OC 3/1-2: Oct 1912-Jun 1913 - Käthe Stirling: lesson: Tuesday December 3, 1912
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3. XII. Stirling † : Gesd Etüde v. Chopin. Die geheimnisvolle Kabbala der Zahl 3, 5, 7. (Lohnend wäre es die Etüde in die geplanten Heftchen aufzunehmen 1 ) {35}
Ueber die geheimnisvolle Progression in diesen Zahlen; subtilster Geschmack u. Sinn für Steigerung, wenn noch so verborgen; vergl.: Cm Etüde, Figuren; Nocturne, Figuren; Cism Etüde, Figuren. Große Am Etüde; endlich die Figuren begriffen. 2 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, ed. Ian Bent, 2007, 2022-23 |
December 3, [1912] Stirling † : Chopin Gę major Etude. The secret kabbala of the numbers 3, 5, 7. (It would be beneficial to incorporate it into the planned little volume. 1 ) {35}
About the secret progression in these numbers; the most subtle taste and sense for intensification, albeit so hidden; cf. C minor Etude, figures; Nocturne, figures; Cě minor Etude, figures; “great” A minor Etude; at last the figures are grasped. 2 © Translation Ian Bent, 2022-23 |
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3. XII. Stirling † : Gesd Etüde v. Chopin. Die geheimnisvolle Kabbala der Zahl 3, 5, 7. (Lohnend wäre es die Etüde in die geplanten Heftchen aufzunehmen 1 ) {35}
Ueber die geheimnisvolle Progression in diesen Zahlen; subtilster Geschmack u. Sinn für Steigerung, wenn noch so verborgen; vergl.: Cm Etüde, Figuren; Nocturne, Figuren; Cism Etüde, Figuren. Große Am Etüde; endlich die Figuren begriffen. 2 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, ed. Ian Bent, 2007, 2022-23 |
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December 3, [1912] Stirling † : Chopin Gę major Etude. The secret kabbala of the numbers 3, 5, 7. (It would be beneficial to incorporate it into the planned little volume. 1 ) {35}
About the secret progression in these numbers; the most subtle taste and sense for intensification, albeit so hidden; cf. C minor Etude, figures; Nocturne, figures; Cě minor Etude, figures; “great” A minor Etude; at last the figures are grasped. 2 © Translation Ian Bent, 2022-23 |
Footnotes1 Schenker is presumably alluding to what became his kleine Bibliothek , although the Gę major Etude is not to be found among its surviving materials. 2 Schenker’s diary for this day records: “Mrs. Stirling, as predicted, pays her lesson fee reduced by 20 florins; but she has the impertinence to remain seated at the end of her lesson, and ask if she could also play me the Waltz in Aę: ‘if you want to hear how beautifully I play the waltz.’ It goes without saying that I did not ask her to do this.” |
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Format† Double underlined |