Finding Aid for the Arnold Schoenberg Papers PASC-M.0078
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2023.
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Title: Arnold Schoenberg papers
Identifier/Call Number: PASC-M.0078
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
(1 box, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1899-1951
Abstract: Collection consists of materials relating mostly to Schoenberg's career at UCLA, including his University of California biography
form, and letters to and from Schoenberg, his friends and UCLA colleagues, and his family. Includes miscellaneous photographs,
some inscribed, of Schoenberg and others, and clippings relating to his music and career. Also contains a photocopy of the
manuscript of Mailied (1899), the original of which is housed in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Biography
Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg was born on Sept. 13, 1874 in Vienna; began composing before he was nine years old; composed
the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (1899), which he later scored for string orchestra, and became one of his most popular works;
Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern began studying with him in 1904; his cantata
Gurrelieder (begun in 1900) was received enthusiastically at its premiere in 1913; by 1909 he began creating atonal compositions, and
in his
Opus 25 Piano Suite, he created the first composition based on a row or series of 12 tones; his opera
Moses und Aron (begun in 1930) was based on this technique; in 1925 he was invited to direct the master class in musical composition at
the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin; after the rise of the Nazis, he was dismissed from his post in 1933, and emigrated
to the United States via Paris; took a position at the Malkin Conservatory in Boston in November 1933, and then moved to California
the following year; after a year as a lecturer at the University of Southern California (1935-36) he taught composition as
UCLA from 1936 until his retirement in 1944; he became a U.S. citizen in 1944; continued to create compositions illustrating
his mastery of the 12-tone method; died on July 13, 1951 in LA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials relating mostly to Schoenberg's career at UCLA, including his University of California biography
form, and letters to and from Schoenberg, his friends and UCLA colleagues, and his family. Includes miscellaneous photographs,
some inscribed, of Schoenberg and others, and clippings relating to his music and career. Also contains a photocopy of the
manuscript of
Mailied (1899), the original of which is housed in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Composers -- Archives.
Schoenberg, Arnold
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Music--Faculty -- Archives
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Schoenberg and family. Photograph, b&w.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Mailied. Piano score, photocopy. 1899. 3p. Text by Goethe. Orig. MS in URL Special Collections.
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Stein, Leonard. To Pete ?. Correspondence. Dated Dec.11, Feb. 20, Aug. 23 and Dec. 20. No year.
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Petran, Laurence.
Organ Variations. Performance notes. Apparently instructions written by Schoenberg.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To David J. Bach. Correspondence. Dated April 4, 1918.
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Schoenberg, Gertrud. To Franklin D. Murphy. Correspondence, typed. Murphy was UCLA Chancellor. Dated Dec.14, 1962.
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Klemperer, Otto. Letter of Recommendation. Dated Jan 4, 1936.
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Knudsen, Vern O. To Gertrud Schoenberg. Correspondence, photocopy. Dated Aug.7, 1951.
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Rubsamen, Walter H. To Angus E. Taylor. Correspondence. Dated Sept. 29, 1967. Taylor was a UCLA Vice-Chancellor.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Birthday Canons to Carl Engel.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Moses and Aaron. Newspaper review. Munich. 1965.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
UC In Memorium. 1951.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Schoenberg Hall Dedication. Program. 1956.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. UC Biography, photostat. Dated May 14, 1936.
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Schoenberg, Gertrud. Obituary. Newspaper clipping. Los Angeles. Dated Feb.15, 1967 in Los Angeles Times.
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Shoenberg, Arnold. Memorial Concert. Clipping.
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Taylor, Angus E. To Walter H. Rubsamen. Correspondence. Dated Oct. 5, 1967. Taylor was a UCLA Vice Chancellor.
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Vincent, John. To Arnold Schoenberg. Correspondence. Dated Dec.7, 1949.
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Vincent, John. To Arnold Schoenberg. Correspondence. Dated Jan.16, 1950.
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Vincent, John. To Arnold Schoenberg. Correspondence. Dated Mar. 8, 1950.
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Vincent, John. To Arnold Schoenberg. Correspondence. Dated Apr. 25, 1951.
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Vincent, John. To Baldwin Woods. Letter of Recommendation. Dated Apr. 21, 1950.
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Woods, Baldwin M. To John Vincent. Schoenberg's Honorary Degree. Dated Apr. 18, 1950.
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Manuscript pages. Photograph, b&w.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Photograph, b&w.
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Dedication Concert for Arnold Schoenberg Hall. Program. UCLA. Dated May 15, 1956.
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Schoenberg Music Festival. Program. UCLA. Dates: March 27, April 10 & 24. No year.
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Dedication concert. Newspaper clipping. 1956. From Daily Bruin. Dated May 11, 1956.
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Dedication of Schoenberg Hall. Newspaper clipping. From Daily Bruin. Dated May 14, 1956.
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Prisma (Nr. 4). Journal. 1949.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Copy of Schoenberg's broadcast text.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. List of articles and books by Schoenberg.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Allen. Correspondence. Dated Jan. 19, 1945.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Allen. Correspondence. Dated Oct. 4, 1937.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To UC Regents. Correspondence, photocopy. Never sent.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Emil Hilb. Correspondence. Dated Jun.16, 1951.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Emil Hilb. Correspondence. Dated Nov. 29, 1939.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Emil Hilb. Correspondence. No date.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Correspondence. Dated Apr. 28, 1950.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Correspondence. Dated Feb. 5, 1950.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Correspondence. Dated Nov. 2, 1949.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Correspondence. Dated Nov. 5, 1949.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Correspondence. No date. Only 3rd page of letter.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To John Vincent. Postcard. Dated Apr. 17, 1951.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Laurence Petran. Correspondence. Dated Dec. 4, 1946.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Laurence Petran. Correspondence. Dated Dec. 7, 1945.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Laurence Petran. Telegram. Dated Dec.17, 1946.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Untitled manuscript, photocopy.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. UC Biography, holograph. Purchased from Scientific Library Service.
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London Symphony Orchestra. Program. Dated Nov. 8, 1965 at the Royal Festival Hall.
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Radulescu, Michael.
Comparison of Organ Variations by Bach and Schoenberg. Notice of lecture-recital. Schoenberg Hall. Dated Jan. 7, 1971.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Five Pieces for Orchestra. L.A. Philharmonic performance. Newspaper review. From L.A. Times, dated Mar. 5, 1966.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Gurrelieder. L.A. Philharmonic performance. Newspaper review. From L.A. Times, dated Mar. 23, 1968.
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Schoenberg, Arnold.
Performing Arts (V. 2, no.3). Performing Gurre-Lieder. Journal. Dated March 1968.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Catalog of works. Belmont Music.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Catalog of works. In German.
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Schoenberg, Gertrud. Newspaper clipping. From The Guardian, dated Jun. 23, 1965.
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Vosper, Robert. To Gordon Stone. Correspondence. Dated Dec. 5, 1962.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Walter R. Hashning. Photograph, b&w, inscribed. San Francisco. Dated March 1935.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. To Donald L. Hashning. Photograph, b&w, inscribed. San Francisco. Dated March 1935.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Photograph, b&w.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Photograph, b&w.
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Schoenberg, Arnold. Photograph, b&w.
Box 2, Folder 1
UCLA Composers Council flyer
1949
Box 2, Folders 2-5
Musical examples for classes in polyphony/counterpoint
1936-1937
Scope and Contents
Some pages are annotated or have handwritten notes.
Box 2, Folders 6-9
White, Alice van Hesse
1938-1939 and 2001
Scope and Contents
Includes White's reminisences of being a student of Schoenberg's from 1936-1939, along with some of her student compositions
annotated by Schoenberg.
