Online Exhibition
December 1–24, 2022
Several hours of good entertainment
Object #19
Several hours of good entertainment
Schalom Asch: Petersburg. Roman.
Autorisierte Übertragung von Siegfried Schmitz
Berlin, Wien, Leipzig: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1929
A Christmas gift from Alban Berg to Arnold Schönberg, 1929
Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna
Our Christmas present to you is being sent under separate cover – a selection of books which you may possibly find somewhat mixed. However, I believe that they will also offer you and your dear wife, besides a certain impression of significance (the work by Schalom Asch is a personal choice here), and also in its absence, several hours of good entertainment.
Alban Berg to Arnold Schönberg, December 21, 1929
Warmest wishes
Object #1
Mahler biography
Object #2
Quite magnificent
Object #3
With greatest admiration
Object #4
The splendid Christmas gift
Object #5
Learn to pray
Object #6
Beethoven letters
Object #7
The finest Viennese poet
Object #8
Immensely happy
Object #9
Yours, Webern
Object #10
Poems during the war
Object #11
In warmest devotion
Object #12
A very vivid historical picture
Object #13
Giving Schönberg the score
Object #14
Do not send any gifts here
Object #15
Magnificent words about Zemlinsky
Object #16
Esteemed Master
Object #17
Missing parcels
Object #18
Several hours of good entertainment
Object #19
Quite valuable
Object #20
Capacity for enthusiasm
Object #21
Solace and Enlightenment
Object #22
Most heartfelt wishes for Christmas
Object #23
A very pleasant Christmas
Object #24