Austrian, later American, clarinettist, who contributed an article to Der Dreiklang .

Career Summary

Erich Simon, while pursuing a doctorate in law and economics, studied clarinet, piano, and music theory in Vienna. He later became a clarinettist in the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Prades Festival Orchestra. He was associated with the circle around Arnold Schoenberg, and performed frequently with Rudolf Kolisch and Eduard Steuermann. He worked for Universal Edition.

Simon emigrated to the USA in 1938, settling in Sherman, Connecticut. He played in the New York City Symphony, and taught at the Mannes Music School and privately. Simon's papers are preserved at Yale University and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Simon and the Schenker circle

It is not known whether he was acquainted with Schenker before his emigration, but he must at least have been in contact with either Oswald Jonas or Felix Salzer, and must have used the resources of the Photogram Archive in the Austrian National Library, because he contributed the article "The Value of the Photogram Archive for the Practising Musician" [Der Wert des Photogramm-Archivs für den ausübenden Musiker] to the Schenkerian periodical Der Dreiklang in 1937.

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