Arnold Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe

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The publisher gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Jewish Studies Endowment Fund of the University of California Press Foundation, which was established by a major gift from the S. Mark Taper Foundation. The publisher also gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Constance and William Withey Endowment Fund for History and Music of the UC Press Foundation. Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe california studies in 20th-century music Richard Taruskin, General Editor 1. Revealing Masks: Exotic Influences and Ritualized Performance in Modernist Music Theater, by W. Anthony Sheppard 2. Russian Opera and the Symbolist Movement, by Simon Morrison 3. German Modernism: Music and the Arts, by Walter Frisch 4. New Music, New Allies: American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification, by Amy Beal 5. Bartók, Hungary, and the Renewal of Tradition: Case Studies in the Intersection of Modernity and Nationality, by David E. Schneider 6. Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism, by Mary E. Davis 7. Music Divided: Bartók’s Legacy in Cold War Culture, by Danielle Fosler-Lussier 8. Jewish Identities: Nationalism, Racism, and Utopianism in TwentiethCentury Art Music, by Klára Móricz 9. Brecht at the Opera, by Joy H. Calico 10. Beautiful Monsters: Imagining the Classic in Musical Media, by Michael Long 11. Experimentalism Otherwise: The New York Avant-Garde and Its Limits, by Benjamin Piekut 12. Music and the Elusive Revolution: Cultural Politics and Political Culture in France, 1968–1981, by Eric Drott 13. Music and Politics in San Francisco: From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War, by Leta E. Miller 14. Frontier Figures: American Music and the Mythology of the American West, by Beth E. Levy 15. In Search of a Concrete Music, by Pierre Schaeffer, translated by Christine North and John Dack 16. The Musical Legacy of Wartime France, by Leslie A. Sprout 17. Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe, by Joy H. Calico Arnold Schoenberg’s A Survivor from Warsaw in Postwar Europe joy h. calico University of California Press berkeley los angeles london University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England© 2014 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Calico, Joy Haslam, 1965– , author. Arnold Schoenberg's A survivor from Warsaw in postwar Europe / Joy H. Calico. pages cm. — (California studies in 20th-century music ; 17) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-520-28186-8 (hardback) — isbn 978-0-520-95770-1 (e-book) 1. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874–1951. Survivor from Warsaw. 2. Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874–1951—Appreciation—Europe. I. Title. ML410.S283C25 2014 784.2′2—dc23 2013048526 Manufactured in the United States of America 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In keeping with a commitment to support environmentally responsible and sustainable printing practices, UC Press has printed this book on Natures Natural, a fiber that contains 30% post-consumer waste and meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48–1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). Cover image: Original manuscript page from A Survivor from Warsaw by Arnold Schoenberg, mm 78–80. Used by permission of Belmont Musical Publishers. Image courtesy of The Arnold Schoenberg Center, Vienna. For Chris This page intentionally left blank ...