“In fact, had there been less discussion of the syntactical construction of Schoenberg’s music, and more of what it says, people might more readily have noticed what an essentially positive composer he is. There is no trace in his music… — Malcolm MacDonald Copy Share Image
“They [the critics] deal with Schoenberg’s early works and all their wealth by classifying them, with the music-historical cliché, as late romantic post-Wagnerian. One might just as well dispose of Beethoven as a late-classicist post-Haydnerian.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image