schoenberg 2

House where Arnold Schönberg lived from February 1918 on, today seat of the Internationale Arnold-Schönberg-Gesellschaft (international Arnold Schönberg society) (see „Arnold-Schönberg-Gedenkstätte")

Hotel Bieglerhütte (Wiener Straße 4)

From 1896 to 1898, Schöberg was conductor of the choral society „Freisinn" in Mödling. Its concerts were performed at the Wiener Straße 4.

Scheffengasse 8, Evangelische Kirche (Protestant church)

Arnold Schönberg married here his second wife Gertrud Kolisch on August 28th 1924.

Pörtschach am Wörthersee

Carinthia. Commune, Alps lakeside resort on the north bank of the Wörthersee. Wharf.

Sights:

Parish church (built 1787-1794, enlarged 1904-1906)
Protestant church (1956-1959)
Renaissance castle Leonstein (core from the 16th century, renovated 19th/20th century), today hotel
Ruins of Leonstain castle (documented in 1166)
Brahms bust (1907) in Leonstain castle, accessible only for hotel guests
Brahms room in Leonstain castle with Biedermeier furniture. Brahms is supposed to have lived here in 1877 and 1878. Accessible only for hotel guests.

Seehotel Werzer Astoria

(A - 9210 Pörtschach am Wörthersee, phone: 43-4272-2231)
Arnold and Gertrud Schönberg were hotel guest here in summer 1927 together with Wassiliy and Nina Kandinsky.

Stockerau

Lower Austria, town on the left bank of the Danube.
In 1895, Schönberg became conductor of the „Metallarbeiter-Sängerbundes" (metalworker choral society) of Stockerau.

Traunkirchen

Upper Austria. Commune. Tourist center on the west bank of the Traunsee.
Schönberg spent here the summer months 1905, 1906, 1907 and 1921 and 1922 (at the inn Hoisen, the Villa Josef and at the Villa Spaun).

Hotel „Am Stein", Winkl 15, Traunkirchen

On August 12th 1922, Schönberg organized here a concert for the benefit of the new purchase of church bells. But none of his works were on the program.

Vienna

Wien 1., Dorotheergasse 18, Evangelische Kirche A. B.

On March 25th 1898, Schönberg turned Protestant here.

Wien 1., Franz-Josefs-Kai 43

The shoe store of Schöberg's father was here in 1874-75.

Wien 1., Herrengasse 6-8

Bösendorfer-Saal (demolished in 1913)
On April 16th 1912, a great Schönberg concert was performed here by the Rosé quartet. On the program: String quartet in D minor op 7, Three compositions for piano op 11, Six compositions for piano op 19, String sextet „Verklärte Nacht" op 4.

Wien 1., Karlsplatz 6 / Bösendorferstraße 12, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of music lovers)

The foundation of the "Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde des österreichischen Kaiserstaates" (Society of music lovers of the Austrian empire) was initiated in 1812 by Joseph Ferdinand von Sonnleithner, the secretary of the court theater. The main purpose of the society was besides the performance of concerts the establishment of a conservatory and a large musical collection.

Conservatory: In 1817, the society opened a singing school and in 1821 schools for instrumental music which were centralized in 1822 under the name of "conservatory". In 1909 the conservatory was nationalized under the name of "K. K. Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst" (Imperial and Royal academy for music and interpretative art) and moved into the new building of the Wiener Konzerthaus in 1913.

Since its foundation the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde worked as private society. The "performing members", the so-called "dilettants", who were no professional musicians, but their skill guaranteed the high quality of the concerts, appeared in their concerts initially. Since 1851 the society invites only professional musicians to their concerts.

The original seat of the society was in the house "Zum roten Igel", Tuchlauben 12, Brandstätte 8-10, Wildpretmarkt 1). In 1829/30, the society acquired and demolished the till then rented building and built a new one which housed the archives, the conservatory and the first concert hall of Vienna.

The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde moved into the Musikverein building of today in 1870. It was raised in two and a half years and inaugurated by emperor Franz Joseph I on January 5th 1870. At that time it housed the concert activities, the archives and the conservatory. Since then unnumerable great musicians appeared in the two concert halls of the house, the Goldene Saal (golden hall) belongs to the most famous and best concert halls of the world.

At the Kleine Musikvereinssaal (today Brahms-Saal) Schöberg's „Verklärte Nacht" was performed for the first time on March 18th 1902, at the Große Saal „Pelleas und Melisande" (January 25th 1905) and the „Gurrelieder" (February 23rd 1913) were performed for the first time publically.

A concert on March 30th 1913, Schönberg conducting, caused a scandal and the hall had to be vacated.

Wien 1., Kärntner Ring 2, Staatsoper

On June 13th 1920, the Gurrelieder were performed here, Arnold Schöberg conducting.
The opera house of Vienna, designed by August von Siccardsburg (constructional plans) and Eduard van der Nüll (decoration), was built between 1861 and 1869 as first large building of the new Ringstraße. The building in historicist style uses structural elements of the Venetian and French Renaissance, but shows also the influence of the opera houses of Dresden and Paris.

The five allegorical bronze sculptures and the two Pegasus groups on the roof were created by Ernst Julius Hännel, the figures on the fountains on both sides of the main section by Julius Gasser. The lunettes in the foyer and the ceiling frescos of the loggia above the entrance hall were made after models by Moritz von Schwind. At first, the building did not win the Vienneses' heart and was subject to mocking criticism because of its site and eclecticism. In 1945, Aircraft bombs destroyed nearly the whole house. In was restored by intensive works lasting ten years. The auditorium received a completely new design by Erich Boltenstern, the sketches for the thirteen tapestries of the second interval room, the „Gobelinsaal", with motifs of the Zauberflöte were created by Rudolf Hermann Eisenmenger.

Wien 1., Lothringerstraße 20, Konzerthaus

The Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft (Viennese concert house society) was founded in 1908. The great concert house building, designed by Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer, was raised in 1912/13. It housed also the national music academy (formerly conservatory of the society of music lovers, today Academy of music and interpretative arts).

Many premières and Austrian first performances (Schönberg, Strauss, Zemlinsky, Hindemith, Bartók, Britten, Strawinsky etc.) were performed at the three concert halls of the house (Schubertsaal, Mozartsaal, Großer Saal).

Between 1913 and 1934, long series of „worker symphony concerts" were performed at the great hall. At the small hall (today Schubertsaal) the weekly concerts of the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (society of private music performances) were performed from 1919 to 1921. At the middle hall (today Mozartsaal) a Schönberg evening was given in March 1919 and the Third string quartet op 30 was performed for the first time on September 19th 1927; Schönberg held also here on February 15th his lecture about „style and thought, or new and obsolete music".

Wien 1., Strauchgasse 4

Großer Beethoven-Saal (does not exist anymore) In June 1912, two concerts with contemporary compositions were given here. Programmed were among others Schöberg's Fünfzehn Lieder nach Stefan George and the second string quartet F-sharp minor op 10.

Wien 1., Wallnerstraße 9

Schwarzwald'sche Schulanstalten (does not exist anymore)
In 1903, Schönberg teached harmony and counterpoint, in 1917/18 he held a seminar for composition here.
On November 23rd 1918, the general meeting for the foundation of the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (society of private music performances) was held here.

Wien 1., Wipplingerstraße 39

Seat of the former private bank Werner & Comp.
Schönberg worked here from January 1891 to the bankruptcy of the bank a few months later.

Wien 2., Kleine Pfarrgasse 31

Collection agency of Schönberg's father (after 1875)

Wien 2., Leopoldgasse 9

House where Arnold Schönberg lived around 1898

Wien 2., Obere Donaustraße 5 (formerly No. 393)

Arnold Schönberg's birthplace - commemorative plaque

Wien 2., Praterstraße 31

The Leopoldstädter Theater, later Carltheater, was here in former times.
In 1901, Arnold Schönberg substituted here as conductor for the operetta composer Oskar Straus.
The former Leopoldstädter Theater was inaugurated in 1781. The actor and theater manager Carl Carl (Carl Ferdinand Berbrunn) acquired it in the thirties of the 19th century. He demolished the original building and erected a larger house, named after him. The Carltheater was very popular, not least because of its performances of operettas: The works by Jacques Offenbach and Franz von Suppé were performed here among others. In 1944, it was destroyed by bomb attacks. The ruin was pulled down in 1951.

Wien 2., Taborstraße 32

Office and house where the father died

Wien 2., Vereinsgasse 21-23

From 1885 to 1891, Schönberg went to school here (today Bundesrealgymnasium II).

Wien 3., Rechte Bahngasse 30-32

Arnold Schönberg lived from 1917 to 1924 in this apartment house.

Wien 4., Mühlgasse 30

Ehrbar-Saal (does not exist anymore)
The première of the George-Lieder op 15 was performed here on January 14th 1910.

Wien 4., Wiedner Hauptstraße 18

Schönberg wrote this address on two letters dated at the end of 1925.

Wien 8., Auerspergstraße 9 and Josefsgasse 9

Sanatorium Auerspergstraße
Mathilde Schönberg spent the last weeks of her life in this sanitarium (she died on October 18th 1923). Arnold Schönberg lived also for a time here.

Wien 9., Liechtensteinstraße 68-70

House where Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg lived from 1903 to 1908. The composer and brother of Mathilde, Alexander von Zemlinsky, lived in this house too and the studio of the painter Richard Gerstl was also here.

Wien 9., Währinger Gürtel, Volksoper

The première of the opera Die glückliche Hand was performed here on October 14th 1924.

Wien 11., Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Zentralfriedhof (central cemetery)

Tomb of honor of Arnold and Gertrude Schönberg (Gruppe 32C, No. 21A). The urns were interred in a tomb of honor of the City of Vienna on June 5th 1974. Mathilde Schönberg's tomb is at the Zentralfriedhof as well. She was buried at the Protestant cemetery (3. Tor) at the end of 1923.

Wien 13., Gloriettegasse 43

House where Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg lived. The couple lived in this house from 1908 to January 1910 and then in 1915, after Schönberg returned to Vienna. In 1915, Schönberg received the order to report at recruiting station here.

Wien 13., Hietzinger Hauptstraße 113

Arnold and Mathilde Schönberg lived here in 1910-11.