It could be -- I think "Sprechstimme" is a mixture of speech and singing. I've only seen this used in the context of "Pierrot Lunaire."

How funny.

If you type "schoenberg string quartet atonal salon.com" into Google, the first link that comes up is this game thread. :-)

Ok, yk, you can take the next clue, as I can't figure out how to get Google to come up with some links.

The soparano sings that she feels "luft von anderen planeten." (Not sure this is singular or plural in German -- but she feels the air from other planets, and the movement goes completely atonal.)

It sounds like a fun piece. I've to listen to it. :-)

I'll create a new thread.

yk can give us the next clue there.

The next thread (#9) is here:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/pgMessa...p;tid=34530354

how did you come up with
"salon.com" to add that to the atonal clue?

I read an article in slate.com when I was doing a search on Schoenberg and this piece. It's called something like the composer who shouldn't be feared, or something like that. Anyway, I forgot it was slate and I typed salon instead.