Schönberg on Records – Columbia MS6244
The Arnold Schönberg Center digitizes public domain records, including covers and accompanying material, and makes them freely available.
110th anniversary – members of the press uninvited!
On October 9, 1912 Arnold Schönberg performed his new opus in Berlin’s Choralionsaal for guests who received tickets by invitation only. The work was Pierrot lunaire op. 21 for chamber ensemble and Sprechstimme, with three sections of seven melodramas each. That evening, the audience was propelled into a wholly new dimension of hearing.
From the archive – Donation
Our archive recently received the donation of a previously unknown autograph letter by Arnold Schönberg. Written around 1909, the recipient was presumably the violinist Arnold Rosé, who premiered Schönberg’s works for string quartet and sextet, and was also first concertmaster at the Vienna Court Opera.