10 ESSENTIAL ATONAL/12-TONE WORKS for BEGINNERS

Come on! You can do it! Here's the bottom line: classical "aficionados" claim that this music is "not for beginners" because it's really not for THEM. Who are they to tell you what you may or may not like? So here's the list: 10 Essential Atonal/12-Tone Works for Beginners: Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw Berg: Wozzeck Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet Stravinsky: Agon Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima Ligeti: Lux Aeterna