Download or read book Five orchestral pieces ; and, Pelleas und Melisande written by Arnold Schoenberg and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schoenberg's theory of "composition with twelve tones" dominated international composition through most of the 20th century — and this edition collects the first steps of the composer's revolution. Pelleas und Melisande (1902) reveals Schoenberg's expanding chromatic language while Five Orchestral Pieces renounces motivic connections as well as tonality.