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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Henry Expert born Bordeau, May 12, 1863; died Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Aug 18, 1952 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries French musicologist, specialist in French music of the 15th and 16th centuries, editor of the monumental series Maîtres Musiciens de la Renaissance Française (1894-1908, 1924-29), and Florilège du Concert Vocal de la Renaissance (1928-29); also librarian of the Bibliothèque Ste Geneviève (1905-09) and the Paris Conservatory Library (1909-; senior librarian from 1920-33). Source: NGDM2 (2001 and online) Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 11/54, [6] Handwritten letter from van Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 3, 1926 Van Hoboken sends New Year greetings; reports that he is to see in the Paris Conservatory Library the autograph manuscript of Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata, which Einstein has apparently already photographed; he will travel to Vienna on January 6 for lesson on January 9. OC 54/58 Typewritten letter from August Demblin and Alfred Einstein (DMV) to Schenker, dated January 16, 1926 The facsimile edition of Mozart’s Don Giovanni will not be ready for some time; a facsimile of Beethoven’s Op. 57 is planned, not by DMV but by a Paris printing-house. OJ 11/54, [12] Handwritten letter from van Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 28, 1927 Hoboken had to cancel his planned visit to John Petrie Dunn because of illness. — He reports on library visits in London and Paris, discusses manuscripts and conditions for photography, purchases. — He plans no further trips this season. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 31 January 1927