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On loan from the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna, this exhibition celebrates the life, art and music of Arnold Schoenberg (1936-44), the UCLA music building’s namesake. The exhibition is amplified with materials from the UCLA Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library, UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.

This exhibition accompanies a series of events offered by UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music:

Webern Quartet Performs Schoenberg String Quartets(opens in a new tab) (past program)
From Vienna to LA: UCLA Philharmonia Celebrates Milken Archive Composers(opens in a new tab)
Exiled in Los Angeles: Thomas Mann and Arnold Schoenberg at 150(opens in a new tab)

Schoenberg in Hollywood and Representations of Jewishness in Opera(opens in a new tab)

Schoenberg in Hollywood chamber opera performances(opens in a new tab)

Exploring Schoenberg in Hollywood(opens in a new tab)


The physical exhibition spaces in Schoenberg Music Building are managed by the UCLA Music Library and the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive.

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Image: Arnold Schönberg: Suite, op. 29, Bi-directional twelve-tone row chart, 1924

Exhibition materials courtesy of the Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna, Austria; UCLA Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library; UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections; UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive