Object #5
The splendid Christmas gift

Edgar Poes Werke
Übersetzt von Hedda Moeller-Bruck und Hedwig Lachmann
Band VI: Groteske Geschichten
Minden in Westfalen: Im Verlag J. C. C. Bruns., 1912
A Christmas gift from Alban Berg to Arnold Schönberg, 1917

Arnold Schönberg Center, Vienna

Dear Berg, many thanks for the splendid Christmas gift. I’m very pleased with it. Until now I knew very little by Poe. I’ve already looked into it a bit. I think I will find it very interesting. In any event, it seems to be far more than mere light reading.
Arnold Schönberg an Alban Berg, Wien, 27. Dezember 1917