SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951

[Op. 28]. Drei Satiren [Score]

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Wien–New York: Universal-Edition [PN. U.E. 8586], ©1926.

Small folio. Full dark green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 58 pp.

Binding slightly rubbed.

First Edition. Rufer (E), p. 48. GA B/18/2, pp. 96-97.

All texts are by Schoenberg himself. The second piece, "Vielseitigkeit," is a notorious spoof on Stravinsky, ridiculed as "der kleine Modernsky."

"In a letter to Amadeo Filippi in May 1949 Schoenberg wrote that the Drei Satiren were composed when he had been very angered by the attacks by some of his younger contemporaries. Through the Satires he wanted to attack all those who 'seek personal salvation by taking the middle road...' Secondly, 'take aim at those who pretend to aspire "back to..." ' Thirdly, he wanted to attack the 'folklorists... and finally all those "ists" 'in whom I can only see mannerists. Their music is enjoyed most by those who constantly think of the slogan, which is intended to prevent them from thinking of anything else.' Joseph Auner: A Schoenberg Reader, pp. 186-7.

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