Arnold Schönberg Center
Arnold Schönberg Center
Arnold Schönberg (1924) by Atelier Schlosser & WenischArnold Schönberg Center
Arnold Schönberg
Composer, writer, painter ...
... theoretician, teacher, leading figure of the Viennese School ...
... pioneer of the twelve-tone method, benchmark in recent music history.
Piano Piece, op. 19/6 (1911-06-17) by Arnold SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
“The conviction that I have written nothing that I should be ashamed of forms the foundation of my moral existence.” (Arnold Schönberg, 1931)
Arnold Schönberg (1912) by Hugo ErfurthArnold Schönberg Center
Arnold Avraham Schönberg
Born
September 13, 1874 in Vienna
Died
July 13, 1951 in Los Angeles (aged 76)
Pauline Schönberg (1911) by H. v. SchmidtArnold Schönberg Center
Mother
Pauline Schönberg, née Nachod (1848, Prague–1921, Berlin)
Samuel Schönberg (1870/1880) by M. MachaćArnold Schönberg Center
Father
Samuel Schönberg (1838, Szécsény–1889, Vienna)
Ottilie Schönberg, Pauline Schönberg, Arnold Schönberg (1879) by Atelier MatznerArnold Schönberg Center
Siblings
Adele Feigele (1872, Vienna–1874, Vienna)
Ottilie Leah Sara (1876, Vienna–1954, Berlin)
Heinrich Israel (1882, Vienna–1941, Salzburg)
Arnold Schönberg’s passport (1933-04-29) by Czechoslovakian Consulate BerlinArnold Schönberg Center
Nationality
Hungary (1874)
Czechoslovakia (1918)
United States of America (1941)
First language
German
Foreign languages
French, English
Arnold Schönberg and Judaism (2015) by Arnold Schönberg CenterArnold Schönberg Center
Religion
Mosaic (1874, 1933)
Protestant (1898, baptized as Franz Walter)
Arnold Schönberg’s school certificate (1886-07-06) by Wilhelm KukulaArnold Schönberg Center
Education
Primary school for boys: Bürgerschule für Knaben (Kleine Pfarrgasse 33, Vienna, 1880–1885)
Secondary school: k. k. Staats-Oberrealschule (Vereinsgasse 21, Vienna, 1885–1891)
Arnold Schoenberg at the University of Southern California (1935) by University of Southern CaliforniaArnold Schönberg Center
Employers
Bankhaus Werner & Co. (Vienna, 1891–1895)
Buntes Theater Ueberbrettl G.m.b.H. (Berlin, 1901–1902)
Stern’sches Konservatorium (Berlin, 1902–1903)
Akademie der Künste (Berlin, 1926–1933)
Malkin Conservatory (Boston, New York, 1933–1934)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, 1935–1936)
University of California at Los Angeles (1936–1944)
Mathilde, Arnold Schönberg, Georg and Gertrude Schönberg (1907) by Heinrich SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
Marriage (1901)
Mathilde von Zemlinsky (1877, Vienna–1923, Vienna)
Children
Gertrude (1902, Berlin–1947, New York)
Georg Wilhelm (1906, Vienna–1974, Mödling)
Lawrence, Arnold, Gertrud, Nuria and Ronald Schoenberg (1948) by Richard FishArnold Schönberg Center
Marriage (1924)
Gertrud Bertha Kolisch (1898, Karlsbad–1967, Los Angeles)
Children
Nuria Dorothea (b. 1932, Barcelona)
Rudolf Ronald (b. 1937, Los Angeles)
Lawrence Adam (b. 1941, Los Angeles)
Arnold Schönberg’s calendar (1935) by Arnold SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Eyes
Brown
Hair
Black
Height
5 ft. 3 1/2 in
Weight
135 lb (1935)
Shoe size
US 7 EEE
Arnold Schönberg plays tennis (1928) by Anonymous photographerArnold Schönberg Center
Sports
Tennis, table tennis, rowing, swimming
Arnold Schönberg, Witz, Gertrud Schönberg (1928) by Maria KolischArnold Schönberg Center
Pets
Dogs, rabbits, cats
Arnold Schönberg’s car (1937)Arnold Schönberg Center
Cars
Ford, LaSalle
Hobbies
Bookbinding, arts & crafts
Perfume
Kniže Ten
Trivia
Triskaidekaphobic, smoker
At Midnight - First written copy (1901/1902) by Gustav Mahler (Text: Friedrich Rückert)Arnold Schönberg Center
Favorite composers
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Richard Heuberger, Giacomo Puccini, George Gershwin
Satire (Karl Kraus – The Great Wall of China) (1910) by Arnold SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
Favorite author
Karl Kraus
Favorite philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer
Favorite painter
Gustav Klimt
Favorite architect
Adolf Loos
Gurre-Lieder - Behold the Sun (1900/1911) by Arnold SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
Shortest composition
Piano Piece op. 19/4 (20 sec.)
Longest composition
Gurre-Lieder (110 min.)
First composition
Birthday March, 1882
Last composition
I got an A in arithmetic (fragment), 1951
Green Self-Portrait (1910-10-23) by Arnold SchönbergArnold Schönberg Center
“I write what I feel in my heart – and what finally comes on paper is what first coursed through every fiber of my body.” (Arnold Schönberg, 1937)
Curator
Therese Muxeneder
Film
Christoph Edtmayr
