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OJ 15/16, [8] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 10, 1912
Weisse speaks of Schenker's monograph on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and progress
with his own string quintet; — reiterates his desire to transfer from Violin to Schenker for
piano lessons; — refers to lectures that he is about to take with Guido Adler, and quotes from
Florence May's biography of Brahms. — He will write to Lorle Meissner; — gives his address in
Pontresina.
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OJ 15/16, [9] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 15, 1912
Weisse asks detailed question on musical form for the Scherzo of his string
quintet.
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WSLB 295 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated March 3, 1918
Schenker notifies Hertzka of an unfavorable review of the Beethoven edition in
Lausanne, and asks to see it.
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OJ 8/3, [58] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated April 13, 1918
Schenker reports on Kufferath's article in the Gazette de Lausanne discussing the
polemical materials in Die letzten fünf Sonaten ... op. 111, and on the treasonous stance of the
Arbeiterzeitung.
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OJ 6/6, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 9, 1918
Schenker reports news from Russia, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland, and comments
on the current political situation.
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OC 52/517 Typed contract from between UE and Schenker for the Kleine Bibliothek, dated July 10,
1920
Contract between UE and Schenker for the Kleine Bibliothek.
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OJ 12/59, [1] Handwritten letter from Siegfried Fritz Müller to Schenker, October 31,
1922
Siegfried Fritz Müller suspends his lessons with Schenker on account of his
father's financial circumstances.
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OJ 15/16, [48] Handwritten letter from Hans and Hertha Weisse to Schenker, dated July 15, 1923
Weisse summarizes his recent travels in northern Italy and Switzerland, and
inquires about progress on Der freie Satz, a work which he thinks will be an indispensable
foundation for the analyses in Der Tonwille.
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OC 12/7-9 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker dated November 6‒10, 1923
Halm has sent the published score of a string quartet to Schenker. —Patronage has
enabled him to publish three volumes of compositions; reports on current and past composition
activities and publications. —Discusses what he has learned from Schenker's theories, and
questions whether it would be a fault were Bruckner's symphonies not to contain the Urlinie;
Halm's book on Bruckner's symphonies has gone into its second edition. —Halm suspects that
Schenker may not "agree with" his compositions, and asks whether Schenker wishes to receives
further scores. —Halm considers socialism a "historical necessity."
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OJ 10/1, [89] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, undated [c. April 29, 1925]
Dahms has found a rental cottage in rural Pallanza, and invites the Schenkers
to visit. — Hindenburg's election as German President has given a "jolt" to Europe and
pleased Mussolini; it should produce shrewd politics, but he doubts whether Hindenburg will
be able to lift Germany out of mediocrity.
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OJ 10/1, [97] Handwritten postcard from Dahms to Schenker, dated August 11, 1926
Dahms gives his travel plans and [temporary] Berlin address.
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OJ 89/1, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to van Hoboken, dated August 12, 1927
Schenker acknowledges van Hoboken's letter, OJ 11/54, 14, dated August 7, 1927;
encloses seven articles; responds regarding Haydn, Furtwängler, the "Appeal" for the
Photogrammarchiv, an exhibition in Frankfurt, John Petrie Dunn, Reinhard Oppel, Das Meisterwerk
in der Musik, vol. II, Otto Erich Deutsch, and an honorarium; and sends best wishes for the
Hobokens' trip to Switzerland, reporting on von Cube.
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OJ 11/54, [18] Handwritten letter from van Hoboken to Schenker, dated September 18, 1927
Van Hoboken reports on his visit to John Petrie Dunn: his career, his grasp of
Schenker's theory, his situation at Edinburgh University, his publications. — Tomorrow he is to
visit C. S. Terry.
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OJ 89/3, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 6, 1929
Schenker encloses a newspaper clipping regarding a Haydn manuscript find, and the
statement from Vrieslander.
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OJ 89/3, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated September 10, 1929
Schenker increases his lesson fee by inflation. — He reports on Oppel and
Vrieslander, referring to his (Schenker's) not having been appointed to a professorship at
Heidelberg; on Albersheim's marriage, and approaches made to him by Cube and
Waldeck.
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OJ 11/16, [11] Handwritten letter from Furtwängler to Schenker, dated August 2, 1932
Furtwängler thanks Schenker for his letter and for sending Urlinie graphs;
praises Schenker's "fight ... for genius"; he is unable to visit now, but hopes to later;
inquires about Weisse.
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OJ 11/16, [12] Handwritten letter from Furtwängler to Schenker, dated September 22, 1932
Furtwängler was prevented from visiting Schenker in August by having to go
into the Cottage Sanatorium, Vienna. He hopes to see Schenker during the winter, and asks
whether he might like to do the ceremonial address for the Brahms
Centenary.
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FS 40/1, [16] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Salzer, dated June 30, 1933
Schenker expresses pleasure that the seminar is grasping the "truth of the
genius's art," and comments that it is a Jew who has been called upon to reveal this truth. — He
reports Vrieslander's indignation that Furtwängler's address [to the Brahms centennial] did not
refer to Schenker. — The letter makes heavy use of Latin phrases.
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OJ 5/18, 47 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated July 22, 1934
Schenker praises Jonas's book highly; gives Hoboken's current address; —
Furtwängler has written a recommendation for Moriz Violin, who would like go to Jerusalem;
asks whether Vrieslander and Oppel are subscribers. — Comments on Bayreuth and
Wagner.
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OJ 5/18, 50 Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Jonas, dated August 7, 1934
Schenker suggests the publisher should send Vrieslander a copy of Jonas's
book; — Hoboken's plans to be in Vienna.