• "Twelve Tone Girl": A conversation with Kenneth Stewart about music's most befuddling genre

  • May 8 2024
  • Length: 56 mins
  • Podcast
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"Twelve Tone Girl": A conversation with Kenneth Stewart about music's most befuddling genre

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  • What is twelve-tone music? Made famous by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton von Webern and Alban Berg, it was a new concept in how to construct music. It was developed roughly around World War I, and for a while was all the rage in conservatories and bastions of serious music. But it can be difficult to listen to, and as such made for a great topic for a (ironically) very tonal song, Aaron & Michael’s “Twelve Tone Girl.” In this fascinating episode, we take a deep dive into twelve-tone music with Kenneth Stewart, a Durham, N.C.-based guitarist/cellist, conductor and composer. He considers […]
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