The Musical Revolution of the Baptized Jew and His Struggle at Sinai
One of the most revolutionary musicians of the twentieth century.
A century and a half ago, on September 13, 1874, in Vienna, Arnold Schönberg, one of the most revolutionary musicians of the twentieth century, was born. Schönberg, born to a modest Jewish merchant, emerged as an innovative genius destined to transform the musical landscape of his time. His early works puzzled the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (†1911), who remarked: “I don’t…