AMERICAN MUSIC SERIES                                                                              280a,b               

Judith Rosen

with Vivian Perlis

Encino,  California

December 14,  1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Side a:                                                                                                                        pp.  1-18

Beginning of involvement with Schoenberg Institute in 1983--perception of Schoenberg family as difficult--founding of support group called Friends of the Institute--problems with USC:  financial expectations, legal hassles, faculty resentment, unfulfilled promises on use of building, budget--problems with new director of Institute who disbanded Friends--more on problems with USC:  internal jealousies, financial problems--fundraising events--reasons for archive’s move to Vienna and reactions to move--familiarity or unfamiliarity with Schoenberg’s music.

Side b:                                                                                                                       pp.  18-33

Resumes comparison of European versus American familiarity with Schoenberg’s music--more about problems with new director:  dislike of LA, unfulfilled desire for conducting gigs,  disinterest in meeting potential donors--lawsuits and countersuits:  subpoenas and files on the Institute--Schoenberg family’s bad press--personal and national responses to loss of Institute--integrity of Schoenbergs versus duplicity of USC.