A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS

Frequent reference is made in this book to Schoenberg's collected works, the Sämtliche Werke (Mainz and Vienna: Schott and Universal, 1966-). This publication is divided into two "series" (Reihen), A for scores, B for critical reports. Volume numbers are coordinated between the two series: thus, for example, volume 20 represents string quartets in both. The edition is separated by genre into Abteilungen, or divisions, indicated by Roman numerals.

In order to avoid cumbersome citations of the Sämtliche Werke, I have throughout this book employed the abbreviation SW, which is followed first by a letter indicating the series, A or B, then the volume number, then a colon and the page number. An indication of the Abteilung is not necessary, since the volumes are numbered consecutively throughout the edition.

Thus SW A4: 25–35, indicates the score series, volume 4, pages 25–35. If the volume itself has two parts, this is indicated by a Roman numeral: SW B11/II: 35–37, thus indicates part II of the critical report for the chamber symphonies, vol. 11. In the case of the two volumes of Lieder, the editors of the Sämtliche Werke have issued a two-part critical report that serves for both volumes in the A series, numbered 1 and 2. This report is thus cited as SW B1/2/I or SW B1/2/II.