Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Sunday, September 13, 1874 in Vienna,
Austria
Died: Friday, July 13, 1951 in Los Angeles, California
(USA)
Nation of Origin: Austria
Major Works:
Moses und Aron (opera first performed in 1957)
Gurrelieder
Five Orchestral Pieces
Verklärte Nacht for strings (1899)
Pierrot Lunaire for voice and instruments (1912)
Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23
Other Information:
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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