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OJ 10/3, [87] Handwrittenwritten picture postcard from Hanna and Otto Erich Deutsch to Schenker,
dated June 10, 1928
The Deutsches hope to see the Schenkers once before both couples go away for
the summer, and they invite them for tea on Tuesday, June 12.
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OJ 10/3, [88] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 14,
1928
Deutsch can show Schenker the reissue (Titelauflage) of Beethoven’s Sonata Op.
6 if he is interested. -- On the 27th, he is giving a radio broadcast on Schubert’s lost
symphony; he has obtained funding ($1,000) for the person who finds it. -- He is giving
another radio talk on July 3, on Schubert’s incidental music to Rosamunde.
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OJ 10/3, [89] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 17, 1928
Deutsch sends Schenker birthday greetings; he hopes that the last volume of
his “great work” [i.e. Der freie Satz] will bring satisfaction to him and comfort to the
world.
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OJ 10/3, [90] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 27, 1928
Touched by Schenker’s response to his birthday greetings, Deutsch quotes a
passage from Johann Mayrhofer’s recollections of Schubert. He notes that the Columbia
Phonograph Company has sponsored a competition that could be viewed as a kind of Nobel Prize
for music.
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OJ 14/45, [70] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schenker, dated June 17, 1928
Violin sends 60th birthday greetings to Schenker, adding that he is unlikely
to leave Hamburg this summer.
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OJ 6/7, [38] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated June 23,
1928
Schenker thanks Violin for his kind birthday greetings, explaining the
discrepant birth dates assigned to him. He reaffirms his spiritual solidarity with his
friend. He has read some articles and reviews mentioning his work, at all of which he
laughs.
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OJ 89/2, [6] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated June 22, 1928
With thanks for birthday greetings, Schenker expresses how highly he values the
Photogrammarchiv while endorsing van Hoboken's turning down of an "honor" that he was offered. —
Schenker has, at Einstein's request, updated his entry in Riemann's Musiklexikon. — With the
success of the Urlinie through Der Tonwille, he no longer considers himself isolated.
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OJ 9/10, [1] Telegram from the Photogrammarchiv to Schenker, dated June 19, 1928
Best wishes [on Schenker's 60th birthday]
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PhA/Ar 56, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Kromer, dated June 22, 1928
Schenker expresses thanks for the greetings telegram, and extolls the work of
the Photogrammarchiv.
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WSLB-Hds 191.563 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated June 22, 1928
Schenker thanks Deutsch for his birthday greetings, explaining that,
although he feels alienated from the musical world of the present day, he is
convinced that his work will have a lasting effect on future
generations.
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WSLB-Hds 191.564 Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Deutsch, dated and postmarked June 30,
1928
Schenker congratulates Deutsch on being granted the title of “Professor”; he
makes an ironic comment on a hypothetical Nobel Prize for music.