Variations for Orchestra op. 31. Introduction, Theme and Variation 1

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Title	Variations for Orchestra op. 31. Introduction, Theme and Variation 1
Playing time	00:04:17
Authors	Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND]
Contributors	Rosbaud, Hans [Dirigent] [GND] Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk [Produzent]
Date	1931.03.23 [Aufnahmedatum]
Place	Roquebrune-Cap-Martin [Ortsbezug]
Keywords	Musik ; E-Musik ; Radiosendung-Mitschnitt
	20. Jahrhundert - 30er Jahre
Type	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Language	Englisch
Signature	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00795_b01_k02
Media type	Mp3-Audiodatei

Arnold Schönberg in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Arnold Schönberg Center, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT

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In October 1925 Schönberg was appointed to hold a masterclass for composition at the Prussian Academy of Arts. The years leading up to his emigration to the US in 1933 were among his most creative as an artist. Shortly after moving to Berlin, Schönberg initially explored compositions in which he wanted to employ the twelve-tone method in a large orchestra setting. A passacaglia that remained a fragment produced the idea for his “Variations for Orchestra”, with May 2, 1926 given as the date when Schönberg began to compose the work. Opus 31 was finished on August 21, 1928 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the French Riviera, and the written copy of the score was dated as completed on September 20, 1928. The premiere of the piece on December 2, 1928 by the Berlin Philharmonic and Wilhelm Furtwängler ended in disaster owing to insufficient rehearsal time. This meant that Schönberg was all the happier about the carefully prepared performance on March 23, 1931 on Frankfurt Radio, conducted by Hans Rosbaud, for which he held an introductory talk on the previous day. A partial recording of the concert contains the introduction of the variations, the theme, and also the complete first variation. (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 , Radiosendung-Mitschnitt

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Sammlung Schönberg

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