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Schönberg auf Rädern

Schlingensief hatte mal die Straße des Ruhrgebiets mit Wagner beschallt, jetzt kommt die USC Roski School of Art in den Genuss von Zwölftonmusik.

Truck No. 1 will be playing “Brettl-Lieder,” composed in 1901, a young Schoenberg’s foray into cabaret songs that foreshadowed his later compositions.

Truck No. 2 will play “Gurre-Lieder,” a piece composed from 1901 to 1911 and the first that garnered Schoenberg wide recognition. It tells the medieval legend of the Danish king Waldemar and his mistress, murdered by Waldemar’s queen.

Truck No. 3 will broadcast “Erwartung, Opus 17,” a 30-minute opera for single soprano with orchestra.

Truck No. 4’s composition, “Wind Quintet, Opus 26,” dates to 1924 and is an early example of his 12-tone method.

And Truck No. 5 will waft “Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Opus 47,” written in 1949, which represents his mastery of the ambiguity of form and the asymmetry of phrasing.

The trucks, which will operate during daylight business hours, will play music anywhere on campus that has no amplified music restrictions.

http://news.usc.edu/76576/mobile-music-a-la-carts-coming-to-university-park-campus/