Word: tonalists
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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Tilted & Contorted. A prize pupil of Twelve-Tonalist Arnold SchÖnberg, Berg set his opera in the tilted frame of atonality, or better, non-tonality-with no fixed key as a point of reference, or familiar chordal relationships. In his huge (110 pieces), often brassy orchestration, he painted warmly and painstakingly, missing no musical detail that would illuminate a character or a scene...
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