!!!Gegenwart
!!Egon Wellesz: ''Mirabile Mysterium'' op. 101

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His excellent musicological background enabled Egon Wellesz (1885
Vienna - 1974 Oxford), the first Schoenberg biographer, to
continue his career in the emigration. Wellesz was a versatile
composer, who wrote his radio cantata about Christmas, ''Mirabile
Mysterium'' (1967), based on Byzantine hymns. His compositional
characteristics are  modern harmonies and speech-supporting melodies
with the conscious use of archaic elements. In spite of his close
relations with  [Arnold Schoenberg|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand_english] in his youth (Illustration), he never
completely broke with traditional listening habits. This was not at the
expense of expressiveness as the musicial example, a short excerpt from
''.und du, Bethlehem'', demonstrates. (M. Saary)

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