The ''Arnold Schönberg Complete Edition'' (German: ''Arnold Schönberg Gesamtausgabe'') is a historical-critical edition of the complete compositional works of

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

, which is intended to serve both scholarship and musical practice. The edition is published by

Schott Music Schott Music () is one of the oldest German music publishers. It is also one of the largest music publishing houses in Europe, and is the second oldest music publisher after Breitkopf & Härtel. The company headquarters of Schott Music were fou ...

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and the

Universal Edition Universal Edition (UE) is a classical music publishing firm. Founded in 1901 in Vienna, they originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market (which had until then been dominated by Leipzig-base ...

in Vienna.

History

The edition was created in December 1965 by Schoenberg's pupil and later assistant

Josef Rufer Josef Rufer (1893–1985) was an Austrian-born musicologist. He is regarded as a significant figure mainly on account of his association with and writings on Arnold Schoenberg. Rufer was a pupil of Alexander von Zemlinsky and Schoenberg in Vien ...

at the headquarters of the Mainz music publisher Schott Music. Initially the

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was able to secure funding, until the 1980 edition was included in the state-funded . Since then it has been supervised by the

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in Mainz. The first volume appeared in print in 1966. The office is located in Berlin and cooperates with the

Arnold Schönberg Center The Arnold Schönberg Center, established in 1998 in Vienna, is a repository of Arnold Schönberg's archival legacy and a cultural center that is open to the public. Activities Archive and library, exhibitions, concerts, lectures, workshops and ...

in Vienna.Arnold Schönberg – Sämtliche Werke
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur (in German)

Content

The ''Arnold Schoenberg Complete Edition'' is divided into these sections:

References

External links

"Kritische Gesamtausgabe der musikalischen Werke Arnold Schönbergs"
Arnold Schönberg Center (in German)

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