What is Second Viennese School?
[[Image:P-R-I-RI.png|thumb|350px|Prime, retrograde, inverse, and retrograde-inverse permutations.]] The '''Second Viennese School''' is a group of [[composer]]s. It was made of [[Arnold Schoenberg]] and his pupils and close associates in early 20th century [[Vienna, Austria|Vienna]]. Schoenberg lived and taught there between 1903 and 1925. Their music was first like late-[[Romantic_music|Romantic]]. Later it was a totally chromatic [[expressionism]] without firm tonal centre. Later still was Schoenberg's [[serialism|serial]] [[twelve-tone technique]]. The main members of the school, besides Schoenberg, were [[Alban Berg]] and [[Anton Webern]]. {{music-stub}} [[Category:Austrian composers]] [[Category:20th century in Austria]]