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…and longest phase of his career. Stravinsky’s American period was characterized by a shift towards serialism, a compositional method developed by Viennese composers Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von…

…group. He took his formal education in music at Bologna’s Philharmonic School, where he composed his first opera seria—Demetrio e Polibio—at the age of 14. By 15, he was already…

…style, traveling extensively across Europe to cities like Venice, Turin, and London. His works during this period followed the conventions of opera seria, characterized by elaborate arias and virtuosic singing….

…also known as serialism. This method involved arranging the twelve pitches of the chromatic scale into a row or series, which served as the basis for the entire composition. Schoenberg’s…

…artistic purpose. During the late 1940s, Copland became aware of the twelve-tone techniques used by Stravinsky and other fellow composers. He incorporated these serial techniques into his Piano Quartet (1950),…

…exploration of new tonalities paved the way for composers such as Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern to embrace atonality and serialism. His visionary approach to music and his integration of synesthetic…