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Ser. A,
{126}
⇧ 1911 18. 5. Die Monographie über die “IX. Symph.“ nach mehrmonatlicher Arbeit an „ U.E. “ endlich abgeliefert. 1 Erster u. größerer sachlich begründeter Vorstoß gegen Rich. Wagner endlich in Erfüllung gegangen! Was man nun zu den Gründen sagen wird, die ich dort vorbrachte? 2 © Transcription Ian Bent, 2019 |
Ser. A,
{126}
⇧ 1911 May 18 The monograph on the Ninth Symphony finally delivered to Universal Edition after several months of work. 1 First and weightier, more objectively based assault on Richard Wagner finally brought to completion! What will people now say to the grounds that I have put forward there? 2 © Translation Ian Bent, 2019 |
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Ser. A,
{126}
⇧ 1911 18. 5. Die Monographie über die “IX. Symph.“ nach mehrmonatlicher Arbeit an „ U.E. “ endlich abgeliefert. 1 Erster u. größerer sachlich begründeter Vorstoß gegen Rich. Wagner endlich in Erfüllung gegangen! Was man nun zu den Gründen sagen wird, die ich dort vorbrachte? 2 © Transcription Ian Bent, 2019 |
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Ser. A,
{126}
⇧ 1911 May 18 The monograph on the Ninth Symphony finally delivered to Universal Edition after several months of work. 1 First and weightier, more objectively based assault on Richard Wagner finally brought to completion! What will people now say to the grounds that I have put forward there? 2 © Translation Ian Bent, 2019 |
Footnotes1 p. 131v contains a series of pencil jottings-down of points for material on p. 126. Relevant to this entry is: "18 Mai. IX. Symph abgel." ("May 18: Ninth Symphony handed over."). 2 The main attacks on Wagner in Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie occur on pp. xxv‒xxvii, 45‒52, 109‒12; 153‒62, 181‒84; 315‒19, 370‒75 (Eng. transl., pp. 18‒19, 67‒71, 116‒19; 152‒59, 174‒76; 279‒83, 327‒30). |