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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Ernst Decsey born Hamburg, April 13, 1870; died Vienna, March 12, 1941 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Austrian critic and author, studied law (as did Schenker) at Vienna University, and music with Bruckner (as did Schenker) and Fuchs at the Vienna Conservatory, became critic of the Grazer Tagespost in 1900 taking over its editorship in 1908, in 1920 he joined the Neues Wiener Tagblatt , resigning in 1938. He wrote books on Wolf, Bruckner, Johann Strauß, Debussy, and others. Source: NGDM2 (2001 and online) Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OC 54/193 List of review copies for Das Meisterwerk in der Musik, vol. 1 List of review copies for the first Meisterwerk yearbook. OJ 12/38, [2] Handwritten picture postcard from Hans Liebstoeckl to Schenker, dated January 11, 1928 Without naming the composer or title, Liebstöckl expresses himself in disparaging terms about Ernst Krenek and the latter's opera, Jonny spielt auf. OJ 10/3, [154] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 8, 1931 Deutsch has been in touch with Robert Haas about a civic honor being conferred upon Hoboken in the hopes of keeping him, the Photogram Archive, and his personal library in Vienna. He asks if Schenker might request a letter from Furtwängler recommending this action, and be able to get Julius Korngold to write something about the importance of Hoboken’s collections. OJ 10/3, [157] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 16, 1931 In advance of a meeting to discuss the conferral of an honor upon Anthony van Hoboken, Deutsch asks Schenker to sound out Ludwig Karpath cautiously about enlisting his support for this action. OJ 10/3, [159] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 23, 1931 Deutsch enumerates three points arising from his meeting the previous day (October 22, 1931) with Robert Haas and Wilhelm Weckbecker: that the minister (for education) should be approached regarding the conferral of a civic honor upon Anthony Hoboken by the Austrian state; that Hoboken’s character and reputation should in the meantime be “cleaned up,” by appealing to the Vienna police authorities; that Hoboken should invite – separately – Weckbecker and Ludwig Karpath to his home to examine his personal library. He asks Schenker to get in touch with Karpath about this, but to do so tactfully and with reference to these three points. OJ 10/3, [160] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 24, 1931 Deutsch is pleased that his “plotting” to obtain for Hoboken a civic honor from the Austrian state is working so far. He has spoken on the telephone with Ludwig Karpath and will see him next week. Hoboken’s character seems not to have been blotted by an incident in Munich some time ago: whatever misdeed he may have for which he had been accused, and which led to his (brief) incarceration, can never be proved. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 29 November 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 2 June 1922 Diary entry by Schenker for 2 September 1924 Diary entry by Schenker for 16 November 1924 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 May 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 15 November 1925 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 February 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 November 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 16 February 1932 Diary entry by Schenker for 12 February 1933 Diary entry by Schenker for 31 May 1933