January 2006:                       suggested links Arnold Schönberg Center A Picture/Poem collection of links

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(ii) Schönberg spricht . . .
To the National Institute of Arts and Letters  
May 22, 1947

The "Boiling water" speech [4:27]

On Schoenberg's struggle to follow his musical instincts in composition.

"Personally I had the feeling as if I had fallen into an ocean of boiling water,
and not knowing how to swim or to get out in another manner, I tried with
my legs and arms as best as I could." Arnold Schönberg, speaking in English

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(iii) Composition and Creativity:
A lecture by Pierre Boulez  on Arnold Schönberg [50']
Los Angeles, 1987

"You don't speak about the work, but the work speaks
about you." Pierre Boulez

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(iv) Arnold Schönberg:
Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment op. 47
Koldofsky Trio

Adolf Koldofsky, Violine; Eduard Steuermann, Klavier
Dial, 1951

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