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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Gottfried Galston born Vienna, Aug 31, 1879; died St. Louis, MO, April 2, 1950 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Lessonbooks Austrian pianist, piano pupil of Leschetizky in Vienna, also of Jadassohn and Reinecke in theory and composition at the Leipzig Conservatory. He taught at the Stern Conservatory, Berlin 1903-07; toured widely, eventually settled in St. Louis, USA. His Studienbuch was first published in 1909, 3rd edn Munich, 1920. No correspondence between Schenker and Galston is known to survive. Source: Baker's 1971 Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence WSLB 78 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 23, 1911 Schenker asks that a copy of his Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue edition be send to Gottfried Galston. —He reports creation of his "Die Kunst des Vortrags" and "Kunst und Kritik". —He is pleased that the Beethoven/Bach project may yet be realized, and justifies his editorial stance with reference to Rodin and architecture, and suggests it might be published in Germany as retribution against Bopp and Wiener. —He is working now on Counterpoint II for Cotta. OC 52/63 Typewritten postcard from UE to Schenker, dated July 27, 1911 UE confirms sending Schenker's edition of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue to Gottfried Galston. Hertzka is on holiday, and will reply on his return. LC ASC 7/50, [10] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated January 27, 1940 Schoenberg reports a letter that he has received from R. E. Stuart. He detects that Gottfried Galston will see him as a rival, so advises Violin to write stressing his primary area as composition. He regrets that he can no longer avoid recommending some of his own students. LC ASC 27/45, [18] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated January 29, 1940 Violin expresses pain that his wife has to do menial work to support them both. He prefers not to apply for the St. Louis job because he feels Schoenberg was insulted by Stuart's letter. He hopes to gain entrée to the performance world. LC ASC 7/50, [11] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Schoenberg to Moriz Violin, dated February 2, 1940 Schoenberg encloses a letter from St. Louis suggesting that Violin may be under consideration for the vacant position [in composition], and checks whether Violin possesses letters from Brahms. — He has written attempting to counter Galston's influence. LC ASC 27/45, [19] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Schoenberg, dated February 12, 1940 Violin admits that he did not write to the St. Louis Institute of Music when urged before, but has now done so. He wrote in English. — He reports the correspondence that he brought with him from Vienna, and that which was lost or stolen on the way. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 18 October 1915 Lessonbooks OC 3/1: Jan 1912-Mar 1912 Fräulein Newlov: lesson: Thursday January 18, 1912