• 1874 - Childhood in Vienna
• 1897- First compositions
• 1901 - Years of apprenticeship in Berlin
• 1904 - "Verein schaffender Tonkünstler" (society of creative musicians)
• 1906 - Atonality
• 1909 - The expressionist phase
• 1911 - Financial difficulties
• 1913 - First successes

• 1914 - World War I
• 1918 - "Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen" (society for private music performances)
• 1920 - The twelve-tone technique
• 1923 - International recognition
• 1924 - Master years in Berlin
• 1932 - Emigration to the USA
• 1940 - American exile 
• 1949 - The last years

Vienna at the turn of the century

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