!!!Fin de Siècle !!Arnold Schoenberg: ''Die glueckliche Hand'' %%columns-fill [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand/120103a.jpg' alt='set design >Die glueckliche Hand<' height='250' caption='Set design "Die glueckliche Hand"' width='356' popup='false'}] ---- [{Image src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand/120103b.jpg' alt='Arnold Schoenberg' height='250' caption='Arnold Schoenberg' width='217' popup='false'}] %% The storyline of the ultra-modern play with music, ''Die glueckliche Hand'' (1910-1913), sounds old-fashioned: the artist who is oppressed by life, represented visually by Arnold Schoenberg (1874 Vienna - 1951 Los Angeles) easily masters his goals with visionary atmosphere. Darkness is represented musically by atonality. Using many repetitions of short themes - patterns which move in the background - and the correlation of lighting and musical timbre, (Example: the beginning of the play). Schoenberg's stage directions are evidence that he was acquainted with the movies; his designs for the sets show his desire to expand his means of expression. The picture shows the set design for scene 1 of the ''Gluecklichen Hand with the glowing eyes of the men and women. Obviously Schoenberg was looking for alternatives - perhaps even better-paid career chances. (M. Saary) !Sound Clip [{Audio src='Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand/120103am.mp3' caption='Arnold Schoenberg: Die glueckliche Hand© 1981 SONY CLASSICAL SMK 48 464, Interpreten: BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (Leitung)'}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff='' Kontrolle='Nein'}] %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|Wissenssammlungen/Musik-Lexikon/Arnold_Schönberg_Die_glückliche_Hand|class='wikipage austrian'] %%