[Op. 34]. Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene [Full score]

Magdeburg: Hinrichshofen's Verlag [PN H.V. 12946], 1930. Small folio. Full dark green cloth, titling gilt to spine. 46 pp.

Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped.; upper hinge split. Minor browning to edges. First Edition. Rufer (E) pp. 57-58. GA B/14/1, pp. 20-21.

"In 1929 Schönberg was commissioned by the Heinrichshofen Verlag in Magdeburg to write film music. The composer, who - as subsequent experiences in Hollywood were to reveal - even in financially difficult situations would never have agreed to play a subordinate role to a director's or producer's conception of art or even relinquish his formal independence for a pre-produced film, ignored the possible guidelines and oriented himself exclusively towards the key words "threatening danger, fear, catastrophe." As a result of this, the work can in fact be attributed to the broad sphere of programme music, but without describing precise situations or groups of people." © Arnold Schönberg Center.