Arnold Schoenberg Correspondence: a collection of translated and annotated letters exchanged with Guido Adler, Pablo Casals, Emanuel Feuermann and Olin Downes

Abstract

Arnold Schoenberg Correspondence, comprising selected unpublished letters written between 1903 and 1950, is an engaging read. Within a broad framework, the correspondence chosen ill umi nates two lesser known facets of Schoenberg's musical persona, namely, an interest in Viennese Baroque music - demonstrated in the composition of basso continuo realisations and cadenzas for works by G.M. Monn, J.C. Monn and F. Tuma, and the composition of a violoncello concerto in D major after G.M. Monn - and a penetrating insight into the nature of his musical taste as revealed in exchanges with Olin Dowries and Aaron Copland.