Chamber Symphony No. 1 op. 9 荀貝格 室內交響曲 總譜 環球版

在這裡，四度音程從一種完全不同的表現衝動中產生，將自己塑造成一個明確的號角主題，以建築學的方式鋪展在整首樂曲中，並在所有發生的事情上打上自己的印記。因此，它們在這裡並不只是作為旋律或純粹的印象派和絃效果出現；它們的特性滲透到整個和聲結構中，它們是與其他和絃一樣的和絃。(阿諾德-勳伯格，《和聲理論》，1911 年）

作曲家: Schoenberg, Arnold
樂器: for 15 solo instruments
出版社: Universal Edition
原文簡介:
Here the fourths, springing from an entirely different expressive urge, shape themselves into a defi nite horn theme, spread themselves out architectonically over the whole piece, and place their stamp on everything that happens. Thus it turns out that they do not appear here merely as melody or as a purely impressionistic chord effect; their character permeates the total harmonic structure, and they are chords like all others.' (Arnold Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, 1911)

The Chamber Symphony Op.9 heralded a breakthrough in Schoenberg's compositional style. While the work did not go hand in hand with the complete destruction of the old tonal system it does show an extension in chordal and melodic constructions. It's focus on the interval of the fourth rather than the third is stated right at the start with the horn fanfare and this leads into the use of the whole tone scale soon after. These two elements open up a new sound space which he would explore further in the works to follow. Certainly not a work to be missing from any library where contemporary music is one of the main focuses.