OC 3/1: Jan 1912-Mar 1912 - Robert Brünauer: lesson: Tuesday February 6, 1912
6. II. Brünauer † : Ueber Prag; Mangel an Erkenntnis des Theatralischen als solchen; Versuchte Korrekturen an Goethe’s Iphigenie; Niederknien ungriechisch. Rubinstein Brief an Senf; neues Wiener Journal vom 6. II. 1 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, 2007 |
February 6, [1912] Brünauer † : About Prague; lack of knowledge of theatrical matters as such; attempted corrections to Goethe’s Iphigenie; kneeling down [is] un-Greek. Rubinstein’s letter to Senff; Neues Wiener Journal for February 6. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
6. II. Brünauer † : Ueber Prag; Mangel an Erkenntnis des Theatralischen als solchen; Versuchte Korrekturen an Goethe’s Iphigenie; Niederknien ungriechisch. Rubinstein Brief an Senf; neues Wiener Journal vom 6. II. 1 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, 2007 |
February 6, [1912] Brünauer † : About Prague; lack of knowledge of theatrical matters as such; attempted corrections to Goethe’s Iphigenie; kneeling down [is] un-Greek. Rubinstein’s letter to Senff; Neues Wiener Journal for February 6. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
Footnotes1 "Ein Bekenntnis Rubinsteins," Neues Wiener Journal, February 6, 1912, pp. 4–5, reporting a hitherto unknown letter from Anton Rubinstein to the Leipzig publisher Senff, dated September 11, 1889. The letter is quoted in extenso, and in the course of it he expresses his conviction “that the art of music is absolutely dead, that there are not eight measures worth a penny …” and that there is neither vocal nor instrumental music performance that “rises to the shoe thongs of earlier musical performance ...” — Whether Brünauer brought this to Schenker’s attention or whether the latter spotted it himself is unclear. |
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Format† Double underlined |