OJ 89/3, [10] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated September 18, 1929
Schenker acknowledges check; — comments on Hoboken's work on a Chopin Etude; —
discusses an approach by Vrieslander; — explains how the possibility of a professorship at
Heidelberg had come about.
PhA/Ar 56, [10] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Kromer, dated November 22, 1929
Inquiry as to the whereabouts of the autograph of Beethoven Op.
90.
OJ 89/5, [9] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated November 7, 1932
Schenker reports that the [Vienna] Akademie wishes to introduce his Harmonielehre
into its curriculum in an abridged version. — The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde has granted
consent.
OJ 89/5, [13] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated December 17, 1932
Schenker thanks Hoboken for the lesson fee, and reports that as he worked through
Brahms's file of Oktaven und Quinten, he found a piece of work in his own hand! — He reports
progress on Der freie Satz.
OJ 15/16, [89] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated February 15, 1933
Weisse has received a copy of Otto Vrieslander's recently published songs and
has written Vrieslander a long, critical letter. — He reports on initiatives to have some of
Schenker's writings translated into English, and on the success of his analysis of the Bach
C major Prelude. Their having purchased copies of the Five Analyses in Sketchform/Fünf
Urlinie-Tafeln, published by the David Mannes School, is further testimony of Schenker's
success on American soil.
OJ 89/6, [3] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated February 17, 1933
Congratulating Hoboken on his forthcoming marriage to Frl. Boy, Schenker
reports that Kalmus is playing a devious financial game over Oktaven u. Quinten (which is in
press) and Der freie Satz (which he thinks will take two years to publish) that may yet see
the latter revert to Cotta. — He speaks of Marx's naiveté over the proposed school version
of Harmonielehre. — He reports on the remaining stocks of Das Meisterwerk in der
Musik.
OJ 89/6, [4] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated March 22, 1933
Schenker thanks Hoboken for money transferred, for contact with Dlabač, and
for information about Jonas. — Oktaven u. Quinten may be published within three weeks. —
Schenker has warned Kalmus about paper quality and lithographer. — He expresses reservations
about Joseph Marx for inability to understand his work. — Weisse has 90 students enrolled
for his course [at Mannes School]; and Furtwängler deems Schenker the "great music
theorist."
OJ 89/6, [5] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated April 24, 1933
Schenker is sending his Oktaven und Quinten, comments on it, and thanks
Hoboken for support; — comments on his "Erinnerungen an Brahms"; — hopes Hoboken will visit
in May.
OJ 9/8, [7] Handwritten postcard from Wilhelm Altmann to Schenker, dated April 29, 1933
Altmann thanks Schenker for sending a copy of his Brahms Octaven und Quinten
article.
OJ 15/16, [92] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Schenker, dated May 23, 1933
Weisse thanks Schenker for Brahms's Oktaven u. Quinten, which he finds too
specialist a work to be of use to the uninitiated in Schenker's approach, and therefore does
not recommend for translation into English or use as a textbook. He reports a brief meeting
with Alfred Kalmus and a recent concert of his works, including a new violin sonata. He
gives Schenker his summer holiday address.
OJ 89/9, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, undated [October 7, 1933]
Schenker acknowledges receipt of money transfer; — alludes to Jonas's forthcoming
book and two other books now in progress about his work; — refers to a review of his Oktaven u.
Quinten that misunderstands the nature of Brahms's collection.