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Subject:
Schoenberg and Strauss
From:
Ed Zubrow <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:15:04 -0800
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The first of these two quotations from Arnold Schoenberg's writing is
self explanatory:

"My works are 12-tone *compositions*, not *12-tone* compositions"

Having been listening to a lot of Richard Strauss lately, I am a bit
perplexed by the second:

"I was never *revolutionary*.  The *only revolutionary* in our time was
Strauss."

I know that Schoenberg admired Strauss and that the latter supported
Schoenberg, though he was befuddled by the development (pun intended)
of his music.

Zeke

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