How Arnold Schoenberg became the poster boy for the Viennese cultural-heritage industrial complex
Despite its prestige, Vienna can seem parochial. This is as true today as it was during its turn-of-the-century golden age, when it incubated a generous welfare state โ that is still with us โ and all those Austro-Hungarian Empire weirdos: glowering hypnotist astrologers in full metal evening dress, hysterical socialites howling at the help from
