Klangfarbenmelodie
''Klangfarbenmelodie'' (German for "sound-color melody") is a musical concept that treats timbre as a melodic element. Arnold Schoenberg originated the idea. It has become synonymous with the technique of fragmenting a melodic line between different timbres. Origins Late in the 19th century, a sophisticated treatment of musical timbre started to emerge in works like Claude Debussy's ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune''.Samson, Jim (1977). Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality, 1900–1920'. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977. 195–6. During the same period, Hermann von Helmholtz theorized that timbre is part of what enables a listener to perceive melody. In 1911, Arnold Schoenberg analyzed musical sound (''Klang (music), klang'') as consisting of pitch (''höhe''), timbre (''farbe''), and volume (''stärke''). He noted that pitch was the only element that had undergone close examination, but he viewed it as subordinate to timbre, "...tone becomes perceptibl ...
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Farben By Arnold Schoenberg
Farben (German: "color") may refer to: *IG Farben - former German chemical industry conglomerate **IG Farben Building - former corporate headquarters of IG Farben in Frankfurt, Germany **IG Farben Trial - the war crimes trial of 24 IG Farben executives following World War II *Alle Farben (born 1985), German DJ and record producer *Jan Jelinek - German electronic musician, who has performed under the name "Farben" * Farben Lehre - Polish punk rock band *Third movement of Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra The ''Five Pieces for Orchestra'' (''Fünf Orchesterstücke''), Op. 16, were composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1909, and first performed in London in 1912. The titles of the pieces, reluctantly added by the composer after the work's completion up ...