Pelleas and Melisande op. 5, opening “scene at the fountain in the park”

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Titel	Pelleas and Melisande op. 5, opening “scene at the fountain in the park”
Spieldauer	00:05:04
Urheber/innen	Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND]
Mitwirkende	Zillig, Winfried [Dirigent] [GND ]
Datum	1949 [Aufnahmedatum] 1902.07.01 [Bezugsdatum]
Ort	Villa Marie, Schönbergs Ferienort / vacation spot, Karlshagen, Usedom [Ortsbezug] Frankfurt am Main [Aufnahmeort]
Schlagworte	Musik ; E-Musik ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
	20. Jahrhundert - 40er Jahre 20. Jahrhundert - Nullerjahre
Typ	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Sprache	Englisch
Link	Pelleas and Melisande op. 5. on the website of the Arnold Schönberg Center
Signatur	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00554_b01_k02
Medienart	Mp3-Audiodatei

Arnold Schönberg’s vacation spot, Karlshagen, Usedom. Arnold Schönberg Center, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT

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On a correspondence card addressed to Schönberg’s vacation residence in Carlshagen on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, the composer’s longstanding friend and brother-in-law Alexander Zemlinsky expresses his amazement “that you have completed the composition – I still haven’t finished yet.” Zemlinsky is referring to his symphonic poem “The Mermaid” and Schönberg’s orchestral work “Pelleas and Melisande” op. 5, which was based on the drama of the same name by the Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck, the short score of which was already finished.

The first recording of the work took place in 1949 and was performed by Schönberg’s student Winfried Zillig and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra: “It was only the day before yesterday that I first heard your performance of Pelleas and Melisande. My records, which had been made from the transcription of a 16-inch disc made from the tape recording, and so they are a third ‘infusion,’ were so unsatisfactory that I have long kept my opinion to myself. But now, the day before yesterday, I was finally able to listen to it all, and I can say with pleasure that I am extraordinarily satisfied with your performance. It is highly atmospheric and lively, and sounds very good overall as well, apart from a few places where it seems the mixers have made several mistakes with their microphones.” (Letter dated April 4, 1950) Side Four of the records begins with the “scene at the fountain in the park,” which represents the Scherzo within the work’s symphonic arrangement. It describes an encounter between the drama’s protagonists which forms the basis for the subsequent tragic development. (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)

Sammlungsgeschichte

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>

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Musik ; E-Musik , Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme

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