Footnotes

¹ Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/6, p. 3817, March 2, 1933: "Zuhause finden wir ein [sic] Brief von Furtwängler (durch Boten): komme heute 8^h. ("When we get home, we find a letter from Furtwängler (by messenger): he is coming at 8 o'clock."). — A series of diary entries by Schenker relating to Furtwängler, Ludwig Karpath, and Joseph Marx precedes this letter: OJ 4/6, p. 3811, February 9, 1933; pp. 3812-3813, February 16; p. 3813, February 17; p. 3813, February 18; p. 3813, February 19; p. 3814, February 24; pp. 3814-3815, February 25; p. 3815, February 27; p. 3816, February 28; p. 3816, March 1. For more on these matters, see Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence, eds. Ian Bent, David Bretherton, and William Drabkin (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2014), pp. 208‒24.

² The meeting is reported in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/6, p. 3817: "Furtwängler von ¼9 – ¼12^h; „Meisterklasse“ in Berlin unmöglich; nur für „Inlander Deutsche“ vorbehalten (gut!); habe mit Hubermann wegen Hilfe gesprochen, ich dürfe ruhig sein. Nochmals spricht er von der Universität, an die ich aber nicht gehöre. Ich fasse meinen Vorschlag an Pernter u. lese den Aufsatz vor – er bemängelt die Wendung, „die Musik ist tot“ – der Einwand kommt aus dem pro domo, wie er seinerzeit gegen Brahms' Wendung „nur ein Kapellmeister“ demonstrierte – Allerhand um Brahms,von Brahms, zuletzt Leonoren-Ouvertüre IIII : V⁷." ("Furtwängler from 8:45 to a quarter to midnight. 'Masterclass' in Berlin impossible; reserved solely for 'resident Germans' (good!); he has spoken with Hubermann concerning help; I am to stay calm. He speaks once again of the University, to which, however, I do not belong. I seize my suggestion of Pernter and read out the article ‒ he finds fault with the expression 'Music is dead' ‒ the objection comes from the pro domo, as he in those days demonstrated against Brahms's expression 'only a conductor' ‒ a great deal about Brahms, from Brahms, finally the 'Leonora' Overture No. 3: V⁷.").

Format

Commentary

Format

1p letter, holograph salutations, message and signature, with date added by unknown hand (perhaps Schenker); envelope recto, printed sender address, holograph recipient address (= Sbb 55, Nachl. 13, [14] photocopy)

Rights Holder

Heirs of Wilhelm Furtwänger, published by kind permission

License

Permission to publish granted by the late Mrs. Elisabeth Furtwängler, February 2, 2005. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence (at) mus (dot) cam (dot) uk

Provenance

Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

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Last updated: 2010-06-28