Arnold Schoenberg in Denver - 1937

from Arnold Schoenberg Letters, page 209:

Your writing of a Schoenberg Festival as a dream reminds me of the European times when such a thing would have been possible had not anti-Semitism (and particularly its Jewish brand) prevented it. To judge by the experience I had in Denver two years ago (when there was four-day chamber-music festival of my works and [works of] some of my school), that would very much please and interest me. One positively sees how one grew and developed.

cite as

Arnold Schoenberg, and Erwin Stein (ed.), Arnold Schoenberg Letters (1964), p. 209. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1448985100239 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Denver

Listeners

Arnold Schoenberg
Composer
1874-1951

Listening to

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Chamber music works by Schoenberg and his school
written by Arnold Schoenberg's pupils, Arnold Schoenberg

Experience Information

Date/Time 1937
Medium live

Notes

Letter from Arnold Schoenberg to Professor Leo Kestenberg, Los Angeles, 16 June 1939.


Originally submitted by verafonte on Tue, 01 Dec 2015 15:51:40 +0000
Approved on Sat, 23 Apr 2016 13:25:47 +0100