Correspondence 1925-1935
Theodor W. Adorno and Alban Berg Correspondence 1925–1935 theodor w. adorno and alban berg Correspondence 1925–1935 Edited by Henri Lonitz Translated by Wieland Hoban polity This translation copyright © Polity Press, 2005. First published in German as Briefwechsel 1925–1935 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, © 1997. The publication of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut. First published in 2005 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN: 0-7456-2335-2 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library and has been applied for from the Library of Congress. Typeset in 10.5 on 12pt Sabon by Servis Filmsetting Ltd, Manchester Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall For further information on Polity, visit our website: www.polity.co.uk Contents Editor’s Note vii Translator’s Note xi Correspondence 1925–1935 1 Appendix I: Letters from Adorno to Helene Berg 1935–1949 231 Appendix II: Other Correspondence 243 Bibliographical Listing 253 Index 261 v Editor’s Note Adorno was twenty-one years old when he travelled to Vienna at the start of March 1925, to continue with Alban Berg the studies in com- position that he had begun with Bernhard Sekles before entering uni- versity.
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