Footnotes

¹ Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary for May 6, 1926: “Von Albersheim (Br.): Anmeldung für den Herbst.” (“From Albersheim (letter): Enrollment for the Fall.”).

² Albersheim began lessons with Schenker on October 5, 1926, at twelve lessons a month, and continued until June 14, 1929 (lessonbooks), at which point he got married, remaining in Vienna but dropping his lessons. Schenker wrote him a letter of recommendation at his last lesson. His place in Schenker’s schedule was given to Erich Voss (OJ 5/7a, [23], May 15, 1929). — For further on Albersheim’s pupillage, see Ian Bent, "Schenker as Teacher: The Case of Gerhard Albersheim," Journal of Schenkerian Studies, vol. 4 (2010), 35–68.

³ Felix Hupka had been Schenker's pupil since a recommendation by Eugen d'Albert in 1912, cf. Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker nach Tagebüchern und Briefen ... (Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1985), p. 68. He advised Albersheim to take lessons with Schenker (ibid., p. 35).

Commentary

Format

19 letter, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signate

Provenance

Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978-)

Rights Holder

Heirs of Josef and Gerhard Albersheim, published here with kind permission

License

Permission to publish granted by the grand-daughter of Josef Albersheim and niece of Gerhard Albersheim, January 17, 2009. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Digital version created: 2022-03-22
Last updated: 2011-06-09