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The ' of March 31, 1913, was a concert of the (Vienna Concert Society) conducted by Arnold Schoenberg in the Great Hall of the Musikverein. The audience, shocked by the expressionism and experimentalism of the Second Viennese School, began rioting, and the concert was ended prematurely. A punch administered by concert organizer Erhard Buschbeck became the subject of a lawsuit, whereby operetta composer Oscar Straus, heard as a witness, testified it had been the most harmonious sound of the evening. ==Program== The program listed: *Anton Webern: ''Six Pieces for Orchestra'', Op. 6 *Alexander von Zemlinsky: ''Four Orchestral Songs on poems by Maeterlinck'' (eventually published as Zemlinsky's Op. 13, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5 were performed at the Skandalkonzert) *Arnold Schoenberg: ''Chamber Symphony No. 1'', Op. 9 *Alban Berg: Two of the ''Five Orchestral Songs on Picture-Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg'', Op. 4 Nos. 2 and 3. Both the lyrical and musical side of this premiere were seen as provocative. *The concert was ended before the scheduled performance of Gustav Mahler's ''Kindertotenlieder'' could begin. During Berg's songs the audience called for both poet and composer to be committed, despite it being public knowledge that Altenberg was already committed to an asylum at the time.〔Barker, Andrew (1997). "Battles of the Mind", ''The Cambridge Companion to Berg'', p. 24. Pople, Anthony, ed. ISBN 0-521-56489-1.〕 Though not present at the concert he was granted leave to attend the dress-rehearsal that morning and three days later he wrote a prose sketch depicting Alma Mahler there.〔Barker (1997), pp. 26–27.〕 At the concert it was during Berg's songs that the fighting began. At the trial, Straus commented that the thud of Buschbeck's punch had been the most harmonious sound at the entire concert.〔 For Berg's work the ''Skandalkonzert'' had lasting consequences: the songs were not performed again until 1952, and the full score did not appear in print until 1966. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skandalkonzert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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