Suite für Kleine Klarinette, Klarinette, Baßklarinette, Geige, Bratsche, Violoncello und Klavier op. 29 (1925–1926)
Sources

Reihentabellen und -skizzen

Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Arnold Schönberg, MS 29, Nr. 1179-1184, 1186-1189, 1206)

[10] leaves of ms. music ; 37 x 36.3 cm. and smaller
Holograph. Some leaves with special 12-tone notation.

Bidirectional tone row chart with the basic set and its transpositions written on red ink staves on the vertical axis; the inversions written in black ink on the horizontal axis. Written on one leaf affixed to one side of a piece of cardboard measuring 32.5 x 33.3 cm. The verso is blank.

Handmade cardboard slide rule of tone rows for this work, written in Schoenberg's twelve tone notation, measuring 11.2 x 23.2 cm. The music is written in black ink with tone numbers added in red ink and brackets in purple ink.

Mfl. 1179: Bidirectional tone row chart with the inversions written in black ink on the vertical axis; the basic set and its transpositions written on red ink staves on the horizontal axis. Written on two separate leaves, the first measuring 18.9 x 22.2 cm., the second 1.5 x 21.8 cm., affixed to one side of a piece of white cardboard, measuring 21.1 x 33.1 cm. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1180: tone rows written in black ink on one side of one leaf with 24 staves, measuring 32.5 x 25.4 cm. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1181: tone rows written in red pencil, pencil and black ink on one leaf trimmed to 31 full staves, measuring 37 x 36.3 cm. Further markings and annotations are added in red ink and green pencil. There is a doodle in the lower left hand corner. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1182-1183, 1186-1187: Written on one double leaf of 'B. & H. Nr. 11. C, V. 16' paper with 18 staves, measuring 35.4 x 27 cm.
Mfl. 1182 written in pencil and contains 11 staves of tone rows, with 8 of them crossed out.
Mfl. 1183 is written in black ink and contains sketches of trichords, annotated in red ink.
Mfl. 1186 contains early sketches of the beginning of movement 1 (cf. Sketchbook V, p. 114), and unused thematic sketches of Erzte[?] Adagio, Walzer and Foxtrot (cf. Sketchbook V, p. 115). The sketches are written in pencil and red ink.
Mfl. 1187 is written in black ink and contains early sketches of Schoenberg's twelve tone notation.

Mfl. 1184: Written on two leaves pasted together. The first leaf measures 25.4 x 34.7 cm. and is trimmed to 16 staves. Four additional staves have been hand drawn in the lower margin. The second leaf measures 8 x 34.6 cm. with one printed and 4 hand drawn staves. The leaves contain tone rows written in both pencil and black ink. Certain groupings are circled in pencil, green pencil or red ink. The versos are blank.


Mfl. 1188-1189 : Written on one leaf of paper with 24 staves, measuring 32.4 x 25.4 cm.
Mfl. 1188 is written in black ink and contains tone rows.
Mfl. 1189 has tone rows written in pencil and a sketch of measures 70-73 ff. of the Ouvertüre in black ink. 'andere Fortsetzung' is written above the fifth and sixth measures on the page.

Mfl. 1206 : Grid written in pencil on one leaf measuring 14.7 x 20.8 cm. plotting the chromatic scale with pitch and tone row relationships.


Skizzen

Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Arnold Schönberg, MS 29, Nr. 1185, 1190-1203, 554-556, 1206a-1206b, U455-U456, 1206A-1206D, U528-U531)

Holograph sketches.

Mfl. 1185 : Sketch of trichords and tetrachords written in black and red ink on one leaf of paper trimmed to 16 staves, measuring 19.5 x 34.5 cm. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1190-1191 : Written in pencil on one double leaf of paper trimmed to 16 staves, measuring 19.4 x 34.5 cm. Pages [2-3] are blank. Page [1] is labelled 'II Var' and contains an early sketch of that variation from the third movement. This page also contains a sketch of meas. 101-102 from the third movement. Page [4] has several sketches, most of which are crossed out, also early versions of the second variation [?].

Mfl. 1192, 1193, 1194 : Written in pencil on one double leaf of paper trimmed to 16 staves, measuring 19.4 x 34.6 cm. Page [3] is blank. Page [1] has an irregularly shaped section cut from the lower right hand corner, measuring at its greatest 9.5 x 10.7 cm. This page contains a sketch of tone row combinations; a sketch of meas. 15 in the Ouvertüre, meas. 52 in the Thema mit Var., along with other unidentified sketches. The letters 'g' and 'o' are drawn in the right hand margin. Page [2] contains a sketch of the fourth variation, meas. 124-127. Page [4] contains sketches for the beginning of the third and fourth variations, along with other unidentified sketches.

Mfl. 1195, 1196, 1196_a Written in pencil on one double leaf trimmed to 4 staves, measuring 11.7 x 34.6 cm.
Mfl. 1195 contains a sketch of two tone rows and an early sketch of m. 120 from the Gigue.
Mfl. 1196 contains an early sketch of the theme of the Gigue. The other inside page contains sketches of intervals, the fourth page is blank.

Mfl. 1197r, 1197v, 1198r, 1198v: Written in pencil on one double leaf trimmed to 4 staves, measuring 6.5 x 34.6 cm. Page [1] contains sketches of the theme of the Gigue, including meas. 71-72. Pages [2-3] contain sketches of unidentified measures. Page [4] is written in pencil and black ink and contains sketches for meas. 71-73 of the Gigue.

Mfl. 1199r, 1199v, 1200 : Written one double leaf trimmed to 5 staves, measuring 12.4 x 34.7 cm. Page [1] contains sketches of tone rows in various combinations, written in pencil. Page [2] contains a sketch of six notes. Page [3] is blank. Page [4] is written in both pencil and black ink and contains sketches of tone rows and interval relationships.

Mfl. 1201-1202 : Written in pencil on one leaf trimmed to 15 staves, measuring 17.6 x 34.7 cm. The recto contains sketches of the Gigue, meas. 1-3, 6-7, 11 ff. with notes on the themes and their instrumentation handwritten in the lower right hand corner. The various themes are labelled in green pencil. The verso sketches a principal theme of the Gigue, an early draft of meas. 19-20 along with other early sketches.

Mfl. 1203 : Written in pencil on the recto of one leaf trimmed to 15 full staves, measuring 18.4 x 34.6 cm. Contains sketches of the Gigue, including meas. 9-10 and the Violin theme in meas. 36 (tranposed). The verso is blank.

Mfl. 554, 555, 556 : Written in pencil on one double leaf and one leaf. Page [1] of the double leaf measures 12.4 x 34.5 cm.; page [4] measures 8 x 34.5 cm. Page [1] contains sketches of pitch relationships and one unidentified measure. Page [2] is blank. Page [3] contains sketch of tone row combinations, as does page [4]. The second single leaf measures 9.1 x 34.5 cm. and has 7 staves. The recto contains a sketch of two unidentified measures; the verso is blank.

Mfl. 1206a/U455 : Written in pencil on the recto of one leaf with 15 staves, measuring 25.4 x 34.6 cm. Contains early sketch of part of first movement [?]. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1206b/U456 : Written in pencil on the recto of one leaf with 15 staves, measuring 25.4 x 34.7 cm. Contains sketches of two measures, possibly early version of meas. 102 of the Gigue. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1206A/U528 : Written in pencil on the recto of one leaf with 15 staves, measuring 25.7 x 34.5 cm. Contains sketches of tone rows and inversions. The first two groups have been crossed out. A few corrections have been made in black ink. The verso is blank.

Mfl. 1206B/U529 : Written in black ink on the recto of one leaf with 15 staves, measuring 25.6 x 34.8 cm. Contains rules regarding the combinatoriality (inversion) of rows, accompanied by some musical sketches and listing of various 6-tone rows by number in the left and bottom margins.

Mfl. 1206C/U530-1206D/U531 : Written on one leaf of 'K.U.V. Beethoven Papier Nr. 37 (24 Linien)' paper, measuring 34 x 25.3 cm. The recto contains tone rows in various combinations written in both black ink and pencil. 'Bismark' is written in the right hand margin. A tone row chart is written in black ink on the verso.


Tanzschritte (fragment)

Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Arnold Schönberg, MS 29, Nr. 1204-1205)

Holograph fair copy. Written in special 12-tone notation. Score is written in black ink on one double leaf; fragment is measures 1-9. Pages [3-4] contain no music, although the 3-line staves have been drawn.
Microfilm nos.: 1204-1205.


Autographe Partiturreinschrift

Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien (Nachlaß Arnold Schönberg, MS 29, Nr. 1113-1178)

Holograph fair copy. 1 ms. score ([106] p.) ; 28.9 x 34.5 cm. and smaller
For Eb clarinet (or flute), clarinet, bass clarinet (or bassoon), string trio and piano. 'Arnold Schönberg/Charlottenburg 2/Steinpl. 2 Pens. Bavaria'--stamped on p. [1], [12] of the Ouvertüre (part 1); on p. [1], [18] of the Ouvertüre (part 2); on p. [1] of Tanzschritte (part 1); on p. [10] of Tanzschritte (part 2); on p. [1], [22] of Thema mit Variationen. 'Eigentum meiner lieben Trude (geb. Kolisch) aus der Wiedner Hauptstrasse 18 III/15 [i.e. 18/III 25]/Arnold Schönberg aus Mödling, Bernhardg. 6'--written at the top of p. [1] of the Ouvertüre (part 1).

Ouvertüre: Measures 1-113 are written in black ink on 3 double leaves of paper trimmed to 22 staves, measuring 28.9 x 34.5 cm. Page [12] contains no music. The top of p. [1] is marked 'I' in pencil. Corrections are made in pencil, red pencil, blue pencil, green pencil, purple pencil and brown pencil. A few of the corrections are signed. Measures 114 to the end of the movement are written in black ink on 4 double leaves and 1 leaf of 'K.U.V. Beethoven Papier Nr. 37. (24 Linien)' paper, measuring 34.2 x 26.5 cm. The top of p. [1] is marked 'II' in pencil. There is an illegible signed comment in green pencil in the bottom right hand corner of p. [1] regarding the tone rows T3/K and T/-2. Corrections are made on separate pieces of paper affixed to p. [1], [2], [3]. Corrections are made in pencil, red pencil, green pencil, blue pencil, and brown pencil. Some of the corrections are signed. Page [18] contains no music. Various forms of the row are designated over the notes on mfl. 114-1121, 1124-1132, 1159-1161, & 1165-1172.

Tanzschritte: Measures 1-149 are written in black and blue ink on 4 double leaves of paper trimmed to 22 staves, measuring 28.9 x 34.5 cm. Page [16] is blank. The top of p. [1] is marked 'III' in pencil. Corrections are made in pencil, blue pencil, red pencil, green pencil and purple pencil. Corrections are made on a separate piece of paper affixed to p. 5/6. Some of the corrections are signed. Measures 150 to the end of the movement are written in black ink on 2 double leaves and 1 leaf of 'K.U.V. Beethoven Papier Nr. 37. (24 Linien)' paper, measuring 34.1 x 26.5 cm. The top of p. [1] is marked 'IV' in pencil. Corrections are made in pencil, red pencil, blue pencil and green pencil.

Thema mit Variationen: Written in black ink on 5 double leaves and 1 leaf of 'K.U.V. Beethoven Papier Nr. 37. (24 Linien)' paper, measuring 34 x 26.5 cm. The top of p. [1] is marked 'V' in pencil. Page [22] contains no music. Corrections are made in pencil, red pencil, green pencil, brown pencil. Some of the corrections are signed. A marginal note appears in pencil on p. [12]: 'Flg sind bis Tkt 121 nicht bezeichnet'.

Gigue: Written in black ink on 7 double leaves, 5 of which are 'K.U.V. Beethoven Papier Nr. 37. (24 Linien)' paper, measuring 34 x 26.5 cm. The other 2 double leaves have 20 staves and measure 33.8 x 26.8 cm. The top of p. [1] is marked 'op. 29' in green pencil. Corrections and annotations appear in pencil, green pencil, red pencil, brown pencil and blue pencil. Page [28] contains no music, but has 3 time signatures written in red pencil and green pencil.
The leaves are bound with white thread.

Published as: Suite für kleine Klarinette, Klarinette, Bassklarinette, Geige, Bratsche, Violoncell und Klavier, Opus 29. Wien : Universal-Edition, c1927. Accompanying material: One leaf, measuring 17.4 x 14.3 cm., contains errata comments written in pencil on the recto; the verso is blank.