Wind Quintet, Op. 26 [Alf:36-60404001]

The QUINTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS (BL„SERQUINTETT) was completed in August 1924, and played for the first time on September 16, 1924. It is the first large work in which Schĥnberg has substantiated the laws of composition with twelve tones. All themes and sound combinations are derived from the basic series (E-flat, G, A, B, C-sharp, C, B-flat, D, E, F-sharp, A-flat, F) and a number of subsidiary series (inversion, crab" or retrograde motion, etc.). The homogeneity and uniformity thus achieved constitutes an equivalent to the form-building functions of a fixed tonality." - Program Note from the score. This early example of Schĥnberg's twelve-tone technique premiered on September 13, 1924, the composer's birthday. Reprint edition.