"It is remarkable and significant that these two men both emerged out of the Austrian decadence in 1874 - both of them destined to cause a truly salutary disturbance of vital importance to European culture." (Ernst Krenek, 1934)On the occasion of the 150th birthdays of Arnold Schönberg and Karl Kraus, the intellectual affinities of two of the most influential figures of Viennese Modernism are highlighted for the first time in a publication. The musical visionary Schönberg and the media-critical writer Kraus inscribed themselves in an era rich in artistic, social and political...