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OJ 6/3, [12] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, undated [c. February 1, 1900]
Schenker is about to write to Busoni. -- He is just off to the Leiners' house to substitute for Violin [while the latter is in Berlin]. -- Eduard [Violin] is asking for a handout.
OJ 6/3, [13] Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated February 8, 1900
When Violin returns from Berlin, Schenker will send him his Zweistimmige Inventionen, Op. 5: he inquires whether Busoni has said anything about them. -- He raises the substitute lessons he is giving to the Wiener and Leiner families: Violin has failed to instruct him on the fee to be charged. Can he ask 10 Florins? -- He disagrees with Mahler's performance of the "Eroica."
OJ 9/27, [11] Handwritten letter from Busoni to Schenker, dated February 11, 1900
Busoni has been playing Schenker's Syrian Dances with friends and is delighted with them.
Sbb B II 4431 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, undated [c. February 5, 1900]
Schenker congratulates Busoni on the birth of a son. The Neue freie Presse does not support Schenker's music because he does not belong to the Heuberger "clique." He [and Moriz Violin] are playing the Syrische Tänze again on the 20th. He hopes to come to Berlin, and encloses a "portrait."