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OJ 11/42, [6] Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated October 19,
1893
Harden thanks Schenker for sending an [unidentified] article with a lighter
tone than some of Schenker's other work.
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OJ 10/1, [37] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated June 11, 1919
Dahms sends greetings on Schenker's birthday, finds solace in Nietzsche and
Kierkegaard, and is studying counterpoint with Vrieslander.
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OJ 10/1, [44] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated September 10, 1919
Dahms thanks the Schenker's for his time with them, and reports what he is doing
currently; he endorses Nietzsche's view of Germany and the Germans, and speaks of the
unprincipledness that its legal system and officialdom fosters.
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OJ 10/1, [60] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated December 29, 1920
Dahms thanks Schenker for his assessment of the three of his books that he has
sent him; gives a chapter synopsis of his next book, concerning Nietzsche and music; reports on
his movement in the coming months.
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OJ 10/1, [69] Typed letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated March 11, 1922
Dahms's book, which has earned an award, is delayed at the bindery. He blames
this on the prevailing undisciplined conditions in Germany, criticizes the current government,
and predicts war.
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OJ 8/4, [14] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated August 5, 1922
Schenker commends Walter Dahm's latest book, Die Offenbarung der Musik, to Violin
as one which ought to have important consequences for the course of music.
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OJ 15/16, [47] Handwritten letter from Hans and Hertha Weisse to Schenker, dated August 11, 1922
Weisse reports that he is dealing with business matters entrusted to him by
Schenker, and thanks his teacher for arranging the posting of Kontrapunkt 2, which he is in the
midst of reading.
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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.
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OJ 10/1, [72] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated October 28, 1922
Dahms chooses to remain in Italy in view of the "moral and physical devastation"
that he hears reported from Germany. — He is committed to Schust & Loeffler for a Haydn
biography. He reports on a review of his book "Offenbarung."
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OJ 12/59, [4] Handwritten letter from Siegfried Fritz Müller to Schenker, dated November 13,
1923
Siegfried Fritz Müller has a teaching job and reports how it is going. -- He
is studying Schenker's writings. -- He gives an unfavorable reaction to Walter Dahm's book
[Die Offenbarung der Musik: Eine Apotheose Friedrich Nietzsches]. -- He reports Carl
Bamberger's trip to Finland.
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OJ 9/34, [42] Handwritten letter from Cube to Schenker, dated October 4, 1934
Quotes letter from Furtwängler in extenso touching on reasons for dismissal and
articulating the importance of Schenker's theory; Cube describes the impact of this letter on his
Director. The names of Schenker, Halm, and Kurth were deleted from a recent text of his, and
censorship has been imposed. Describes his own recent activities. Outlines his geometric theory of the
diatonic components of tonality. Encloses photograph of his wife and son; describes hardships. Denies
rumors that he has cheated Moriz Violin, and refers to the resulting backlash on him: Violin has a
"complex", feels downtrodden by everyone.