Titel | String Quartet No. 2 in F Sharp Minor op. 10. 4. Rapture |
Spieldauer | 00:03:24 |
Urheber/innen |
Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in]
[GND]
Kolisch Quartett [Quartett] |
Ort |
München, Hotel Kempinsky Vier Jahreszeiten, Jahreszeitensaal [Ortsbezug]
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Schlagworte | Musik ; E-Musik ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme |
Zeitliche Einordnung |
20. Jahrhundert - 10er Jahre
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Typ | audio |
Format |
SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack] |
Nummern |
10350 [Katalognummer] |
Sprache |
Englisch |
Signatur | Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00844_b01_k02 |
Medienart | Mp3-Audiodatei |
A Schönberg concert on January 2, 1911 in the Jahreszeiten concert hall in Munich, which the members of the Munich Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung) visited, among them Wassily Kandinsky, led to one of the most significant artists’ correspondences of the beginning of the 20th century. After his partner Gabriele Münter had found out Schönberg’s address, Kandinsky wrote to him on January 18, 1911: “You do not know me, of course – that is, my works – since I do not exhibit much in general, and have exhibited in Vienna only briefly once and that was years ago (at the Secession). However, what we are striving for and our whole manner of thought and feeling have so much in common that I feel completely justified in expressing my empathy.” Schönberg replied: “For the present, there is no question of my works winning over the masses. It is all the more certain that they win the hearts of individuals – those really worthwhile individuals who alone matter to me.” (Schönberg to Kandinsky, January 24, 1911) In the introduction to the Finale of his String Quartet No. 2, op. 10 Schönberg sought “to portray relief from gravitation – passing through the clouds […], forgetting all the troubles of life on earth.” Within only a few seconds all twelve notes in the chromatic scale are played in a figure that gradually winds its way upwards. There is an impressive entry by singer Clemence Gifford, who was also active as a movie actress and who joined the Kolisch Quartet to evoke “air from another planet,” to quote the verse by the symbolist poet Stefan George. (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)
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