Arnold Schönberg
13.09.1874—13.07.1951

Future Performances

Gurre-Lieder
02.06.2012, Wien (A)
Gurre-Lieder
03.06.2012, Wien (A)
Gurre-Lieder
12.08.2012, London (GB)
Gurre-Lieder
28.09.2012, Bonn (D)
Gurre-Lieder
12.05.2013, Braunschweig (D)

News

  • Arnold Schönberg (c) Arnold Schönberg Center Wien
    Schönberg's 3 Klavierstücke op. 11 for chamber orchestra
    Schönberg's 3 Klavierstücke op. 11 for chamber orchestra
    On 5 March Yoel Gamzou conducts the first performance of Arnold Schönberg's Drei Klavierstücke op. [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Pelleas and Melisande in three versions
    Apart from Arnold Schönberg’s original orchestration of Pelleas and Melisande, UE also publishes [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    Arnold Schönberg recognised by UNESCO
    We are proud to announce that the documents left by Arnold Schönberg, including manuscripts of his [...]
  • Wolfgang Rihm
    Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
    Wolfgang Rihm on Schönberg’s Variations Op. 31
    In the new issue of our new newsletter Musikblätter, Wolfgang Rihm talks about Schönberg’s Varia [...]
  • New York City Opera Monodrama
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    US Stage Première of Feldman’s Neither
    New York City Opera presents the US professional stage première of Morton Feldman’s inimitable mo [...]
  • Arnold Schönberg
    New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
    New version of Schönberg’s 6 Orchestral Songs
    The new version by Klaus Simon of the songs 3, 4 and 6 completes the cycle and expands the Schönber [...]
  • UE26292
    Arnold Schönberg
    Arnold Schönberg
    An insight into Schönberg's creativity as an artist! [...]
  • Grammys
    UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
    UE at the GRAMMYS 2011
    The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards will take place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 13 Feb, 2011. Among the nomi [...]

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Arnold Schönberg
Gurre-Lieder | for solos, choir and orchestra - Work Introduction

Schönberg worked on his Gurre- Lieder for soloists, chorus and orchestra from 1900-1911, a period in which he left the work’s style far behind. For him its completion represented the documentation of a compositional style and spiritual attitude no longer his own. At its 1913 première in the Vienna Musikverein the piece enjoyed overwhelming success; Schönberg’s pupil Webern wrote: What a moment of my life! Unforgettable… The sensation of this tumultuous noise thrills me to the point where I swoon…