Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874 September 13 | Born in Vienna, Austria, to Samuel and Pauline Schoenberg |
| 1885-1891 | Attended the secondary school K.K. Staats-Oberrealschule in Vienna |
| circa 1895-1897 | Studied with composer Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) |
| 1897 | Composed String Quartet in D major, which was performed for members of the Vienna Tonkünstler-Verein the following year |
| 1898 | Converted from Judaism to Lutheranism |
| 1899 | Composed the string sextet Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op. 4 |
| 1901 October | Married Zemlinsky's sister, Mathilde (1877-1923) |
| 1901 December | Moved to Berlin, Germany |
| 1902 | Birth of daughter Gertrud (died 1947) |
| 1902 | Awarded a Liszt Stipendium through Richard Strauss's recommendation (1949-1894) |
| 1902-1903 | Composed the symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande, op. 5 |
| 1902-1903 July | Invited by Richard Strauss to teach composition at Stern Conservatory in Berlin |
| 1903 | Moved to Vienna, Austria |
| 1906 | Birth of son Georg (died 1974) |
| 1904-1908 | Taught Anton Webern (1883-1945) |
| 1904-1911 | Taught Alban Berg (1885-1935) |
| 1904 | Performed his songs with the Ansorge-Verein für Kunst und Kultur (Ansorge Society for Art and Culture), one of few societies in the city that promoted new music |
| 1904-1905 | Co-founded the Vereinigung schaffender Tonkünstler (Society for Creative Musicians) with Zemlinsky for the promotion and performance of new music |
| circa 1906 | Began painting |
| 1908-1911 | Composed his cantata Gurre-Lieder |
| 1910 January | Composed and premiered his first freely dissonant work, the song cycle Das Buch der hängenden Gärten (The Book of Hanging Gardens), op. 15 |
| 1910 October | Presented the first exhibition of his paintings and met expressionist painter Wassilly Kandinsky (1866–1944) |
| 1910 | Taught composition and music theory at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Academy for Music and the Performing Arts) in Vienna |
| 1911 | Published his music theory text Harmonielehre (Study of Harmony) |
| 1912 | Premiered his melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, op. 21, which was then performed on tour across Germany and Austria |
| 1912-1915 | Pursued a career as a conductor with Zemlinsky's help |
| 1913 | Finished composing his opera Die glückliche Hand (The Hand of Fate), op. 18 |
| 1916-1917 | Served in the Army Reserve for the Austro-Hungarian Army until discharged for medical reasons |
| 1919 February-1921 | Founded the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) in Vienna, which provided a forum for rehearsing new modern music |
| 1921-1923 | Completed his first fully serial works using the 12-tone technique, Serenade and Suite for Piano, op. 25 |
| 1923 October | Death of his wife, Mathilde |
| 1924 August 28 | Married Gertrud Kolisch (1898–1967), the sister of his student Rudolf Kolisch (1896–1978) |
| 1926 | Moved to Berlin |
| 1926-1933 | Taught composition at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) in Berlin |
| 1932 | Birth of daughter Nuria Dorothea |
| 1933 | Left his post at the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) due to anti-semitism Moved to France |
| 1933 May | Converted back to Judaism |
| 1933 October | Emigrated to the United States |
| 1933-1934 | Taught at the Malkin Conservatory in Boston |
| 1933 September | Moved to Los Angeles, California |
| 1935-1936 | Appointed the Alchin Chair at the University of Southern California and gave guest lectures in composition |
| 1936-1944 | Taught at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1937 | Birth of son Rudolf Ronald |
| 1941 | Birth of son Lawrence Adam Became a United States citizen |
| 1951 | Elected honorary president of the Israel Academy of Music in Jerusalem |
| 1951 July 13 | Died in Los Angeles |
| 1974 June 6 | Ashes interred at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna |