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How did Richard Strauss help Arnold Schoenberg’s early career?

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Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in a suit, seated at a piano and holding a conductor's baton, appears to be conducting music in a wood-paneled room. — Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg was one of the most influential teachers of music composition of the 20th century. He also was known for his creation of new methods of musical composition involving atonality, namely serialism and the 12-tone row.

Richard Strauss played a significant role in supporting Arnold Schoenberg’s early career when the latter moved to Berlin in 1901. Recognizing Schoenberg's potential, Strauss helped him secure a position as a composition teacher at the Stern Conservatory. Furthermore, Strauss used his professional influence to help Schoenberg obtain the Liszt stipend, which was awarded by the Society for German Music.1

Strauss also provided artistic encouragement that influenced Schoenberg’s creative output. With Strauss’s support, Schoenberg composed his only symphonic poem for a large orchestra, Pelleas und Melisande (1902–03).1