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A 6 page research paper that analyzes Anton Webern's work Five Pieces for Orchestra. The writer analyzes each of the five pieces, explaining Webern's style and his emphasis on brevity and lyricism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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that the entire corpus of his music would require only a little more than three hours to perform (Craton, 1999). While Webern completed 75 published works, some of these
compositions take less than two minutes to play (Craton, 1999). Nevertheless, his music had a profound effect on the modern musical world (Craton, 1999). Webern studied under Arnold
Schoenberg at the University of Vienna and this had a profound effect on his life (Craton, 1999). More than any other discipline of Schoenberg, Webern cut his music off most
completely from the tonal past (Machlis, 1961). In fact, Webern has been referred to as the only "real" atone composer, as he never accepted even the limited use of
tonal elements, which can be found in both the works of Schoenberg and Berg (Machlis, 1961). The Webern style developed toward an ideal of both purity and economy, as he
suppressed the use of all repetition and development. According to Webern, a theme, once stated, "expresses all it has to say" (Machlis, 1961, p. 385). As this suggests, Webern carried
the trend toward brevity much further than any of his contemporaries and this characteristic is best expressed in this work Five Pieces for Orchestra, opus 10. The Five Pieces
for Orchestra (1911-13) demonstrate that even early in Weberns career he was focused on composing exclusively with the material of sound (Machlis, 1961). His goals included maintaining stringent control over
the "time-space" continuum. These pieces are exemplary of what Webern termed the "almost exclusively lyrical nature" of his music (Machlis, 1961, p. 388). This concentrated lyricism, rather like a Japanese
Haiku poem, lends itself to unprecedented brevity, as this work of five pieces lasts no more than four and a half minutes. The fourth number in the work is, according
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