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Mar 2023
11m 25s

Riot in the Concert Hall

The Retrospectors
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It became known as the ‘Skandalkonzert’: an evening of expressionist, experimental pieces at Vienna’s Great Hall of the Musikverein on March 31, 1913, which so disturbed the audience that rioting and slapping ensued, followed by a lawsuit.  In time, it established the reputations of The Second Viennese School - a group of composers like Shoenberg and Weber, ... Show More
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