Schoenberg’s exile
Simultaneously misunderstood and admired
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Los Angeles
Arnold Schoenberg was a pioneer of modern compositional techniques. However, his music also polarized listeners. Some freneticially celebrated it, other rejected it as noise. On September 13th, the Vienna native celebrated his 62nd birthday. At this time the musician had been living in the United States for almost five years. Schoenberg, a son of Jewish parents, lost his position at the Prussian Academy of Art soon after the Nazis took power. Thereafter he fled first to Paris, then emigrated to the United States. In Los Angeles, he was able to resume his teaching at the University of California.
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Institution:
Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin
Collection:
Portrait of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, in: Arnold Schoenberg Collection, AR 1149
Original:
F 3070
