Ninety years after composer Arnold Schoenberg fled the Nazis and moved to Los Angeles, the publishing company established by his heirs was destroyed in the Palisades fire.

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Many of these performances got their scores from Belmont. A copy of one of Arnold Schoenberg's musical scores published by Belmont, still in his grandson E. Randol Schoenberg's possession.

Randol Schoenberg. They are all that remains from Belmont’s library. Reflecting on all that was lost, he said, “The memories are still there. I didn't lose those yet." Arnold Schoenberg was ...