new publication available for subscription correspondence alban berg – helene berg · 2011. 11....

Page 1

New

Pub

licat

ion

Ava

ilabl

e fo

r Su

bscr

iptio

n

Cor

resp

onde

nce

Alb

an B

erg

– H

elen

e B

erg

Com

plet

e C

ritic

al E

ditio

nw

ith c

omm

enta

ry

From

Mus

ic C

olle

ctio

nof

the

Aus

tria

n N

atio

nal L

ibra

ry

Edi

ted

byH

erw

ig K

naus

and

Tho

mas

Lei

bnitz

Vol

ume

I19

00–1

911

Vol

ume

II19

12–1

922

Vol

ume

III

1923

–193

5

Dat

e of

pub

licat

ion:

201

2/14

FLO

RIA

N N

OE

TZ

EL V

ER

LA

G

HE

INR

ICH

SHO

FE

N-B

ÜC

HE

RP.

O.B

. 144

3 ···· · D

-263

53 W

ilhel

msh

aven

, Ger

man

yTe

lefo

n 0[

049]

4421

· 43

003

– Te

lefa

x 0[

049]

4421

· 42

985

e-m

ail:

flori

an.n

oetz

el@

t-on

line.

de

Alb

an B

erg

[9 F

ebru

ary

1885

, V

ienn

a –

24 D

ecem

ber

1935

, V

ienn

a] i

s w

ell-k

now

n as

an

impo

rtan

tre

pres

enta

tive

of th

e Se

cond

Vie

nna-

Scho

ol, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r hi

s cr

eatin

g of

the

Mus

ic o

f the

20th

Cen

tury

.H

is w

orks

incl

ude

com

posi

tions

for m

usic

-the

atre

[Woz

zeck

, Ber

lin 1

925

and

Lul

u, Z

uric

h 19

37],

orc

hest

raan

d ch

ambe

r m

usic

as

wel

l as

voca

l mus

ic. W

hile

aliv

e, h

is c

ompo

sitio

ns m

et w

ith c

ontr

over

sy a

nd w

ere

inte

nsel

y di

scus

sed

and

revi

ewed

. For

exa

mpl

e, th

e fir

st p

erfo

rman

ce o

f Fiv

e So

ngs f

or O

rche

stra

(Fün

fO

rche

ster

liede

r ), 1

913,

was

no

less

than

scan

dalo

us to

the

mus

ic w

orld

. How

ever

, for

man

y ye

ars n

ow, h

ism

usic

is

still

fas

cina

ting

to l

iste

ners

and

his

wor

ks a

re c

onsi

dere

d pa

rt o

f th

e C

lass

ical

Mod

erni

smm

ovem

ent.

Thi

s C

ritic

al E

ditio

n of

thr

ee v

olum

es c

onta

ins,

for

the

fir

st t

ime,

an

unab

ridg

ed, u

rtex

t ve

rsio

n of

the

com

pose

r’s c

orre

spon

denc

e w

ith h

is w

ife H

elen

e B

erg

[née

Nah

owsk

i]. N

umer

ous

pull-

outs

of p

erso

nal

docu

men

ts a

ccom

pany

the

aut

hent

ical

ly r

epro

duce

d or

igin

al t

exts

of

the

lett

ers

(as

com

pare

d to

the

smal

l edi

tion

of th

e B

erg’

s cor

resp

onde

nce

publ

ishe

d in

196

5, w

hich

Hel

ene

Ber

g ex

tens

ivel

y ed

ited

from

the

orig

inal

tex

ts)

and

show

s se

vera

l ne

w i

nsig

hts

into

the

life

and

wor

k of

Alb

an B

erg.

The

edi

tors

’im

port

ant e

xpla

natio

ns a

nd c

omm

enta

ry g

ive

the

read

er a

bet

ter u

nder

stan

ding

of t

he so

cial

and

cul

tura

lsi

tuat

ion

in V

ienn

a at

the

begi

nnin

g of

the

20th c

entu

ry.

Ord

erfo

rm

I[W

e] h

ereb

y or

der

set[

s] o

f the

com

plet

e ed

itio

n

Cor

resp

onde

nce

Alb

an B

erg

– H

elen

e B

erg

Com

plet

e C

ritic

al e

ditio

n w

ith c

omm

enta

ry

Edi

ted

by H

erw

ig K

naus

and

Tho

mas

Lei

bnitz

Volu

me

I–II

I with

reta

il pr

ice

of

198

($ c

a. 2

58) f

or e

ach

volu

me

BE

FOR

E M

arch

31,

201

2

Plea

se s

end

the

follo

win

g se

para

te v

olum

es:

Alb

an B

erg,

Han

dwri

tten

Let

ters

, Exp

oses

and

Not

es –

ISB

N 3

-795

9-08

39-6

Alb

an B

erg,

Cor

resp

onde

nce

wri

tten

by

Type

wri

ter

and

Han

d, E

xpos

es, S

ketc

hes

and

Not

es –

ISB

N 3

-795

9-08

57-4

Alb

an B

erg,

Ske

tche

s of

Cor

resp

onde

nce,

Not

es a

nd »

The

Ber

gwer

k« –

ISB

N 3

-795

9-08

73-6

Nam

e/In

stit

utio

n:

Add

ress

:

Dat

e: S

igna

ture

Thi

s or

der

can

be c

ance

led

with

in o

ne w

eek

with

a w

ritt

en n

otic

e to

the

pub

lishe

r. Pr

oof

of k

eepi

ng w

ithin

the

pres

crib

ed ti

me

is th

e po

stm

ark

on th

e le

tter

of c

ance

llatio

n. I

am a

war

e of

thes

e te

rms o

f can

cella

tion.

Sig

natu

re:

Oth

er p

ublis

hed

volu

mes

by

Flo

rian

Noe

tzel

Ver

lag

on A

lban

Ber

g:

Alb

an B

erg

Han

dwrit

ten

Lette

rs, E

xpos

es a

nd N

otes

Fro

m th

e M

usic

Col

lect

ion

of th

e A

ustr

ian

Nat

iona

l Lib

rary

, edi

ted

by H

erw

ig K

naus

Cat

alog

ues

of M

usic

al S

ourc

es V

olum

e 29

2004

, 340

pp

with

24

illus

trat

ions

in c

olor

, Siz

e 21

x 3

0 cm

(8,5

x 1

2 in

), cl

othb

ound

ISB

N 3

-795

9-08

39-6

Alb

an B

erg

Cor

resp

onde

nce

writ

ten

by T

ypew

riter

and

Han

d, E

xpos

es, S

ketc

hes

and

Not

esF

rom

the

Mus

ic C

olle

ctio

n of

the

Aus

tria

n N

atio

nal L

ibra

ry, e

dite

d by

Her

wig

Kna

usC

atal

ogue

s of

Mus

ical

Sou

rces

Vol

ume

3320

05, 3

28 p

p w

ith m

any

facs

imile

s, S

ize

21 x

30

cm (8

,5 x

12

in),

clot

hbou

ndIS

BN

3-7

959-

0857

-4

Alb

an B

erg

Sket

ches

of C

orre

spon

denc

e, N

otes

and

The

Ber

gwer

kF

rom

Mus

ic C

olle

ctio

n of

the

Aus

tria

n N

atio

nal L

ibra

ry, e

dite

d by

Her

wig

Kna

us a

nd T

hom

as L

eibn

itzC

atal

ogue

s of

Mus

ical

Sou

rces

Vol

ume

3420

06, 2

88 p

p w

ith m

any

facs

imile

s, S

ize

21 x

30

cm (8

,5 x

12

in),

clot

hbou

ndIS

BN

3-7

959-

0873

-6

Eac

h vo

lum

e is

22

x 30

cm

(8,5

x 1

2 in

), cl

outh

boun

d P

rice

:

198

($ 2

58)

Whe

n or

deri

ng a

ll th

ree

volu

mes

, the

red

uced

ret

ail p

rice

is

55

0 ($

715

)

The

edi

tors

cri

tical

ly e

xam

ined

thou

sand

s of

han

dwri

tten

doc

umen

ts b

y A

lban

Ber

g co

ntai

ned

in th

e M

usic

Col

lect

ion

of th

eA

ustr

ian

Nat

iona

l L

ibra

ry i

n V

ienn

a an

d pu

t th

ese

in c

hron

olog

ical

ord

er.

The

y th

en r

epro

duce

d th

ese

docu

men

ts i

nto

legi

ble

volu

mes

, as

orig

inal

as

poss

ible

, for

Alb

an B

erg’

s pe

rson

al s

tyle

and

for

m o

f w

ritin

g in

clud

ed w

ritin

g ov

er a

lrea

dyw

ritt

en w

ords

and

del

etin

g w

ords

. With

the

publ

icat

ion

of th

ese

lett

ers

and

pers

onal

doc

umen

ts, a

nd fo

r th

e fir

st ti

me,

man

yim

port

ant s

ourc

es o

f mus

ical

life

dur

ing

the

first

hal

f of t

he 2

0th C

entu

ry a

re n

ow a

vaila

ble

for

mus

ical

res

earc

h.

Page 2

Due

to th

e ex

tens

ive

num

ber

of le

tter

s, C

orre

spon

denc

e A

lban

Ber

g –

Hel

ene

Ber

g is

div

ided

into

thre

evo

lum

es. V

olum

e I

cont

ains

lett

ers

and

pers

onal

doc

umen

ts b

etw

een

1900

and

the

ir m

arri

age

in 1

911.

Volu

me

II c

onta

ins

lett

ers

and

pers

onal

doc

umen

ts b

etw

een

1912

–192

2. V

olum

e II

I con

tain

s le

tter

s an

dpe

rson

al d

ocum

ents

from

192

3 un

til th

e ea

rly

deat

h (a

t age

50)

of A

lban

Ber

g on

24

Dec

embe

r 19

35.

Alb

an B

erg:

Sel

f por

trai

t, pa

intin

g by

pen

cil,

1908

.

Dat

e of

pub

licat

ion

and

the

subs

crip

tion:

Eac

h vo

lum

e is

app

roxi

mat

e 56

0 pa

ges

with

man

y ill

ustr

atio

ns, f

acsi

mile

s an

d m

usic

al e

xam

ples

(som

ein

col

or).

Size

17

x 24

cm

(6,5

x 9

,5 in

), cl

othb

ound

.

Vol

ume

I:

1900

–191

1IS

BN

3-7

959-

0935

-X–

Publ

icat

ion

date

: Apr

il 20

12

Vol

ume

II:

1912

–192

2IS

BN

3-7

959-

0938

-4–

Publ

icat

ion

date

: Oct

ober

201

3

Vol

ume

III:

1923

–193

5IS

BN

3-7

959-

0939

-2–

Publ

icat

ion

date

: 2nd

hal

f 201

4

Eac

h vo

lum

e w

ill a

utom

atic

ally

be

ship

ped

follo

win

g pu

blic

atio

n da

te

Subs

crip

tion

pric

e fo

r ea

ch v

olum

e be

fore

Mar

ch 3

1, 2

012:

19

8 [c

a. $

258

]

Subs

crip

tion

pric

e fo

r ea

ch v

olum

e af

ter

Mar

ch 3

1, 2

012:

24

8 [c

a. $

320

]

Sam

ple

page

s re

duce

d 70

%

Sam

ple

page

s re

duce

d 70

%