They [the critics] deal with Schoenberg’s 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.
Theodor AdornoAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: September 11, 1903
- Died: August 6, 1969
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