Finding aid for the Arnold Schoenberg Institute "Pierrot Lunaire" poster reproduction 5373

Schoenberg (Arnold) Institute "Pierrot Lunaire" poster reproduction

Diann Benti

USC Libraries Special Collections

2021 October

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

specol@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Arnold Schoenberg Institute "Pierrot Lunaire" poster reproduction

Creator: Arnold Schoenberg Institute

Identifier/Call Number: 5373

Physical Description: 3.35 Linear Feet 1 oversized folder and 1 box

Date: 1957

Date (inclusive): 1978-1996

Abstract: Collection consists of a 1987 reproduction of a German poster for the first performance of "Pierrot Lunaire" by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg on October 16, 1912, in Berlin, Germany, and additional textual materials.

Language of Material: English, German.

Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

The Arnold Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California housed the library and archives of Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) from 1973 until 1997. The collection was transferred to the newly created Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, Austria, in 1998.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a 1987 reproduction of a German poster for the first performance of "Pierrot Lunaire" by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg on October 16, 1912, in Berlin, Germany, and additional textual materials. Titled: Uraufführung Arnold Schönberg ˶Pierrot Lunaire..." With text at center bottom: "Reproduced for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, March 1987." The textual materials include concert programs, periodicals, and clippings associated with Schoenberg and the Institute.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Found in library, October 2021.

Related Materials

Some of the records of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute are held in the USC Thornton School of Music records (Coll. No. 0283).

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Arnold Schoenberg Institute "Pierrot Lunaire" poster reproduction, Collection no. 5373, University Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Clippings

Orchestral music -- Performances -- Germany -- Berlin -- Posters

Pamphlets

Posters

Reproductions (derivative objects)

Arnold Schoenberg Institute -- Archives

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951