Schönberg

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mainly discusses Schönberg in connection with the end of tonality, in a "Musicosophie" session devoted to modal and tonal music. He presents him as the liquidator of tonality, which he abolishes1. He explains the principle of the twelve-tone row: no note may be repeated before the others have been heard, so that no direction is privileged. He compares this situation to that of a dancer in weightlessness2. In the same session, however, he quotes the remark "One can still make music in C major"3, which qualifies the image of a break with no way back. Elsewhere, he regards Jacob's Ladder as one of the finest operas of the twentieth century, a short work that is difficult on the ear4. He also cites Schönberg on the subject of the romantic moon, in a session on art5.

1. 1Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:30:38
2. 2Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:17:52
3. 3Musicosophie 11. Musiques modales et tonales24 Jan 2021 · 1:15:20
4. 4#3.5 D'Ulysse à Dédale1 Aug 2017 · 1:32:45
5. 5#9 TABLEAUX D'UNE EXPOSITION : L'art, vu d'ici ou d'en face?10 Feb 2022 · 1:01:12

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.