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In the "abstract art" sense, isn't most music "abstract"? Does a Brahms symphony (or Knopfler solo) attempt to reference natural sounds? "Abstract music" is a
by ken 7y ago
In the "abstract art" sense, isn't most music "abstract"? Does a Brahms symphony (or Knopfler solo) attempt to reference natural sounds?
"Abstract music" is actually an existing term [1], and it simply means non-program music, which is far older than Schoenberg.
That recording you link to is Webern, which sounds to me completely different than Schoenberg. How about linking to one of the compositions mentioned in the article, like [2] or [3]?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_music
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-pVz2LTakM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-pVz2LTakM
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_bH-cpTVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_bH-cpTVw
- p1esk 7y agoRe the link: my bad! I searched for "serial music Schoenberg" and grabbed the first Google result, without even looking at the title. I did listen to it before posting though, and found it representative of atonal music. It's not that far from Schoenberg, e.g. compare with https://youtu.be/voyLno0HdoA https://youtu.be/voyLno0HdoA (I do like that "echo" effect in the Webern piece though!) Re "abstract music" - how would you call a musical equivalent of abstract art? I think this term conveys the meaning (at least for regular people).