OC 3/1: Jan 1912-Mar 1912 - Hans Weisse: lesson: Tuesday January 16, 1912
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16/. Weisse † : Durchsicht der Clavier u. Liedercopien; 1 Correktur des Gdur Capricio 2 mit Erläuterungen; Brahms Walzer op. 11. Aufgaben 12 u. 13. 3 Die Ungeduld des Schülers, der nach den höchsten Zielen langt, leider we- {3} niger im Streben nach Vollendung begründet, das naturgemäß Fleiß u. Geduld einschließt, als im Wunsch an sich das Höchste auf die bequemste, schnellste und billigste Art zu erreichen. Ungünstiges Symptom. Variationen-Plan in Aussicht gestellt. © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, 2007 |
[January] 16, [1912] Weisse † : Perusal of piano and song copies; 1 correction of G major Capriccio 2 with elucidations; Brahms Waltz Op. [recte No.] 11. Exercises 12 and 13. 3 The impatience of the pupil, who aims for the highest goals, sadly grounded less {3} in striving after perfection – which naturally entails diligence and patience – than in the wish in itself to attain the highest [goals] by way of the least strenuous, quickest and cheapest means. Inauspicious omen. Variation plan held in prospect. © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
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16/. Weisse † : Durchsicht der Clavier u. Liedercopien; 1 Correktur des Gdur Capricio 2 mit Erläuterungen; Brahms Walzer op. 11. Aufgaben 12 u. 13. 3 Die Ungeduld des Schülers, der nach den höchsten Zielen langt, leider we- {3} niger im Streben nach Vollendung begründet, das naturgemäß Fleiß u. Geduld einschließt, als im Wunsch an sich das Höchste auf die bequemste, schnellste und billigste Art zu erreichen. Ungünstiges Symptom. Variationen-Plan in Aussicht gestellt. © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, 2007 |
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[January] 16, [1912] Weisse † : Perusal of piano and song copies; 1 correction of G major Capriccio 2 with elucidations; Brahms Waltz Op. [recte No.] 11. Exercises 12 and 13. 3 The impatience of the pupil, who aims for the highest goals, sadly grounded less {3} in striving after perfection – which naturally entails diligence and patience – than in the wish in itself to attain the highest [goals] by way of the least strenuous, quickest and cheapest means. Inauspicious omen. Variation plan held in prospect. © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
Footnotes1 Probably copies of compositions by Weisse himself. Weisse came to Schenker intially in 1908 as a pupil in composition and theory, to which piano lessons were added only after 1912. Perhaps Schenker was reviewing preparations for the Bösendorfer Recital Hall concert, including songs and piano pieces by Weisse, due to take place on February 22 (see diary entry for that date). 2 Weisse’s Capriccio in G major from his three piano pieces of 1911 (no opus number, now lost): see Timothy L. Jackson, "Punctus contra punctus …," Journal of Schenkerian Studies 4 (2010), pp. 87–186, esp. p. 184. 3 Brahms, Waltzes, Op. 39, Nos 11 (B minor), 12 (E major), 23 (B major). Weisse had been writing his 15 Walzer für das Pianoforte zu 2. Händen, Op. 3 in 1911, for which Schenker was invoking Brahms’s waltzes for pedagogical purposes rather than for performance. |
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Format† Double underlined |