A collection of articles, program notes and letters by the composer about his own works
Edited by Nuria Schoenberg Nono
128p., 1988, english, Paperback
This edition published for the South Bank Centre (London) concert series entitled "The Reluctant Revolutionary: Arnold Schoenberg, His Works and His World", held Oct. 5, 1988 to Jan. 29, 1988. Includes musical examples and drawing by Schoenberg.
Three letters to Ferruccio Busoni about the Piano Pieces [op. 11]
Program notes to a concert of the Verein für Kunst und Kultur
From the 1912 diary
Preface to the score of Pierrot lunaire
Letter to Emil Hertzka, General Director of Universal Edition
Letter to Hermann Scherchen
Letter to Alexander von Zemlinsky about Pelleas and Melisande
Letter to Edgar Varèse -- Letter to Marya Freund
Letter to Hermann Scherchen
Letter to Werner Reinhart, Swiss patron of the arts
Preface of the score to the Three Satires
Foreword to Schoenberg's texts
Interview with Erwin Stein about the Variations for Orchestra
A lecture about Die glückliche Hand
Letter to William Steinberg about Von heute auf morgen
An introduction to a broadcast of Von heute auf morgen
Letter to Intendant Legal of the Krolloper
Variations for Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio talk
"Self Analysis", an answer to a questionnaire by Julius Bahle
Letter to Alban Berg about Moses and Aron
Radio lecture on the Four Orchestral Songs
Letter to Rudolf Kolisch
Letter to Pablo Casals
Letter to Walter Eidlitz
Program notes to a recording of the String Quartet Concerto, after Handel
Notes for the private recordings of the String Quartets
On the composition of Kol nidre
Letter to Alfred V. Frankenstein
Three letters to Dr. Fritz Stiedry
Letter to Paul Dessau
How I came to compose the Ode to Napoleon
Letter to Fritz Reiner
Letter to Louis Krasner
Letter to Renè Leibowitz
Letter to H.H. Stuckenschmidt
Letter to Renè Leibowitz
Letter to Kurt List
Letter to Ingeborg Ruvina
Letter to Werner David
Letter to Amadeo Filippi
Program notes to a recording of Pelleas and Melisande
Program notes for a recording of Chamber Symphony No. 1
Letter to James Fassett
Forward [sic] to a broadcast of Pelleas and Melisande
Letter to Thor Johnson
Program notes to a recording of Verklärte Nacht
Letter to Josef Rufer
A note