WHEN THE MUSICAL WORLD’S LEADING MODERNIST HOLLYWOOD RESERVOIR arrived in the City of Angels in 1934, he found himself in a CAHUENGA BLVD. HOME OF thriving—and often incongruous—cultural mélange: amid HOME OF GALKA SCHEYER ERNST KRENEK 1880 Blue Heights Dr. Palm Springs, CA (Not shown on map) German-born screenwriter; hostess; art sunshine and palm trees, marquee faces and media moguls lived patron, most notably for the “Blue Four” Austrian-born composer; (Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Alexei von THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL HOME OF godfather of Schoenberg’s Yavlensky, Lionel Feininger). Home was son Ronald. 2301 N. Highland Ave. CANYON COVE ARNOLD SCHOENBERG designed by Richard Neutra, later 5860 Canyon Cove alongside a growing community of Europe’s intellectual elite modified by Gregory Ain. Music of Schoenberg conducted during his lifetime by Nicolas Slonimsky, Eugene Schoenberg family home from Goossens, and Henri Verbrugghen. fall 1934 until spring 1936. MARAVILLA DR. MARAVILLA fleeing Nazi persecution. This map highlights the many facets of CANYON RD. FRANKLIN AVE. HOTEL CONSTANCE BLUE HEI 940 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena GH TS DR. HOME OF (Not shown on map) Arnold Schoenberg’s life in Los Angeles: as composer, conductor, MAX REINHARDT HIGHLAND AVE. HOLLYWOOD BLVD. Temporary home of the Schoenbergs, 2201 Maravilla Dr. for two weeks in September 1934. R D German-born theater and film director; A SILVER Z A SUNSET BLVD. LAKE L produced A Midsummer Night’s Dream teacher, émigré, friend, and family man. P RESERVOIR T ASSISTANCE LEAGUE PLAYHOUSE IIII E in 1934 at the Hollywood Bowl; made S N 1367 N. St. Andrews Pl. U into classic film the next year. S Second site of “Evenings on the Roof” concerts (1942-5). Phantasy for Violin with Piano HOLLYWOOD ASSISTANCE LEAGUE Accompaniment, Op. 47 premiered here in 1949 A ST. PLAYHOUSE by Adolf Koldofsky and Leonard Stein. SANTA MONICA BLVD. ANDREWS PL. N. ST. UCLA HELTOREN IC Schoenberg’s academic M home from 1936 until BEVERLY G LOS retirement in 1944. ANGELES CITY LEN 4th String Quartet WEST COLLEGE premiered at Royce Hall BLVD. in 1937. “My Evolution” lecture recorded at Photo: © Richard Fish HOLLYWOOD Royce Hall in 1949. N O Music building . ICA BLVD. F ROXBURY DR. O renamed Schoenberg SUNSET BLVD. O HOME OF T H ON Hall in 1963. IL L ADOLPH WEISS R D . 1803 Bronson Ave. Arnold Schoenberg’s Home Studio GAMUT CLUB BEVERLY First AmericanBEVERLY to study BLVD. with 1044 S. Hope St. N SANTA M Schoenberg in Berlin (1925-6). O Site of recitals by Richard Buhlig, HOME OF . B E CANON DR. HOME OF D among the first performances ARNOLD SCHOENBERG FO R D D of Schoenberg in L.A. THOMAS MANN 116 N. Rockingham Ave. RHILLS HOME OF 1550 San Remo Dr. From the spring of 1936 to 1951, HOME OF UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA LOUIS GRUENBERG at LOS ANGELES HOME OF German author; friend of home to Schoenberg, wife Gertrud, VERN O. KNUDSEN 506 N. Foothill Rd. LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE composer until rift caused by GEORGE GERSHWIN and children Nuria, Ronald, and Mandeville Canyon Composer; conducted American 855 N. Vermont Ave. publication of Dr. Faustus 1019 Roxbury Dr. BEVERLY BLVD. YATES STUDIO Lawrence, as well as the composer’s premiere of Pierrot Lunaire in 1923; (1947), which depicted Dean of UCLA’s Graduate Site of the 1947 premiere of Op. 48 Three Songs 1735 Micheltorena St. principal workplace. family friend. Fellow composer, painter, ROAD Division; acoustics expert; by Peter Page and Leonard Stein. a neurotic composer and tennis partner. Home of Peter Yates and Frances Mullen, family friend. BEVERLY GLEN BLVD. of 12-tone music. founders of “Evenings on the Roof” series H in 1939. Studio addition designed by AVE. O L SA HOME OF M VERMONT AVE. Rudolf Schindler. HIGHLAND AVE. B CALMAR CT. N REM K HAM WESTWOOD Y EN HOME OF A FRANZ WERFEL WILSHIRE BLVD. ALFI DR. TE V HOME OF AM R S E . O & ALMA MAHLER BRUNO WALTER DR. T. BRENTWOODMANDEVILLE CANYON AMBASSADOR W HOME OF 608 N. Bedford Dr. VICKY BAUM HOLMAN AVE. 610 N. Bedford Dr. HOTEL .1st ST. N. ROCKING D ST. WILSHIRE EBELL THEATER OO 1461 Amalfi Dr. H W HIG THEODOR ADORNO Czech- and Austrian-born German-born conductor. Austrian-born novelist; PACIFIC 316 S. Kenter Ave. writer and composer; hosted OLYMPIC BLVD. author of Grand Hotel; German philosopher; student many émigré gatherings. family friend. of Alban Berg; worked with Mann W PALISADES on musical issues in Dr. Faustus. .5th ST. W. PICO BLVD. OLYMPIC BLVD. R LA CIENEGA TENNIS OLYMPICBLVD. I D LF A COURTS M HOME OF A Schoenberg took up tennis in 1927 PHILHARMONIC BRENTWOOD MART AUDITORIUM B RUDI KOLISCH in Berlin and remained an enthusiast U 26thN St. and San Vicente Blvd. D PERSHING Y 1254 Holmby Ave. throughout his lifetime. MAIN ST. Y. D SQUARE R W Schoenberg. would occasionally SA E Brother of Gertrud; violinist M take the family out to this W. PE ST. LA and founder of Kolisch VE. SUNSET BLVD. O FRANKLIN ST. popular local spot. Quartet, champions of VENICE BLVD. PICO BLVD. Schoenberg’s music. D A S. H N RA G 2 OLIVE ST. 6 th HOME OF S HOME OF HANNS EISLER SAN VICENTE T. ERNST TOCH AMALFI DR. SAWTELLE 689 Amalfi Dr. HOME OF 811 Franklin St. German-born composer; student of Schoenberg and HERBERT STOTHART Austrian-born LA CIENEGA BLVD. Anton Webern. Left to right: Rudolf Kolisch, George La Mesa Way composer and teacher. HOME OF Szell, Max Horkheimer, Felix Khuner (member of the BILTMORE HOTEL MGM composer, including The Wizard of OTTO KLEMPERER 506 S. Grand Ave. Kolisch Quartet), Arnold Schoenberg, Hanns Eisler, 1546 Calmer Ct. Oz score; family friend and tennis partner ROBERTSON BLVD. unidentified, Eduard Steuermann. AMBASSADOR HOTEL Site of Henry Cowell’s New Music Society 3400 Wilshire Blvd. German-born Music Director of the Concerts in the mid-20s, among the first L.A. Philharmonic 1933-40; Site of Kol Nidre Opus 39 premiere in 1937. performances of Schoenberg in L.A. E. D V HOME OF Schoenberg student and champion. R A Schoenberg and Cowell met in N ERY A B E BERTOLT BRECHT A C Berlin in 1932. O SANTA M ILSHIRE BLVD.NICA BLVD. 1063 26th St. JEFFERSON BLVD. W EXPOSITION BLVD. German dramatist; came to LA in 1941 SEPULVEDA BLVD. MONICA under sponsorship of the European PALMS Film Fund; attended Schoenberg’s NATIONAL BLVD. PHILHARMONIC LINCOLN WILSHIRE EBELL THEATER composition classes at UCLA. 4401 W. 8th St. AUDITORIUM P ARK SANTA MO UNIVERSITY of 427 W. 5th St. Important site for new music performances including SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Buhlig recitals, 1945 premiere of Prelude to Genesis Suite, EXPOSITION BLVD. Shown in a 1938 photo; here Klemperer MAR “Evenings on the Roof” concerts beginning 1945, conducted many Schoenberg works, CLOVER CULVER Schoenberg’s 75th birthday celebration. including premieres of the Suite for String AVIATION FIELD VENICE BLVD. PICO BLVD. Orchestra and the orchestral arrangement W. VISTA of Brahms’ Quartet in g minor. MGM STUDIOS CITY HOME OF LION & MARTA FEUCHTWANGER OCEAN Villa Aurora 520 Paseo Miramar P (Not shown on map) PARK German writers and A intellectuals; hosted many Photo: © Richard Fish émigré gatherings. C Photo: © Richard Fish LINCOLN PARK I Santa Monica Schoenberg and children F on the courts. A Schoenberg class. Over the years, Schoenberg’s students I represented a wide range of backgrounds and musical approaches: Leonard Stein, Dika Newlin, David Raksin, USC C Serge Hovey, Oscar Levant — even American mavericks Schoenberg’s first academic post. Bovard Auditorium site of a 1935 FORMER SITE OF Lou Harrison and John Cage. Los Angeles Philharmonic all-Schoenberg concert conducted by the TRINITY AUDITORIUM MGM STUDIOS composer, including premiere of Chamber Symphony, Opus 9b. 9th St. and Grand Ave. (Currently Sony Pictures Studios) Arnold Schoenberg conducts the WPA Symphony Schoenberg’s connections to the film industry were varied. He taught a number Orchestra in 1937. He also conducted the O of prominent film composers. Louis B. Mayer and other industry executives Oakland WPA Orchestra. contributed to the European Film Fund, an organization run by Schoenberg’s friends Charlotte and William Dieterle, devoted to helping European writers and C artists endangered by the Nazis. Schoenberg’s quartets, produced by his student Alfred Newman, were recorded at the United Artists Studio in Hollywood. E CULVER BLVD. HOME OF SALKA VIERTEL 165 Mabery Rd. A Polish-born actress; screenwriter for Greta Garbo; hostess of many émigré gatherings. Memoir The Kindness of Strangers N chronicles émigré life of the period. Mrs. Schoenberg and daughter, in front of their Hollywood residence. Arnold Schoenberg conducting a rehearsal at Trinity Auditorium, 1937 Charlie Chaplin, the Schoenbergs, and Schoenberg A gathering of notables: José Iturbi, Otto Klemperer, Richard Lert, Henry Svedrofsky, Pietro Cimini, student, Hollywood composer David Raksin. Bernardino Molinari, Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Monteux, and William Van den Berg, standing outside Otto Klemperer’s house in Los Angeles, 1935 Related Schoenberg Events The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s in Los Angeles Postage S. M. I. SCHOENBERG PRISM PAID S. Friday, March 22, 2002, 8:00 p.m. Monday Evening Concerts, LACMA U. Friday, October 5, 2001, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 1, 2001, 2:30 p.m. Non-Profit Org. Saturday, March 23, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 6, 8:00 p.m. Whose Schoenberg? Monday, November 5, 2001, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 24,2:30 p.m. Sunday, October 7, 2:30 p.m. A Modernist between Continents Xtet performs Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire Los Angeles Philharmonic Concerts Los Angeles Philharmonic Concerts This one-day symposium considers the fate of Monday, January 14, 2002, 8:00 p.m.