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Diary entry by Schenker November 4, 1903


⇧ 4. 11.

[in left margin:] ⇧ √ ⇧ Nach Berlin mit Floriz, bei Brodes, zu schnelle Tempi im Vortrage Busonis. Schlimme „Kritiken“. 1

Influenza . .

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2017

⇧ November 4

[in left margin:] ⇧ √ ⇧ To Berlin with Floriz, at Brodes's place. Tempi in Busoni's performance too fast; dreadful "reviews." 1

Influenza . .

© Translation Ian Bent, 2017

⇧ 4. 11.

[in left margin:] ⇧ √ ⇧ Nach Berlin mit Floriz, bei Brodes, zu schnelle Tempi im Vortrage Busonis. Schlimme „Kritiken“. 1

Influenza . .

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2017

⇧ November 4

[in left margin:] ⇧ √ ⇧ To Berlin with Floriz, at Brodes's place. Tempi in Busoni's performance too fast; dreadful "reviews." 1

Influenza . .

© Translation Ian Bent, 2017

Footnotes

1 The première of Schenker's Syrische Tänze in Schoenberg's orchestral transcription, under the direction of Ferruccio Busoni, took place on November 5, 1903 in the Beethovensaal in Berlin. A copy of the printed program for the concert is preserved as OJ 35/5. Twenty-one reviews of the concert, dating between November 6 and 19, are preserved at OC 2/pp. 5‒7. Although this entry is dated the 4th, it would seem to cover the performance itself and the subsequent few days.