String Quartet No. 2 in F Sharp Minor op. 10. 4. Rapture

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Title	String Quartet No. 2 in F Sharp Minor op. 10. 4. Rapture
Playing time	00:03:24
Authors	Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND] Kolisch Quartett [Quartett]
Place	München, Hotel Kempinsky Vier Jahreszeiten, Jahreszeitensaal [Ortsbezug]
Keywords	Musik ; E-Musik ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
	20. Jahrhundert - 10er Jahre
Type	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Numbers	10350 [Katalognummer]
Language	Englisch
Signature	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00844_b01_k02
Media type	Mp3-Audiodatei

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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)

Collection history

Sammlung Schönberg

Im Rahmen einer Kooperation mit dem Arnold Schönberg Center sichert die Österreichische Mediathek seit April 2019 die Schallplattensammlung des Komponisten digital. Der Nachlass Arnold Schönbergs steht seit 1998 im Arnold Schönberg Center in Wien zur Verfügung.

Die Sammlung umfasst über 400 Schallplatten mit eigenen Kompositionen, fremden Werken sowie vereinzelten Sprachaufnahmen. Professionelle Produktionen stehen neben dokumentarischen Mitschnitten. Schönberg war technischen Neuerungen aufgeschlossen und nutzte Medien zur Tonaufzeichnung auf vielfältige Weise. Die frühesten Audio-Dokumente gehen auf Arnold Schönbergs Zeit in Berlin und sein zunehmendes Engagement für den Rundfunk zurück, dessen Potenzial zur Verbreitung aktueller Musik er bereits früh erkannte. Frühe Tonträger der Sammlung entstanden oft als Versuchsaufnahmen im Kontext von Radioübertragungen. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden seine Schallplatten wichtiges Kommunikationsmittel im Kontakt mit Europa.

2011 wurde der Schönberg-Nachlass von der UNESCO in das Weltdokumentenerbe-Register (Memory of the World) aufgenommen.

Zur Sammlungsgeschichte siehe auch <link>https://www.schoenberg.at/images/stories/bilder_statische_artikel/archiv/ethikbewahrens.pdf<link>

In cooperation with the Arnold Schönberg Center, the Österreichische Mediathek digitally preserved the composer's record collection in April 2019. Arnold Schönberg’s Estate was made available at the Arnold Schönberg in 1998, after the collection had been moved from Los Angeles.

The composer owned over 400 phonograph discs with his own compositions, works by other composers, and also the occasional voice recording. Professional productions are found alongside documentative recordings. Schönberg was open to technical innovations and used sound recording media in various ways. The earliest audio documents stem from the composer’s time spent in Berlin and his increasing commitment to the radio, whose potential for broadcasting contemporary music to a larger audience was recognized by Schönberg at a very early stage. Early sound storage media from Schönberg’s collection often contain test recordings for radio broadcasts and only excerpts of the compositions played. And after the war, phonograph discs were an important means of communication with Europe.

In 2011 Schönberg’s Estate was inscribed onto the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

For the history of the collection see also <link>https://www.schoenberg.at/images/stories/bilder_statische_artikel/archiv/ethikbewahrens.pdf<link>

Location in the digital collection

Keywords

Musik ; E-Musik , Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme

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Sammlung Schönberg

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