AW.: Schoenberg, the closet microtonalist (??)

In einer Nachricht vom 1/4/00 3:51:55 AM (MEZ) Mitteleurop�ische Zeit
schreibt josephpehrson@compuserve.com:

<< the overtone series
was Schoenberg's ultimate destination, although he ended with the 12-tone
system as the great "temperment" compromise as, obviously, many others have
as well. >>

While he did make a a slight nod in the direction of higher divisions of the
octave, and hi perceptual ideas are based on the harmonic series, in no way
was he interested in anything other than temperament. His letter to Joseph
Yasser confirms this in rather dramatic terms.