Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38. 2. Con fuoco

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Titel	Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38. 2. Con fuoco
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Urheber/innen	Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND]
Mitwirkende	Stiedry, Fritz [Dirigent] [GND ] G. Schirmer Inc. [Produzent] The New Friends Of Music Orchestra [Orchester]
Datum	1940.12.15 [Aufnahmedatum]
Ort	New York, Wohnung / residence Fritz Stiedry [Ortsbezug] New York City [Aufnahmeort]
Schlagworte	Musik ; E-Musik ; Gesellschaft ; Instrumentalmusik - Symphonie ; Besetzung - Orchester ; Besetzung - Kammerorchester ; Radio ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
	20. Jahrhundert - 40er Jahre
Typ	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Sprache	Englisch
Link	Chamber Symphony No. op. 28 on the website of the Arnold Schönberg Center
Signatur	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00391_b01_k02
Medienart	Mp3-Audiodatei

Arnold Schönberg and Fritz Stiedry, Arnold Schönberg Center, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT

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In a letter to Fritz Stiedry, who had conducted the premiere of Schönberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 2 op. 38 on December 15, 1940 in New York, the composer provides an insight into the musical performance: “More than anything else, let me say that the performance of the Second Chamber Symphony really sounded very clear and precise, and it has left a great impression on everybody I have spoken to – several people have listened to it at my home – and they were filled with the greatest respect. As regards the interpretation, it was convincing overall, although it suffered considerably from the tempi being too slow throughout, sometimes far too slow. For example in bar 219, animando (and all the parallel passages) means ‘animated’. I understand perfectly that many things are done differently at a premiere, in the interests of better presentation. And there is much that does not succeed as well as expected. That is why I am able to say this, because I know only too well how much I myself have failed in my own works. But I think it is important for subsequent performances that I set everything right. […] I have played the records several times now and the more I play them, the less I like them. It is actually an atrocious sound. No orchestra, no conductor, has produced a sound that is even nearly as atrocious as the sound created by the best records. Even the radio broadcast itself had a much finer sound. […] I consider the noise from the strings so irksome, the wind instruments are not vivid. – I am convinced that the records do not provide a correct reproduction of the performance. The radio broadcast sounded considerably better as well. Nevertheless – and that is the curious thing – I am still happy to have received them. After all, who knows when I would have heard the piece for the first time, if it were not for the radio and records.” (Letter dated January 9, 1941) (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 , Gesellschaft , Instrumentalmusik - Symphonie , Besetzung - Orchester , Besetzung - Kammerorchester , Radio , Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme

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