Its Name: Schoenberg Hall
In “In Thrall to the All-Powerful Patron” (Oct. 1), Mark Swed wrote that “. . . the theater once popularly known as Schoenberg Hall (although it never had an official name [italics mine]) was recently named Ostin Hall, after a much admired popular music recording executive, Mo Ostin, and his wife, Evelyn, donors to [UCLA’s] performing arts programs.”
The auditorium did in fact have an official name: Arnold Schoenberg Hall.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Oct. 15, 2000 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday October 15, 2000 Home Edition Calendar Page 2 Calendar Desk 1 inches; 27 words Type of Material: Correction
Different sculptor--Anna Mahler sculpted the bust of Arnold Schoenberg in Ostin Hall at UCLA. Due to a transcription error, the sculptor was incorrectly identified in a letter to the editor.
In a letter to my mother dated Feb. 10, 1955, Chancellor Raymond Allen stated: “It is with a great deal of personal pleasure that I inform you that at their meeting of Jan. 21 the Regents of the University of California officially named the auditorium in the new Music Building on the Los Angeles campus ‘Arnold Schoenberg Hall,’ in honor of your late husband.”
I recall attending the Arnold Schoenberg Hall dedication concert where the Alma Mahler bust of my father was unveiled.
LAWRENCE SCHOENBERG
Pacific Palisades
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