These pieces are among Webern's best known instrumental
miniatures. Their extreme brevity is remarkable:
Webern's melodic cells are reduced to groups of two or
three notes, and phrases are strikingly concise. The
overall effect is one of meticulous craftsmanship.
These pieces are also important precursors to the
twelve-tone method of composition: although Webern's
teacher and mentor Arnold Schoenberg would not
"officially" invent this method until 1921, in the Op.
11 pieces Webern is already usi...(+)
These pieces are among Webern's best known instrumental
miniatures. Their extreme brevity is remarkable:
Webern's melodic cells are reduced to groups of two or
three notes, and phrases are strikingly concise. The
overall effect is one of meticulous craftsmanship.
These pieces are also important precursors to the
twelve-tone method of composition: although Webern's
teacher and mentor Arnold Schoenberg would not
"officially" invent this method until 1921, in the Op.
11 pieces Webern is already using -- albeit
unsystematically -- complete statements of the 12 notes
of the chromatic scale as musical ideas.
(http://www.allmusic.com/composition/little-pieces-3-fo
r-cello-piano-op-11-mc0002367795)
Drei Kleine Stücke für Violoncello und Piano Anton von Webern is but one piece by Webern I long to get. Actualy my goal is to have all of his works - not that much anyway
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