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¹ Reference is to C. P. E. Bach, Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments, Eng. transl. William J. Mitchell (New York: W. W. Norton; London: Cassell, 1949; London: Eulenburg, 1974), but with no indication as to chapter. — Schenker’s diary for this day records: “Letter to Miss Elias, in order to impede the consequences of her clumsiness, by which she wishes to use a gift she intended for me as something nonetheless to be thrown at me. On this occasion, a few hints to the young lady to contemplate her obligations towards me with somewhat greater seriousness.”

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