They [the critics] deal with Schoenbergs early works and all their wealth by classifying them, with the music-historical clich, as late romantic post-Wagnerian. One might just as well dispose of Beethoven as a late-classicist post-Haydnerian.

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Theodor W. Adorno was a 20th-century German philosopher, sociologist, and theorist. Theodor W. Adorno was a German philosopher, musicologist, and social theorist. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony

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