Arnold Schönberg Center

Arnold Schönberg Center Arnold Schönberg – composer, painter, teacher, theoretician and innovator – was born in Vienna in 1874 and died in Los Angeles in 1951.
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The Arnold Schönberg Center, established in 1998 in Vienna, is an unique repository of Arnold Schönberg’s archival legacy and a cultural center that is open to the public. He also resided in Berlin, Barcelona, Paris and Boston. In music history Schönberg’s name is associated with an epoch-making innovation: the “Method of composing with twelve tones which are related only with one another.”

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itions on Schönberg’s life and work, a gallery of his paintings, a replica of his Los Angeles study, a library on topics relating to the Viennese School, as well as concerts, lectures, workshops and symposia all contribute to a comprehensive experience that will enable the visitor to better understand Schönberg’s contributions to music and the arts. Activities at the Center are geared not only to the dedicated scholar but also to the general public. Professional assistance is granted for examining and studying Schönberg’s music manuscripts, writings and his correspondence. Scholarly results of the Center’s symposia are being published through the periodical “Journal of the Arnold Schönberg Center.” A museum shop includes publications in various languages, scores and both current and historic recordings of Schönberg’s works.

Today is National Read a Book Day in the U.S. Our recommendation: "Arnold Schönberg & Karl Kraus" by Therese Muxeneder. ...
06/09/2026

Today is National Read a Book Day in the U.S. Our recommendation: "Arnold Schönberg & Karl Kraus" by Therese Muxeneder. Immerse yourself in the intellectual kinship between two key figures of Viennese Modernism. The fully reproduced and annotated correspondence between Schönberg and Kraus reveals parallels, as well as discontinuities and ruptures, in an acquaintance that spanned more than four decades. Firsthand accounts from the worlds of architecture, poetry, painting, and music form the foundation of a cross-disciplinary panorama of intellectual and artistic intersections. Available in German and English via → https://www.etk-muenchen.de/search/Results.aspx?sort=1&q=Arnold+Sch%c3%b6nberg+%26+Karl+Kraus

05/09/2026

Instagram VS Reality - Von heute auf morgen op. 32 behind the scenes.

Have we suddenly turned our attention to statistics and mathematics? Well, in a way, yes. In his article on the interpre...
05/09/2026

Have we suddenly turned our attention to statistics and mathematics? Well, in a way, yes. In his article on the interpretation of Schoenberg’s Op. 19/1, Lars Laubhold compared four interpretations of the piece – including that of Schoenberg’s ‘ambassador at the piano’, Edward Steuermann. Available open access as part of JASC 15/2018 --> https://doi.org/10.70482/jasc.2018.15.67-82

After spending the summer in Dubrovnik, Schönberg wrote a friendly letter to his publisher, Emil Hertzka, from Pörtschac...
04/09/2026

After spending the summer in Dubrovnik, Schönberg wrote a friendly letter to his publisher, Emil Hertzka, from Pörtschach: “Dear Director, we arrived here yesterday from Ragusa and plan to stay here for about a week. It was very nice there. But it’s nice here, too – and much cheaper! You should come here!!”

A week on the set – Arnold Schönberg’s opera “Von heute auf morgen” is slowly transforming into Opera Seria’s “Ein gefäh...
03/09/2026

A week on the set – Arnold Schönberg’s opera “Von heute auf morgen” is slowly transforming into Opera Seria’s “Ein gefährliches Spiel.” After the audio recording in july, the team headed to Arnold Schönberg’s home in Mödling to film! They had a blast bringing the story to life. Now it’s time for editing!

Photographs: Sophie Wallisch

Today, 125 years ago, Schönberg wrote his song “Galathea” for the Berlin cabaret Überbrettl.
02/09/2026

Today, 125 years ago, Schönberg wrote his song “Galathea” for the Berlin cabaret Überbrettl.

Today, 130 years ago, Schönberg begins composing a serenade for small orchestra.
01/09/2026

Today, 130 years ago, Schönberg begins composing a serenade for small orchestra.

Today is International We Love Memoirs Day! Did you know that Schönberg once began writing a “Life Story in Encounters”?...
31/08/2026

Today is International We Love Memoirs Day! Did you know that Schönberg once began writing a “Life Story in Encounters”? A few longer texts from that project have survived, but mostly lists of the people who were particularly important to him.

Today, 100 years ago, Schoenberg received a request to serve as a representative of Austrian composers on an honorary co...
30/08/2026

Today, 100 years ago, Schoenberg received a request to serve as a representative of Austrian composers on an honorary committee for the International Music Exhibition in Geneva.

"I have to keep in mind the stubborness of a Beethoven, who did not bent himself in front of Grandes, I have to keep in ...
29/08/2026

"I have to keep in mind the stubborness of a Beethoven, who did not bent himself in front of Grandes, I have to keep in mind the combat of a Mozart against a prince, who wanted to order (act against) him consider him like to a valet; I have to keep in mind Wagner's combats, which gave him to create the Beckmesser, these incarnation of all these conservatisme, enemy Nr One of any artistic development."

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Zaunergasse 1-3
Vienna
1030

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