Eric Schissel writes:

>Jason Greshes wrote on Sunday that Berg learned from Schoenberg what
>Schoenberg wanted to "postulate" to him- apparently in the belief
>that Schoenberg was in the habit of teaching serial composition to his
>students, which so far as I know he certainly .wasn't., or at least not at
>that stage in his career.  Does Mr. Greshes have evidence to the contrary?

 From what I gather from Schoenberg's writings (and I admit I'm no
expert here), the only thing Schoenberg did was to put Berg through the
counterpoint mill.  He felt that Berg was a little too good in 19th-century
rhodomontade and believed that counterpoint would ground the younger man.
This course of study certainly left its mark on much of Berg's work.

Steve Schwartz