Sommermüd

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Sommermüd

work by Schoenberg

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vocal music
The 17th–20th centuries
…portion of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Sommermüd” (“Weary of Summer”), Opus 48, the pitches in the vocal melody are entirely determined by the 12-tone row (the composer’s ordering of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale) chosen for the whole song; yet the rhythm generally follows that of the poem.
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…portion of Arnold Schoenberg’s “Sommermüd” (“Weary of Summer”), Opus 48, the pitches in the vocal melody are entirely determined by the 12-tone row (the composer’s ordering of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale) chosen for the whole song; yet the rhythm generally follows that of the poem.
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