Arnold Schoenberg Recreation and Humor

[SeadogDriftwood]

He sounds like a great person to have as a friend/teacher/both. I'm sure his classes must've been immense fun!

[japanesesweet]

Excellent and informative. What a nice man he was.

[DrumsAndMisc]

a renaissance man!

[eurabio]

Wow I didn't knew anything of one of my favorite composers of all time. Thanks a lot :)

[emilygclarinet]

Schoenberg sure had a lot of kids.

Great video.

[winston5610]

May I recommend Harpo marx's autobiography, "Harpo Speaks" in which he relates two humorous Schoenberg stories, one of which involved a violin case full of ping pong paddles and balls. "One can never tell where one might find a table." another described Schoenberg's first meeting with Irving Thalberg. For the record, Schoenberg is among my five favorite composers, along with Mendelssohn, Borodin, Bach, and....

[TheBlackPage1]

That's a wonderful book. I love the black jelly beans story too =)

[charlottevk]

Very creative man with many talents/interests.

Reminds me of a Jewish man I used to know very well.

[BrucknerEnthusiast]

Interesting, especially the last anecdote at 3:38!

[nibelungensohn]

Informative video. Thanks.

[belmontmusic90272]

Great - and to have it appear on Mozart's birthday too!