To the Editor: I was delighted to read Mr. Henahan's clear, thoughtful expression of his views about atonal composition.

What is relevant, even crucial, to a just appreciation of atonal composition is the fact that some atonal works do provide an intense and moving experience for those receptive to them.

In 1954 she studied the dodecaphonic method in Brazil with Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, and incorporated atonal composition into her work.

Either way, at any one time it may incorporate chanting and punchy drums, dancey polyrhythms atonal composition or psychedelia.

He was studying with Gunther Schuller, whose twelve-tone technique was invented for atonal composition by his teacher, Arnold Schoenberg.

A renowned musical critic in Kraków highly praised the first atonal composition of Gabriela - "The Piano Sonata No. 1" (1960).

He studied with Gunther Schuller, who himself was a student of Arnold Schoenberg and who used Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique for atonal composition.

Chimeras (2001) was inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire".

He drove the final kilometers of winding forest highway with a peaceful smile, humming atonal compositions of dubious lineage.

Speech: Abstraction and music: the atonal compositions of Arnold Schoenberg (21 July 2010)