Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (B flat major) after Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 7

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Title	Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (B flat major) after Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 7
Playing time	00:03:36
Authors	Händel, Georg Friedrich [Komponist/in] [GND] Schönberg, Arnold [Bearbeiter/in] [GND]
Contributors	Klemperer, Otto [Dirigent] [GND] Kolisch Quartett [Quartett] Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchester]
Date	1938.01.07 [Aufnahmedatum]
Place	Prag, Tschechischer Rundfunk / Czech Radio [Ortsbezug] Los Angeles [Aufnahmeort]
Keywords	Musik ; E-Musik ; Gesellschaft ; Konzert - Konzert, Orchesterkonzert, Konzertmusik ; Instrumente - Streichinstrumente ; Besetzung - Quartett ; Besetzung - Orchester ; Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme
	20. Jahrhundert - 30er Jahre
Type	audio
Format	SCS [Schallplatte, Schellack]
Language	Englisch
Link	Händel's Concerto grosso op. 6 on the website of the Arnold Schönberg Center
Signature	Österreichische Mediathek, e11-00225_b01_k02
Media type	Mp3-Audiodatei

Tagblatt, via ANNO Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (https://anno.onb.ac.at/)

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In September 1934 the Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B flat major, based on the Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 7 by George Frideric Handel, was premiered at a concert broadcast to celebrate Arnold Schönberg’s 60th birthday. The radio broadcast with the orchestra of the Prague broadcaster and the Kolisch Quartet got off to a difficult start because a previous broadcast overran by 10 minutes and a broadcasting malfunction caused a further delay. The concert performance received positive feedback in the press: “The premiere of Schönberg’s concerto grosso by Handel brought a special surprise as the sound was unlike any classical traditions and concert environments. Over the radio, the work seemed far more insistent than during rehearsals in the studio. The work sounded as though it had been composed by a contemporary Handel. The radio broadcasting therefore had the effect on its listeners that Schönberg imagined would be achieved by his inspired arrangement, an effect that can never be witnessed in a bleak concert room.” (Prager Tagblatt, September 28, 1934). Rudolf Kolisch, Schönberg’s brother-in-law, reported the initial impressions of the new work to the composer on October 6, 1934: “The attitude of the orchestra was very pleasing, they [...] played with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately the acoustics in the Prague studio were so bad that I myself – (also due to the positioning of the microphone) – could not gain a proper impression of the overall sound. But the kapellmeisters in the control room were sent into raptures.” The Prague concert was not recorded, and so the US premiere from 1938 is the earliest surviving recording of the work. (Text: Arnold Schönberg Center)

Collection history

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>

Location in the digital collection

Keywords

Musik ; E-Musik , Gesellschaft , Konzert - Konzert, Orchesterkonzert, Konzertmusik , Instrumente - Streichinstrumente , Besetzung - Quartett , Besetzung - Orchester , Unveröffentlichte Aufnahme

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Sammlung Schönberg

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Arnold Schönberg – Biography