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Susanna (Susi) Weisse

born Vienna, December 16, 1928; ; died Worcester, MA, August 20??, 2013

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Elder daughter of Hans Weisse and Hertha Weisse. See Weisse family.

She emigrated to the United States with the Weisse family in September 1931 and remained there. Her married name was Susanna Weisse Parker.

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Correspondence

  • OJ 15/16, [60] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated December 16, 1928

    Weisse reports the birth of his (first) child, a girl. In a postscript, he informs Schenker that C. P. E. Bach's "Prussian" and "Württemberg" sets of keyboard sonatas have been published in a modern edition.

  • OJ 15/15, [35] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated January 18, 1929

    Weisse regrets that Schenker is still unable to visit. He has arranged for a photograph to be made of a Brahms sonata autograph manuscript.

  • OJ 15/15, [36] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated February 20, 1929

    Owing to family illness, the Schenker's forthcoming visit is postponed.

  • OJ 15/16, [61] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated May 29, 1929

    Weisse reports that Gerhard Albersheim is going to see him about the possibility of having lessons from him. He congratulates Schenker on completing his study of the "Eroica" Symphony, and hopes to be able to get together with his teacher sometime in the next two weeks.

  • OJ 15/16, [62] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 5, 1929

    Weisse, absorbed by Schenker's ideas (especially the concept of "tonal space") tells of his plans to write about his teacher's significance as a contemporary theorist. He describes his progress in composition, which includes the completion of a set of six bagatelles for piano and a Clarinet Quintet, and much work on an Octet. He asks about progress on Der freie Satz and about the publication of Schenker's analysis of the "Eroica" Symphony, and reports his and Hertha's joy in parenthood.

  • OJ 15/16, [81] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated September 5, 1931

    Weisse outlines his travel plans before leaving for America. He has accepted an invitation from Moriz Violin to give a lecture in Hamburg on September 16, the day before he sets sail.

  • OJ 15/16, [94] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Schenker, dated March 15, 1934

    Weisse apologizes for long silence, largely on account of depression at the lack of enrollment at Mannes and of enthusiasm for his recently published Violin Sonata. — At Mannes he lectures about his own work, because it is important to show how Schenkerian theory can have a practical application for composers; his pupil Israel Citkowitz is the only cause for optimism. — At Columbia University, where he "smuggles" Schenkerian theory into his lectures, enrolment continues to be large. — He sends a copy of his Violin Sonata, and promises his Variations on a Popular American Song. — He is not coming to Europe this summer. — Universal Edition is going ahead with a schools' version of Schenker's Harmonielehre, but he is surprised that Alfred Kalmus expects him to be involved in an American edition of this.

  • OJ 15/16, [98] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 26, 1935

    Weisse outlines a plan to give Jeanette financial support in the form of a collection from his most dedicated pupils, equivalent to 200 Austrian shillings per month, for a year, and encloses the first of three planned annual payments. — He inquires whether Schenker's notes on C. P. E. Bach’s Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments might be included in an Afterword to a projected English translation. — He plans an exposition of Schenkerian theory for use in schools, for which he needs to receive a copy of Der freie Satz. — He thanks Jeanette for mementos of her husband, and says a few words about his family and their summer plans.

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