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Sbb B II 4425 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated June 26, 1897 Schenker sends Busoni a selection of his newspaper articles. Sbb B II 4415 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, postmarked August 31, 1897 Schenker seeks Busoni's advice on choice of publisher for his new batch of compositions. He wishes to discuss Busoni's advice on his Fantasie when the latter is next in Vienna. Sbb B II 4416 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated September 4, 1897 Schenker admits that, contrary to the remarks in Busoni's previous letter, he has not yet approached Breitkopf & Härtel [with his compositions], out of fear of waiving the honorarium. -- he solicits Busoni for an article in Die Zukunft. Sbb B II 4418 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, undated [mid-September 1897?] Schenker is about to finalize work on his Fantasie and show it to Busoni for approval. He hints that he would like Busoni to play one of his works in public. Sbb B II 4417 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated September 25, 1897 Schenker has merged his three separate compositions into one, Fantasie, and hopes Busoni will be pleased with it. He looks forward to their discussion of the work in mid-December. Sbb B II 4419 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated February 15, 1898 Schenker sends Busoni what he considers to be the final version of his Fantasie. He inquires whether Busoni has yet made an approach on his behalf to Breitkopf & Härtel. He reports an incomplete performance of his Fünf Klavierstücke by Eugen d'Albert, and the fact that the Neue freie Presse did not review the concert. Sbb B II 4421 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, postmarked March 6, 1898 Schenker pleads to have a few minutes of Busoni's time, and informs him that Breitkopf & Härtel's acceptance of his Fantasie is almost secured. Sbb B II 4420 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated March 15, 1898 Schenker has failed to meet up with Busoni today. Sbb B II 4422 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated May 5, 1898 Breitkopf & Härtel have accepted his Fantasie; Schenker hopes now to get the piece well known. — He asks for a second time whether Busoni will permit him to dedicate the piece to him. — He hopes to attend Busoni's series of historical concerts in Berlin. Sbb B II 4426 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, undated [September/October 1898] Schenker reports that he has had two sets of proofs for his Fantasie from B & H; he announces that Simrock has accepted his Ländler for piano; he encloses some choruses and asks Busoni to send a recommendation to Siegfried Ochs. Sbb B II 4423 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, dated October 24, 1898 Schenker sends Busoni a newly printed copy of his Fantasie, and reports that he is unable to attend the latter's "historical" concerts series because it takes place over more than a week. Sbb B II 4427 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated January 2, 1899 Schenker thanks Busoni for his latest letter and announces his concert tour with Johannes Meschaert January 7 to February 3, 1899.— He writes the valediction and signature in the form of a IV-V-I cadence. Sbb B II 4428 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, dated January 3, 1899 Schenker asks whether Busoni could play an orchestral concert in February, acknowledging that there might be a conflict with Busoni's current agent. Sbb B II 4429 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated November 6, 1899 Schenker reports having received his first honorarium [on publication of his Syrische Tänze]; he expresses horror at the picture chosen for the title-page. He speaks of a "stipend" that has not yet been received. Sbb B II 4430 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated January 7, 1900 Schenker has played his Syrische Tänze to Eduard Hanslick and reports the favorable remarks Hanslick made about Busoni. The first public performance of the Dances has been postponed because of illness. Sbb B II 4431 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, undated [c. February 5, 1900] Schenker congratulates Busoni on the birth of a son. The Neue freie Presse does not support Schenker's music because he does not belong to the Heuberger "clique." He [and Moriz Violin] are playing the Syrische Tänze again on the 20th. He hopes to come to Berlin, and encloses a "portrait." Sbb B II 3550 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, dated August 30, 1903 In response to Busoni's expressed desire to include the Syrische Tänze, orchestrated, in a concert later in the year, Schenker admits that he would prefer, if possible, to orchestrate the work himself rather than using the orchestration on which Schoenberg was currently working. Sbb B II 3549 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, undated [c. September 1, 1903?] Schenker explains that Arnold Schoenberg asked to orchestrate the piano duet Syrian Dances years earlier, therefore that an orchestral version should be available. He says, however, that he had from the beginning conceived the pieces in orchestral colors, but that the orchestration would now take time, so he asks Busoni's preference. He reports that other music societies have asked to perform works by him. Sbb B II 4432 Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated September 9, 1903 Schenker informs Busoni that the Schoenberg orchestrations will reach him by October 9. He has taken soundings over the suggested title change and now permits Busoni to go ahead with the change, though with a reservation. He hopes to bring Alphons Rothschild to the performance. Sbb B II 4424 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Busoni, dated October 8, 1903 The orchestral parts of Schoenberg's orchestration of Schenker's Syrische Tänze have been dispatched to Busoni: Schenker comments on their degree of clarity and correctness, and offers advice on performance. He will be attending rehearsals in Berlin. Weinberger have asked that the existing title be retained. -- Schenker reports on prospective performances of his works. He also reports on good chances of receiving a theory professorship at the Vienna Conservatory, and doesn't want Jewishness associated with his compositions lest this should impair those chances. Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated November 5, 1919 Having attended for the first time a concert conducted by Furtwängler, Schenker congratulates him on his achievement then, proclaiming him a "counterweight" to the present [in his opinion inadequate] generation of conductors, and heir to the Mahler mantle. Schenker comments on Viennese concert-goers and their fickleness. — He commends Moriz Violin to Furtwängler, in case the latter can provide an introduction to Hausegger. Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated July 3, 1927 Schenker recommends Oppel's Mass, and commends Anthony van Hoboken to Furtwängler. Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [3] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Wilhelm Furtwängler, dated April 19, 1930 Schenker is willing to hand over an unidentified "book" [Meisterwerk III] to Breitkopf & Härtel on condition that publication not be delayed; he refers to dealings with other publishers and plans for future publications. Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated January 24, 1933 Schenker has received a letter from Karpath, and alerts Furtwängler that he will be hearing from him about the proposed letter to the newspaper; Schenker reports on recent visit by Joseph Marx re the adaptation of Harmonielehre; Schenker would now be willing to associate with the Akademie, but appointments there come about only by intrigue.