... with a theme which is two and a half bars longs, rather than the conventional four, or eight. In the second movement of the Second String Quartet, Schoenberg quotes the folk tune "Ach du Lieber du Augustin". This has a strong, primitive tonal basis in D major, yet through asymmetry of line he undermines the basic tonal progressions; and in fact to completely disrupt any ... ...

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