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OJ 10/1, [22] Handwritten postcard from Dahms to Schenker, dated November [recte August] 9,
1916
Dahms hopes to be going to Wilna.
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OJ 10/1, [23] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated August 27, 1916
Dahms may be posted to Wilna, or may be discharged. He asks about the position of
music critic at the Vienna Der Abend.
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OJ 14/23, [18] Handwritten lettercard from Seligmann to Schenker, postmarked August 1, 1916
Seligmann thanks Schenker for sending him the critical editions of Beethoven’s
Op. 110 and Op. 111. He enjoyed reading the attacks on Schenker’s rival authors, but he also
thinks that a more conciliatory language would be more appropriate for such publications. He
looks forward to the publication of Op. 106.
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OJ 15/16, [27] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 3, 1916
Weisse hopes to see Kontrapunkt II soon. — He reflects on the state of
humanity in the light of being in the midst of the war. — He incloses a cutting of an
article [about sources of Saint-Saëns's music.]
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WSLB-Hds 95655 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, dated August 5, 1916
Schenker explains why he is reluctant to produce a critical edition with
commentary for Beethoven’s Op. 106: he would wear himself out working on it unless he could
be freed from some of his teaching obligations, and also the autograph manuscript and other
sources are missing. He also defends his sharp tongue in discussions of the secondary
literature in his “paradigmatic” works ("Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony" and the critical
editions of the late Beethoven piano sonatas).