Lot 143: SCHOENBERG, ARNOLD.

Autograph letter signed ("Arnold Schoenberg"), to the writer Karl Kraus, about Zemlinsky

Condition Note:

mentioning an eight-day visit by Zemlinsky ("...Zemlinsky war 8 Tage da..."), thanking him for an excellent evening, and expressing his great admiration

1 page, small 4to (c.19.4 x 14.8cm), integral blank, address stamp of the composer ("Arnold Schönberg Wien, XIII. Gloriettegasse 43. Tel. 84373"), a few later pencil annotations, Vienna, 1 April 1917

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CATALOGUE NOTE

The writer and satirist Karl Kraus (1874-1936) exercised great influence over Vienennese intellectual life in the early 20th century and was greatly admired by Schoenberg.