Schoenberg hexachord

6-Z44 (012569), known as the Schoenberg hexachord, is Arnold Schoenberg's signature hexachord, as one transposition contains the pitches [A], Es, C, H, B, E, G (A. Schoenberg), E♭, B, and B♭ being Es, H, and B in German.^[1]

Its Z-related hexachord and complement is 6-Z19^[1] (3478te or, in prime form, 013478). They have the interval vector of <3,1,3,4,3,1> in common.^[1] 6-Z44 lacks prime and inversional combinatoriality. 6-Z44 contains set 3-3 twice and set 3-4 twice.^[2] Set 7-22 contains 6-Z44 twice and 6-Z19 twice.^[3]

Schoenberg used the hexachord in the song "Seraphita" (op. 22 no. 1) and the monodrama Die glückliche Hand.^[4] 6-Z44 is associated with the character Hauptmann in Alban Berg's Wozzeck.^[5] Each movement of Berg's 1913 Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano (op. 5) begins with a statement of 6-Z44 or 6-Z19.^[6] John Weinzweig uses two minor triads a semitone apart, 6-Z19, and their complement, 6-Z44, in an aggregate chord at the end of "City of Brass" from Wine of Peace as well as in the tone row for his Piano Concerto.^[7] 6-Z44 is one of the "fundamental harmonies in the last movement," of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, "Sacrificial Dance".^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Friedmann, Michael L. (1990). Ear Training for Twentieth-Century Music, p.109. ISBN 0-300-04537-9.
^ Williamson, John (2005). "Pyramids, Symbols, and Butterflies: 'Nacht' from Pierrot Lunaire", Words and Music, p.132-3. John Williamson, ed. Liverpool University. ISBN 9780853236191.
^ January, 1978. The Musical quarterly, Volume 64, p.145.
^ Simms, Bryan R. (2000). The Atonal Music of Arnold Schoenberg, 1908-1923, p.145. ISBN 0-19-512826-5.
^ Forte, Allen (1973). The Structure of Atonal Music, p.119. Yale University. ISBN 9780300021202.
^ (1978). The Musical quarterly, Volume 64, p.135.
^ Cherney, Brian (2011). Weinzweig: Essays on His Life and Music, p.144-5. Wilfrid Laurier University. ISBN 9781554582563.
^ Forte, Allen (2005). The Harmonic Organization of the Rite of Spring, p.37. Yale. ISBN 9780300105377.

v t e Arnold Schoenberg
List of compositions
Opera	Erwartung, Op. 17 Die glückliche Hand, Op. 18 Moses und Aron (1930–32) Von heute auf morgen, Op. 32
Orchestral	Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene, Op. 34 Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38
Concertante	Violin Concerto, Op. 36 Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1933)
Chamber	String quartets (Opp. 7, 10, 30, 37) Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 Wind Quintet, Op. 26
Instrumental	Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 23 Suite for Piano, Op. 25 Zwei Klavierstücke, Op. 33
Choral	Gurre-Lieder (1900–1911) Die Jakobsleiter (1917–22) Prelude to Genesis Suite, Op. 44 A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
Vocal	Vier Lieder, Op. 2 Das Buch der hängenden Gärten, Op. 15 Herzgewächse, Op. 20 Pierrot lunaire, Op. 21 Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 22
Related	Arnold Schönberg Complete Edition 6-20 6-Z44 Atonality Developing variation Expressionist music Second Viennese School Schönberg Family Sprechstimme Students Twelve-tone technique
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v t e Motifs
BACH motif C. F. E. BACH motif Cross motif Dresden amen DSCH motif Sacher hexachord Schoenberg hexachord
Cruciform melody Figure Fortspinnung Leitmotif Musical cryptogram Ostinato Pianto

v t e Pitch segments by cardinality (list)
Monad Dyad Trichord Viennese Tetrachord All-interval Pentachord Hexachord All-trichord Chromatic Diatonic Mystic "Ode-to-Napoleon" Petrushka Sacher Schoenberg Aggregate

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