The PMB (Personen der Moderne Basis) is a web service for people, works, institutions, places, and events relating specifically to Vienna around 1900. Its primary function is to create a shared database for various research projects. Currently, the authority file contains 49,310 people, 16,254 places, 29,153 works, 13,321 events, and 2,815 institutions, together, they form 196,257 relations.
The portal, initiated in conjunction with research projects on Karl Kraus, Arthur Schnitzler, and Hermann Bahr at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, is continuously being expanded with additional data. In May 2026, another substantial component was added to the PMB with the edition “Arnold Schönberg: Correspondence with the Publishers Universal Edition and Dreililien,” edited by Katharina Bleier and Therese Muxeneder. 1,500 URLs open up a fascinating chapter in the history of music publishing in the 20th century.
Online edition of the correspondence
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis. A project by Peter Andorfer, Martin Anton Müller, et al. 2019–present.
