Von Heute auf Morgen

opera by Schoenberg

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Von Heute auf Morgen (From Today to Tomorrow) is a one-act comic opera by Arnold Schoenberg, composed between 1928 and 1929. It was Schoenberg's only comedy and was written according to his 12-tone method of composition. The opera's music is structured in separate numbers, each based on its own tone row, rather than being continuous. The work premiered in 1930. Schoenberg, a pioneer of atonality and serialism, developed these compositional techniques in the early 20th century, significantly influencing the course of modern music.12

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Schoenberg’s only comedy, the one-act Von Heute auf Morgen (1930; “From Today to Tomorrow”), is according to his 12-tone method, or the serialist technique of composition; as a result, the music is in separate numbers—each built on its own row—rather than continuous. Schoenberg’s largest opera—with monumental choral and orchestral passages—was…
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Schoenberg’s only comedy, the one-act Von Heute auf Morgen (1930; “From Today to Tomorrow”), is according to his 12-tone method, or the serialist technique of composition; as a result, the music is in separate numbers—each built on its own row—rather than continuous. Schoenberg’s largest opera—with monumental choral and orchestral passages—was…
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