The BEAUTY of ATONAL MUSIC (performance) Schoenberg, 6 PIANO Pieces [ABSTRACT/DISTILLED MUSIC]

0:07 I. Leicht 1:17 II. Langsam 2:20 III. Sehr langsam 3:39 IV. Rasch, aber leicht 4:13 V. Etwas rasch 4:42 VI. Sehr langsam For an appreciative analysis of No.1, check Shapes, gestures and colours, like an abstract painting in motion, the more one pays attention to it, the more one grows into it by making sense and appreciating its form, seemingly chaotic, but all very highly organised. These 6 short piano pieces were composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1911. Unique in its time, these pieces are the first of its kind to use a new system called Atonal (Pantonal). And also unique in the compactness of the form. Arnold Schoenberg’s new approach to making music revolutionised our perception and understanding of music. He felt his approach was a natural outcome of the evolution of late 19th Century Western Art Music. By going to the essentials of sounds and form, one is brought into the atmosphere of a piece of music in a very short spa