Chains of falling fifths and arpeggios in muted pianissimo characterize the last movement of a string quartet by this composer, while another work by him lends its name to an ensemble consisting of piano, violin, cello, flute, and clarinet.
Chains of falling fifths and arpeggios in muted pianissimo characterize the last movement of a string quartet by this composer, while another work by him lends its name to an ensemble consisting of piano, violin, cello, flute, and clarinet. A work by this man is divided into three sections, the second of which contains settings of "Red Mass," "Gallows Song," and "Prayer to" the title character, who is represented by a seven-note G-sharp, E, C, D, B-flat, C-sharp, G motif. A vocalist asks another to (*) "look, how brightly the universe shines" in a work by this man which contains a controversial inverted ninth chord. One of his works is based on "three times seven" poems by Albert Giraud, while another is a string sextet based on a Richard Dehmel poem about a meeting in a moonlit forest. For 10 points, name this Viennese composer of Transfigured Night and Pierrot Lunaire.
Chains of falling fifths and arpeggios in muted pianissimo characterize the last movement of a string quartet by this composer, while another work by him lends its name to an ensemble consisting of piano, violin, cello, flute, and clarinet.
Arnold Schoenberg