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Diary entry by Schenker December 8, 1934

8. Bedeckt, 10°.

— Arbeit im Erker. — Lie-Liechen verständigt sich telephonisch mit beiden Aerzten, sie kommen um ½6h: offenbar erhöhter Blutzucker, wünschen eine Blutprobe von Dr. Urban; die Abmagerung stand ebenfalls zur Diskussion. — Deutsch ladet „auch im Namen Hobokens“ ein, morgen die Erstaufführung von Schuberts Sinf. Edur anzuhören. 1

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© Transcription Marko Deisinger.
8, cloudy, 10°.

— At work in the alcove. — Lie-Liechen arranges things by telephone with the two doctors, they come at 5:30: [the problem is] apparently raised blood sugar, they would like a blood test made by Dr. Urban; my weight loss was likewise discussed. — Deutsch invites us, "also on Hoboken’s behalf," to listen to the first performance of Schubert’s Symphony in E major. 1

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© Translation William Drabkin.
8. Bedeckt, 10°.

— Arbeit im Erker. — Lie-Liechen verständigt sich telephonisch mit beiden Aerzten, sie kommen um ½6h: offenbar erhöhter Blutzucker, wünschen eine Blutprobe von Dr. Urban; die Abmagerung stand ebenfalls zur Diskussion. — Deutsch ladet „auch im Namen Hobokens“ ein, morgen die Erstaufführung von Schuberts Sinf. Edur anzuhören. 1

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© Transcription Marko Deisinger.
8, cloudy, 10°.

— At work in the alcove. — Lie-Liechen arranges things by telephone with the two doctors, they come at 5:30: [the problem is] apparently raised blood sugar, they would like a blood test made by Dr. Urban; my weight loss was likewise discussed. — Deutsch invites us, "also on Hoboken’s behalf," to listen to the first performance of Schubert’s Symphony in E major. 1

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© Translation William Drabkin.

Footnotes

1 An incomplete symphony in E by Schubert, D. 729 (drafted in August 1821), was edited and orchestrated by Felix Weingartner in 1934. The completed symphony was performed in the Great Hall of the Musikverein, and broadcast on the radio, the following morning. The Vienna Philharmonic played under Weingartner; Karl Geiringer gave a short introduction. See the radio listings in the Neue freie Presse of December 8, together with the art and theater news on p. 14 of the newspaper. The event was billed as a first performance, but a completion by the English composer John Francis Barnett (1837–1916) had been performed in London in 1883.