Word: chromaticism
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New Harmonies. Where other composers were satisfied with the conventional scale of seven basic tones (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti), Schoenberg insisted on discarding "key" and exploring the potential scale of twelve tones (i.e., the full chromatic scale in an octave). The result hurt people's ears...
Since the full set runs to eight hours of playing time, most music lovers will want to pick and choose among the ten volumes. Among the most outstanding are Volumes I and II, which include beautifully clear and simple performances of the six Brandenburg concertos, with such noted soloists as...
Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor (Gyorgy Sandor, pianist; Columbia, 1 side LP). Hungarian Pianist Sandor gives this astonishing and unequaled invention of Bach's a thorough doing, but occasionally adds a Chopinesque flavoring of his own. Recording: good.
No Principal Key. His own music was serious, passionately melodic, chronically chromatic and constantly shifting key. His motto was "Modulate." Once, listening to the improvisations of a bright young student named Claude Debussy, Franck cried, "Modulate, modulate!" Debussy replied: "Why should I when I am perfectly happy in this key...
The extremely chromatic harmony, which in Strauss' tone poems often becomes banal and boring, hardly ever ceased to be interesting during Thursday's "Salome." Credit for this, belongs largely to Conductor Reiner. His interpretation was characterized by careful restraint, with the result that the final climaxes were completely overpowering.