String Quartet No. 2

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String Quartet No. 2 is Arnold Schoenberg’s groundbreaking chamber work that marks his transition from late-Romantic tonality toward atonality and uniquely incorporates a soprano voice in its final movements.

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instanceOf chamber music composition ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
vocal-instrumental work ⓘ
associatedComposerMovement Second Viennese School ⓘ
basedOnPoem Entrückung by Stefan George ⓘ
Litanei by Stefan George ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 10 ⓘ
composer Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
composerNationality Austrian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
featuresInstrument cello ⓘ
viola ⓘ
violin ⓘ
featuresVoiceType soprano ⓘ
genre chamber music ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ
vocal chamber music ⓘ
hasInstrumentation two violins, viola, cello, and soprano voice ⓘ
hasMovement I. Mäßig ⓘ
II. Sehr rasch ⓘ
III. Litanei ⓘ
IV. Entrückung ⓘ
hasOpus Op. 10 ⓘ
hasVocalMovements fourth movement ⓘ
third movement ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of atonal writing in chamber music ⓘ
pioneering integration of voice into a string quartet cycle ⓘ
key F-sharp minor ⓘ
marksStylisticPhase transition from late-Romantic tonality to atonality ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature abandons traditional tonality in later movements ⓘ
incorporates soprano voice in a string quartet ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
premierePerformerType string quartet with soprano ⓘ
style early atonal ⓘ
late Romantic ⓘ
textAuthor Stefan George ⓘ
textLanguage German ⓘ
typicalEnsembleSize four string players and one soprano ⓘ
usesPoetryCollection Der siebente Ring by Stefan George ⓘ
usesVoiceInMovement soprano in fourth movement ⓘ
soprano in third movement ⓘ
workTitleLanguage German ⓘ

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