Talk:Expressionism (music)

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This article doesn't reference any sources. It seems like and essay that someone has decided to post here. Some of the information is useful but I'm not sure where it stands regarding NPOV and original research.80.7.59.211 (talk) 13:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

This page implies that the use of the conscious mind contradicts the Expressionist ideals and that, as a result, Berg's Wozzeck achieved popularity at the expense of the ideals of the movement. This must be false or Expressionism never existed because virtually all of Schoenberg and his pupil's music shows the influence of the conscious mind. Pierrot Lunaire, undoubtedly a part of Schoenberg's Expressionist phase, contains many canonic and imitative devices. What was important to the Expressionists was more the expression of the subjective and subconscious self than the abolition of the conscious. The article as a whole needs work. I'll probably rewrite most of it, but that will have to wait a while. Carlmi03 (talk) 06:08, 17 February 2008 (UTC)