SKU: HL.49019883

ISBN 9790001131308.

This volume contains for the first time the piano score of the monodrama Erwartung drawn up in the autumn of 1909 by Arnold Schoenberg himself.The composer began this stage work at the end of the summer of 1909, stopping work on the first draft on 12 September 1909 and completing the fair copy of the score on 4 October 1909. Two autograph manuscripts have survived of the piano score: a first draft and a fair copy. Only the first draft is dated, bearing the date of completion 22 October 1909.