| Nationality: | Austrian |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Sept. 13, 1874 — Vienna |
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Date & Place of Death: |
July 23, 1951 — Los Angeles |
| Near Family: | Will be updated as soon as possible. |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Vienna, Berlin and Los Angeles. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Composition teacher and conductor (of his own works). |
| Major Work(s): | String sextet Verklarte Nacht(1899); Moses und Aron(1932-51); Suite for Piano(1924) |
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Interesting Facts: |
Schoenberg was the creator of the 12-tone scale, an atonal and (at the time) contraversial method of composition. |
