Online exhibition in 50 objects
Ruler
Arnold Schönberg
Serenade op. 24/iv. Sonnet
Ruler
1922 or 1923
In 1922, Schönberg sketched a vocal movement in a small sketchbook based on a sonnet by Francesco Petrarca. The vocal part is based on a series of twelve different tones, which in strictly syllabic setting come up against fourteen eleven-syllable verses. This results in a regular shift between the beginning of the verse and the beginning of the row. In the course of completing the movement, Schönberg succeeded in deriving the entire music from the unaltered twelve-tone row. In order to keep track of this structural challenge, he assembled a mechanical device, which allows the tones to be shifted freely in relation to their numerical position.
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1
Object 1
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Theory of Harmony
Object 2
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Chamber Symphony, op. 9
Object 3
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String Quartet No. 2, op. 10/iv. Rapture
Object 4
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Der Blaue Reiter. Almanac
Object 5
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Pierrot lunaire, op. 21
Object 6
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Arnold Schönberg in military uniform
Object 7
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Symphony
Object 8
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Jacob’s Ladder
Object 9
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Five Piano Pieces, op. 23/i
Object 10
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Serenade, op. 24/iii. Variations
Object 11
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Autograph Card with Quote from Gurre-Lieder
Object 12
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Suite for Piano, op. 25/i. Prelude
Object 13
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Suite for Piano, op. 25/iv. Intermezzo
Object 14
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Letter to Alma Mahler
Object 15
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Self-Portrait
Object 16
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On the Essence of Music
Object 17
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Sketch for Serenade, op. 24/v. Dance Scene
Object 18
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Ruler
Object 19
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Claude Debussy: Sonate pour Violoncelle et Piano
Object 20
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Suite for Piano, op. 25/iii. Musette
Object 21
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Analysis (in the form of Program notes) of the four String Quartets
Object 22
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Twelve-tone selection dial
Object 23
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Letter to Arnold Schönberg
Object 24
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Four Pieces for Mixed Chorus, op. 27/iv
Object 25
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Presentation of the Idea
Object 26
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Suite, op. 29
Object 27
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Suite, op. 29
Object 28
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Inversions and (superfluous) devices, Twelve tone dice
Object 29
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String Quartet No. 3, op. 30
Object 30
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Letter to Rudolf Kolisch
Object 31
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Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, op. 34
Object 32
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From Today till Tomorrow, op. 32
Object 33
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Analysis of Variations for Orchestra, op. 31
Object 34
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Piano Piece, op. 33a
Object 35
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Moses and Aron
Object 36
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Enigma of Modern Music
Object 37
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Lecture in Princeton
Object 38
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String Quartet No. 4, op. 37
Object 39
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Variations on a Recitative for Organ, op. 40
Object 40
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 42
Object 41
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Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, op. 41
Object 42
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Prelude for Genesis op. 44
Object 43
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A Survivor from Warsaw op. 46
Object 44
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Doktor Faustus
Object 45
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String Trio, op. 45
Object 46
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Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, op. 47
Object 47
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Thrice A Thousand Years, op. 50A
Object 48
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Modern Psalm, op. 50C
Object 49
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Fragment for Voice, Cello, and Piano
Object 50