that exemplifies his highly structured, pointillistic style and is considered a landmark of the Second Viennese School.

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Symphony, Op. 21 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf orchestral work ⓘ
twelve-tone composition ⓘ
approximateDuration about 10 minutes ⓘ
associatedWith Second Viennese School NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToCatalogue Webern Opus catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionYear 1928 ⓘ
composer Anton Webern NERFINISHED ⓘ
composerOf Anton Webern NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionYear 1927 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
era modernism in music ⓘ
formalDesign first movement in sonata form ⓘ
second movement as theme and variations ⓘ
genre symphonic music ⓘ
historicalSignificance important early example of orchestral twelve-tone writing ⓘ
landmark of the Second Viennese School ⓘ
influenced post-war serial composers ⓘ
influencedBy Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfMovementTitles German ⓘ
movement Ruhig schreitend ⓘ
Variationen ⓘ
movementCount two ⓘ
nationalTradition Austrian ⓘ
notableFor extreme concision ⓘ
highly structured serial organization ⓘ
innovative orchestration ⓘ
numberOfMovements 2 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 21 ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
premiereYear 1929 ⓘ
school Second Viennese School NERFINISHED ⓘ
scoring orchestra ⓘ
structure two-movement symphony ⓘ
style pointillism ⓘ
serialism ⓘ
twelve-tone ⓘ
technique Klangfarbenmelodie ⓘ
canon ⓘ
double canon ⓘ
inversion ⓘ
retrograde ⓘ
twelve-tone row ⓘ
texture highly transparent ⓘ
pointillistic ⓘ
title Symphony, Op. 21 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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