| Timeline |
| 1874 |
Born 13 September, in Vienna |
| 1890 |
Becomes a bank clerk to support widowed mother; studies music in the evenings |
| 1901 |
Marries Mathilde, the sister of his friend the composer Alexandre von Zemlinsky |
| 1903 |
Becomes composition teacher at Stern Conservatory in Berlin |
| 1912 |
Revolutionary song-cycle Pierrot lunaire creates uproar |
| 1915 |
Joins the Austrian army during World War I; discharged a year later for being sickly |
| 1918 |
Founds Society for Private Musical Performances, to help protect avant-garde composers from ridicule |
| 1924 |
On the death of his first wife, marries Gertrud Kolisch |
| 1925 |
Appointed professor at the Berlin Academy of Arts |
| 1933 |
Nazi regime forces him, a Jew, to leave Germany. Settles in U.S. |
| 1951 |
Dies 13 July, in Los Angeles |
