jan 1, 1924 - Ewartung
Description:
a one-act monodrama in four scenes by Arnold Schoenberg.Erwartung
1. Schoenberg used art to express what was ugly and disturbing, uncomfortable though it
may be.
2. Erwartung brought Expressionism to its ultimate expression and guaranteed controversy for the composer.
3. The one-act “monodrama” is the expression of a madwoman’s descent into psychological horror. Schoenberg uses dissonance without any hope of resolution to depict her psychological state.
a. The madness element aligns with Freud’s Vienna and the ambiguity of psychological phenomena.
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Date:
jan 1, 1924
Now
~ 101 years ago