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Also Known As	Arnold Franz Walter Schönberg • Arnold Schönberg • Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg
Born	September 13, 1874 • Vienna • Austria
Died	July 13, 1951 (aged 76) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works	“A Survivor from Warsaw” • “Chamber Symphony in E Major” • “Die glückliche Hand” • “Expectation” • “Gurrelieder” • “Kol Nidre, Opus 39” • “Moses und Aron” • “Pelleas und Melisande” • “Phantasy for Violin and Piano” • “Piano Suite, Opus 25” • “Pierrot Lunaire” • “Second String Quartet in F Sharp Minor, Opus 10” • “Sommermüd” • “String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 7” • “String Quartet No. 4” • “Three Piano Pieces, Opus 11” • “Verklärte Nacht” • “Von Heute auf Morgen” • “Wind Quintet”
Movement / Style	Modernism • Postromantic music
Subjects Of Study	12-tone music • musical composition