Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (The Book of the Hanging Gardens), Op. 15

by Arnold Schoenberg

Catalogue Op. 15
Composed 1908–1909
Published 1914
Works 15

Song cycle for soprano and piano, 15 settings of poems by Stefan George, composed 1908–09. Schoenberg's first completely atonal vocal work, with the piano an equal partner throughout. The piano writing is highly chromatic and complex, with sparse textures alternating with dense chordal passages. An important companion to the Op.11 piano pieces as evidence of the atonal breakthrough.

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