Footnotes

¹ The verso of this document contains a short list by Schenker in Sütterlinschrift of names and addresses, including the name “[Sigmund] Geiringer [& Co.] Kantgasse 3,” commission trader in stocks and shares.

² Schenker must have declined this invitation, for in his article "Musikalische Reisebetrachtungen" (“Reflections on Musical Travels”), published in the Neue Revue vol. 8, issue 26 (June 25, 1897), 788–93 (see Hellmut Federhofer, ed., Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 240–48), he reports that while in Mannheim for the composers’ festival he witnessed a rehearsal: “We succeeded in getting to know the third opera of d’Albert, who, as is well know, keeps well away from the excesses of the new French (new German?) school. Gernot […] in our opinion foundered on Kapstropp’s poetry, which was unable to bring an ancient world sufficiently to life […]. Gernot was too impoverished on the minute details of that ancient time, even though otherwise the passions of the characters were unabated and the dramatic conflict was real and abundant.” – Schenker’s diary for May 31, 1897 records: “Zurück aus Deutschland, ‒ vom Ausflug aus Man[n]heim (Tonkünstlerfest) Frankfurt, Heidelberg u.s.w. Keinen erfreulichen Eindruck gewonnen: nirgends neue Quellen der Kunst wahrgenommen.” (“Back from trip to Germany, ‒ from Mannheim (composers' festival) Frankfurt, Heidelberg etc. No encouraging impression gained: nowhere did I detect any new sources of the art [of music].”).

Commentary

Format

Invitation, printed message and signature, handwritten invitee name

Provenance

Schenker, Heinrich (date of entry-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)

Rights Holder

Heirs of Eugen d'Albert; deemed to be in the public domain

License

All reasonable attempts have been made to identify the heirs or representatives of Eugen d'Albert. This document is deemed to be in the public domain. 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: 2021-10-22
Last updated: 2011-04-15