Kol Nidre op. 39. Rehearsals

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Titel	Kol Nidre op. 39. Rehearsals
Spieldauer	00:03:48
Urheber/innen	Schönberg, Arnold [Komponist/in] [GND]
Datum	1938 [Aufnahmedatum]
Ort	Los Angeles, Ambassador Hotel [Ortsbezug] Los Angeles [Aufnahmeort]
Schlagworte	Musik ; E-Musik ; Gesellschaft ; Vokalmusik - Chormusik, Chorwerke ; Besetzung - Orchester ; Religion ; Judentum ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
	20. Jahrhundert - 30er Jahre
Typ	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Sprache	Englisch
Link	"Kol nidre" op. 39 on the website of the Arnold Schönberg Center
Signatur	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00521_b01_k02
Medienart	Mp3-Audiodatei

Ambassador Hotel, Colourpicture, Boston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Arnold Schönberg composed “Kol nidre” op. 39 for reciter, chorus and orchestra in 1938 for Rabbi Dr. Jacob Sonderling, founder of the progressive Society for Jewish Culture (Fairfax Temple). “I wrote ‘Kol Nidre’ for Rabbi Dr. Jacob Sonderling, 525 S. Fairfax, Los Angeles Cal. […] When I first saw the traditional text I was horrified by the ‘traditional’ view that all the obligations that have been assumed during the year are supposed to be cancelled on the Day of Atonement. Since this view is truly immoral, I consider it false. It is diametrically opposed to the lofty morality of all the Jewish commandments. […] The difficulty of using the traditional melody has two causes: 1. There actually isn’t such a melody, only a number of flourishes resembling each other to a certain degree, yet without being identical and also without always appearing in the same order. 2. This melody is monodic, that is, is not based on harmony in our sense, and perhaps not even on polyphony.” (Arnold Schönberg to Paul Dessau, November 22, 1941)

Schönberg conducted the premiere on October 4, 1938, on the evening before Yom Kippur. It was not played in the synagogue as it was too small for the concert requirements, but instead in the Coconut Grove nightclub at the Hotel Ambassador in Los Angeles. “[Let me] tell you how much I appreciated your great assistance to the work which Rabbi Sonderling had in mind in putting all your power behind this dignified achiev[e]ment. I can tell you that I was really very satisfied with everyone at my disposal. I mean the excellent people who offered their service to my work and I want to ask you to tell them how much I was pleased with the manner in which they performed my work and how fast I could rehearse with them.” (Schönberg to the Music Department of 20th Century Fox Studios, November 22, 1938) (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)

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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 , Vokalmusik - Chormusik, Chorwerke , Besetzung - Orchester , Religion , Judentum , Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme

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