LC ASC 27/45, [1] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated March 26, 1902

Violin has attended the successful premiere of Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, and wishes to talk with him in person, apparently rather than sending a written report. Violin speaks in strong terms of certain people, presumably in Wolzogen's Buntes Theater in Berlin.

LC ASC 27/45, [2] Handwritten notecard with envelope from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated February 26, 1903

Violin is too unwell to meet Schoenberg and say "Adieu", and hopes for a meeting on September 1.

LC ASC 27/45, [2a] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 13, 1919

Violin urgently asks to meet.

LC ASC 27/45, [3] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated April 17, 1938

Violin tells Schoenberg he expects to obtain an affidavit to emigrate to the USA, and ask if Schoenberg could write a letter of recommendation for work in San Francisco, and advise him on possibilities there.

LC ASC 7/50, [1] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated May 2, 1938

Schoenberg reflects on his own relationship with Heinrich Schenker. — He is willing to write a recommendation to Hertz for Violin and asks to whom to send it, and warns Violin that it will not be easy to establish himself in San Francisco.

LC ASC 27/45, [4] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 11, 1938

Violin seeks an affidavit to emigrate and asks Schoenberg's help in achieving this. He would like to move to San Francisco.

LC ASC 7/50, [2] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin and others, dated July 30, 1938

Schoenberg notifies Violin and two others that each may receive an affidavit in the near future [for emigration to the USA].

LC ASC 27/45, [5] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated August 10, 1938

Violin provides Schenker with details of his wife and himself.

LC ASC 27/45, [6] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 17, 1939

Violin informs Schoenberg that he already has his affidavit, and thanks him for his attempts. He asks Schoenberg for letters of recommendation for San Francisco.

LC ASC 7/50, [3] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated March 2, 1939

Schoenberg is pleased that Violin has his affidavit, is happy to write recommendations for him in San Francisco, and looks forward to seeing him in person soon.

LC ASC 27/45, [7] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated May 17, 1939

Violin has been ill for three months, and is due to sail on May 27 arriving New York June 5. He asks about the cost of travel from Los Angeles, where he hopes to stay en route, to San Francisco, and gives a temporary address in New York.

LC ASC 7/50, [4] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated June 6, 1939

Schoenberg writes to Violin in New York, advises him on the trip to San Francisco via Los Angeles, and hopes to be able to accommodate him/them in Los Angeles. — He regrets his powerlessness [over the affidavit].

LC ASC 27/45, [8] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 13, 1939

Violin comments on American red tape. He has had to give the addresses of his supporters and asks Schoenberg to provide a testimonial if asked; and expresses gratitude for the Schoenbergs' offer of hospitality in Los Angeles.

LC ASC 27/45, [9] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 20, 1939

Violin asks Schoenberg to write to the refugee committee in San Francisco. He will let him know his arrival time.

LC ASC 27/45, [10] Handwritten postcard from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 7, 1939

Violin informs Schoenberg of his route from New York to California.

LC ASC 27/45, [11] Handwritten notecard from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 19, 1939

Violin thanks the Schoenbergs for their hospitality, and promises his c.v. shortly.

LC ASC 27/45, [12] Handwritten coverletter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 20, 1939

Covering letter or note to Violin's c.v. [LC ASC 27/45, [13], including list of names.

LC ASC 27/45, [13] Handwritten curriculum vitae from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [July 20, 1939]

Violin's curriculum vitae.

LC ASC 7/50, [6] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated July 21, 1939

Schoenberg has written a letter of introduction and modified Violin's draft c.v., explains how he has done the latter, and advises Violin what to do with the materials. — He asks advice on how to get the best exchange rate for Mark/Dollar.

LC ASC 27/45, [14] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 24, 1939

Violin tries to express his debt to Schoenberg for recent help. — He advises Schoenberg on how to transfer money at half the standard dollar-mark exchange rate.

LC ASC 27/45, [15] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated August 24, 1939

Violin reports his progress in contacting people in the Bay Area to whom he has been given introductions.

LC ASC 27/45, [16] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated September 21, 1939

Violin expresses misgivings about his situation, and is concerned that his daughter is in Amsterdam.

LC ASC 7/50, [8] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 16, 1940

Schoenberg informs Violin of a conversation he has had with [Robert Emmett] Stuart about a position that is open [at the St. Louis Institute of Music] for which Schoenberg would like to recommend him. He asks for the return of the general recommendation he wrote for Violin earlier.

LC ASC 7/50, [9] Handwritten telegram draft from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 23, 1940

Schoenberg has wrongly addressed LC ASC 7/50, [8] and asks Violin to check with the Post Office to recover the letter.

LC ASC 27/45, [17] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 26, 1940

Violin acquiesces to applying for the job in St. Louis, despite reservations about the climate there. He laments the backwardness of San Francisco's musical world. He admits to being "kept" by his wife.

LC ASC 7/50, [10] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 27, 1940

Schoenberg reports a letter that he has received from R. E. Stuart. He detects that Gottfried Galston will see him as a rival, so advises Violin to write stressing his primary area as composition. He regrets that he can no longer avoid recommending some of his own students.

LC ASC 27/45, [18] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 29, 1940

Violin expresses pain that his wife has to do menial work to support them both. He prefers not to apply for the St. Louis job because he feels Schoenberg was insulted by Stuart's letter. He hopes to gain entrée to the performance world.

LC ASC 7/50, [11] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated February 2, 1940

Schoenberg encloses a letter from St. Louis suggesting that Violin may be under consideration for the vacant position [in composition], and checks whether Violin possesses letters from Brahms. — He has written attempting to counter Galston's influence.

LC ASC 27/45, [19] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated February 12, 1940

Violin admits that he did not write to the St. Louis Institute of Music when urged before, but has now done so. He wrote in English. — He reports the correspondence that he brought with him from Vienna, and that which was lost or stolen on the way.

LC ASC 27/45, [20] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated April 8, 1940

Violin makes an outraged critique of the rejection letter he has received from R. E. Stuart. — His daughter, Eva, is now safely in San Francisco.

LC ASC 7/50, [13] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated May 19 1940

Schoenberg asks whether Violin has received a letter from him with a copy of his twelve-tone composition lecture.

LC ASC 27/45, [21] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated June 8, 1940

Violin asks Schoenberg to write to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge recommending him to play with the Coolidge Quartet.

LC ASC 27/45, [22] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated October 23, 1940

Violin says that he is completely without work, but is not giving in to despair.

LC ASC 27/45, [23] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated December 19, 1940

In sending Christmas greetings, Violin tells Schoenberg that he heard his Second Chamber Symphony [by radio] from New York. — He speaks of a course that he has been hired to teach at the Jewish Center, and mentions a second possibility without divulging details.

LC ASC 27/45, [24] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 16, 1941

Violin reports on his "Music workshop" at the Jewish Center; is reading about New York; is looking through his letters from Schoenberg from c.1902; reflects on knowledge versus ignorance; wants to talk with Schoenberg about possibilities for playing in New York.

LC ASC 27/45, [25] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated February 8, 1941

Violin expresses joy at the news of the birth of a son to Schoenberg.

LC ASC 27/45, [26] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated March 29, 1941

Violin thanks Schoenberg for his recent stay in Los Angeles, and comments on Schoenberg's lecture "Composition with Twelve Tones," which he attended during that stay. — He reminds Schoenberg to advocate for him for an engagement with the New York New Friends of Music; and he mentions for the first time his plan to found an institute in San Francisco.

LC ASC 27/45, [27] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated April 14, 1941

Violin reports encouraging news on his planned "institute," spells out some of his ideas, and seeks to discuss further with Schoenberg.

LC ASC 7/50, [14] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated April 15, 1941

Schoenberg gives his reaction to the description that Violin has given of his role in Violin's planned "institute."

LC ASC 27/45, [28] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated May 21, 1941

Violin reports that he has been trying to rescue his sister from Vienna. — He wants to report to Schoenberg in person how his "institute" ideas are developing.— He asks for the score of a Schoenberg composition in order to see how the 12-tone method is implemented. — He asks for answers to recently asked questions. — And he inquires after the Guggenheim Foundation.

LC ASC 27/45, [29] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated July 20, 1941

Violin recounts his experience with one of his sponsors and subsequent interview with her skeptical agent regarding an (unspecified) new project.

LC ASC 27/45, [30] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated April 5, 1945

Violin conveys his desperation over his job situation, and asks Schoenberg to write to Pierre Monteux to request an interview.

LC ASC 7/50, [15] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated April 10, 1945

Schoenberg has written to Pierre Monteux on behalf of Moriz Violin.

LC ASC 7/50, [16] Typewritten lettercard (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated May 3, 1945

Schoenberg follows up on his previous (unanswered) letter.

LC ASC 27/45, [31] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenbeg, undated [March? 1949?]

Violin writes of his solitude and despair. He sees that Schoenberg is coming to San Francisco, and pleads to be allowed to meet with him.

LC ASC 7/50, [18] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated May 8, 1949

Schoenberg regrets that he has had to cancel his visit to San Francisco, as he has also his trip to Germany for his 75th birthday celebrations. He hopes to be able to invite Violin soon.

LC ASC 27/45, [32] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [September? 17?, 1949]

Having read that Schoenberg did not attend a birthday concert for him in Los Angeles, Violin asks after his health, anxious not to lose contact. He deplores a speech by Furtwängler.

LC ASC 27/45, [34] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [October 1?, 1949]

Violin reports on a successful performance of a C. P. E. Bach concerto at the Carmel Bach Festival and on a Music Teacher's Convention in San Francisco.

LC ASC 27/45, [33] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [ late October?, 1949]

Violin writes of his longing for face-to-face communication with Schoenberg.

LC ASC 27/45, [35] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated December 22, 1949

Violin reports on his meeting with Roger Sessions and subsequent invitation to Christmas Day lunch.

LC ASC 27/45, [36] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [ca. January 10, 1950]

Violin inquires whether Schoenberg might agree to serve as a judge in a composition competition offered by Noel Sullivan.

LC ASC 27/45, [37] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, undated [1950]

Violin thanks Schoenberg for his copy of Style & Idea, and comments on it enthusiastically. He describes himself as a "displaced artist."

LC AE61 .E6 Schenker entry in Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana. vol. 54 (1927)