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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Georg Müller Verlag Georg Müller Publishing House Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries German publishing house, based in Munich, founded by Georg Müller (1877–1917). Within the space of only fifteen years, Müller produced some 1,600 books and employed notable book designers (from 1907 in particular the typographer Paul Renner). His firm is counted among the first German publishing houses promoting high culture to a mass market, alongside Samuel Fischer, Eugen Diderichs, and Albert Langen. The firm merged with the Albert Langen Verlag in 1931. The Georg Müller Verlag published August Halm’s Von zwei Kulturen der Musik (1913), Die Symphonie Anton Bruckners (1914), and Von Grenzen und Ländern der Musik: gesammelte Aufsätze (1916). Sources: Wikipedia ("Georg Müller (Verleger)") Hall, Murray G., Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte 1918-1938, vol. I (Vienna: Böhlau, 1985) Contributor: Marko Deisinger Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 11/10, [11] Handwritten letter from Frimmel to Schenker, dated August 10, 1907 Frimmel invites Schenker to contribute to the Beethoven-Jahrbuch, and suggests topics. — He hopes to meet up with him in Steinach. CA 76 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated April 24, 1908 Schenker asks for a copy of his Harmonielehre to be sent to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; — He seeks advice regarding Theodor Frimmel and the Beethoven-Jahrbuch, explaining the delay on Kontrapunkt I. CA 94 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated April 8, 1909 Schenker inquires whether a batch of proofs has gone astray, and draws attention to a review. OJ 11/35, [0] Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, undated, probably November or December 1916] Halm praises Schenker's Erläuterungsausgabe, and asks for a recommendation to Universal Edition. OJ 11/35, 5 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated July 2, 1917 Halm seeks advice on choice of edition for the Beethoven variations, and offers advice in negotiating with publishers. OJ 11/35, 8 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated February 12, 1918 Halm acknowledges receipt of item from Schenker's publisher, and plans to reciprocate, but has little time in which to order items. Copies of his essay about Schenker have been misdirected. OJ 11/35, 14 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated January 5, 1920 Halm offers advice on securing satisfactory contractual terms, favoring percentages over one-time payments. OJ 8/3, [80] Handwritten postcard from Heinrich Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated January 12, 1920 Schenker comments acerbically on the settlement with Emil Kornfeld. — Reports on a contract Halm has shown him. — Inquires about the children's health and reports that Wilhelm has been taken ill. OJ 11/35, 17 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated April 13, 1920 Halm acknowledges receipt of DLA 69.930/9; voices misgivings about publishing with UE and discusses publishers' unscrupulous tactics and the difficulty of legal redress. OJ 11/35, 20 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated July 24 and August 19, 1922 Halm announces publication of his three suites for piano trio, and has arranged for two of them to be sent to Schenker. He thanks Schenker for sending him Kontrapunkt II, and expresses admiration for the "power of the broad conception" of Schenker's work. He is distressed at Schenker's attacks on other countries and glorification of Germany, and speaks with appreciation of French and Russian music. He describes his new publisher. DLA 69.930/10 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Halm, dated September 25, 1922 Acknowledges OJ 11/35, 20 and composition; expects to be able to comment on Halm's Klavierübung in Tonwille 4; reports Leipzig University's decision not to appoint him; speculates on the impact of Kontrapunkt 2 and Der freie Satz; public difficulty in accepting Urgesetze. — Aristide Briand: The importance of being well-read on a topic before commenting in public: Schoenberg and Reger; newspapers. — Maximilian Harden: although faithful to Schenker, Harden had not mastered the topics on which he wrote. — National Govenment: Schenker's publishing plans, including "The Future of Humanity": man's anthropomorphic thinking is a delusion, he needs to adapt to nature, to return to a primitive state, to abandon "development" and "progress" and return to primordial laws; inferior man wants to "govern" (bowel wants to become brain); Schenker deplores "artifice" (French) as against nature (German). — Things French: praises German superiority over French in its joy of work. — Higher Plane: the German should not abase himself before the Frenchman. OC 12/7-9 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker dated November 6‒10, 1923 Halm has sent the published score of a string quartet to Schenker. —Patronage has enabled him to publish three volumes of compositions; reports on current and past composition activities and publications. —Discusses what he has learned from Schenker's theories, and questions whether it would be a fault were Bruckner's symphonies not to contain the Urlinie; Halm's book on Bruckner's symphonies has gone into its second edition. —Halm suspects that Schenker may not "agree with" his compositions, and asks whether Schenker wishes to receives further scores. —Halm considers socialism a "historical necessity." Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 14 March 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 February 1918 Diary entry by Schenker for 12 January 1920