Footnotes

¹ Schenker’s diary for this day records: “Weisse tells me that my writings are missing from the Seminar library. From this it plainly follows that Prof. Adler would prefer to keep them secret from his pupils. That he is, however, unsuccessful in this respect follows from the communications from Weisse, who attests that most of the young men have read my Theory of Harmony, etc., that is, they have read it and actually accept it. More than that: several seminarists go so far as to boast – deceitfully – of having connections with me, only to make a greater impression”; and “A servant urgently sent to Weisse: Mrs. Colbert might hit upon the idea of wishing to exchange her lesson time with his.”

² 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): the 7/4/3-chord is discussed in chapter XV ("The Seven-Four Chord"), §§8 and 13 (pp. 287–88 and 291), the 7/4/2-chord in chapter XVI ("The Chord of the Major Seventh"), §§2–5 (pp. 293–4); both appear also in music examples on subsequent pages.

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