Schoenberg’s exile compositions

Jewish-Austrian emigre composer Arnold Schoenberg wrote 19 compositions while in exile in America (1933-51):

1933-39

• Suite for String Orchestra in G Major (1934): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/the-news-2/suite-im-alten-stile
• Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1934-36): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/concerto-for-violin-and-orchestra-op-36-1934-1936
• String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/fourth-string-quartet-op-37-1936
• Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 (1939): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/kammersymphonie-nr-2-op-38-a-38b-1906-1939
• Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/kol-nidre-op-39-1938

 

1940-49

• Variations on a Recitative for Organ, Op. 40 (1941): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/variations-on-a-recitative-for-organ-op-40-1941
• Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41  (1942): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/ode-to-napoleon-op-41-1942
• Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/concerto-for-piano-and-orchestra-op-42-1942
• Theme and Variations for Wind Band, Op. 43a, 43b (1943): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/theme-and-variations-for-full-band-op-43a-a-43b-1943
• Fanfare for a Bowl Concert on Motifs of Die Gurrelieder (1945): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/the-news-2/fanfare-for-a-bowl-concert-gurre-lieder
• Prelude for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Genesis Suite), Op. 44 (1945): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/prelude-for-mixed-chorus-and-orchestra-op-44-1945
• String Trio, Op. 45 (1946): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/string-trio-op-45-1946
• A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/a-survivor-from-warsaw-op-46-1947
• Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47 (1949): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/phantasy-for-violin-with-piano-accompaniment-op-47-1949
• Three Songs for Low Voice, Op. 48 (1933/1950/1952): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/drei-lieder-fuer-tiefe-stimme-und-klavier-op-48-1933
• Three Folksongs for Mixed Chorus A Cappella, Op. 49, nos. 1-3 (1929/1948): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/drei-volksliedsaetze-op-49
• Dreimal tausend Jahre, for Mixed Chorus A Cappella, Op. 50a (1949): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/dreimal-tausend-jahre-op-50a-1949

 

1950-51

• De Profundis (Psalm 130), for Mixed Chorus A Cappella, Op. 50b (1950): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/psalm-130-op-50b-1950
• Modern Psalm No. 1, Op. 50c (incomplete) (1950): http://www.schoenberg.at/index.php/en/joomla-license-sp-1943310036/moderner-psalm-op-50c-1950-unvollendet