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CA 103 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated July 7, 1909
Schenker gives his summer address and asks for proofs to be sent there.
OJ 5/6, [3] Note by Schenker, dated July 5, 1909
Reflection on giving and taking in general and in art
WSLB 41 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 1, 1909
Schenker asks for the three previously requested editions to be sent as soon as possible so as to arrive before he departs for vacation.— He also asks for Richard Stöhr's Harmonielehre.
WSLB-Hds 94475 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, undated [probably early July 1909]
Schenker asks Seligmann to read an essay on Byron’s Manfred and, if he thinks it worthy of publication, to send a letter of reference to one or other Viennese newspaper. He also expresses his satisfaction at how his career is shaping: he has requested and received generous fees for the editions he has prepared for Universal Edition, and his theoretical writings for Cotta are also moving along.
WSLB-Hds 94476 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, dated July 17, 1909
Schenker thanks Seligmann for helping him to get a friend’s essay on Byron’s Manfred published in a Viennese newspaper. He then asks whether it would be possible to make a judgment about painters, and paintings, on purely objective grounds, as he (Schenker) has been aiming to do with composers and musical works.
Diary entry by Schenker for 1 July 1909
Diary entry by Schenker for 6 July 1909
Diary entry by Schenker for 19 July 1909
Diary entry by Schenker for 20 July 1909