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WSLB 14 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 19, 1908
Schenker gives list of those to receive a copy of Beitrag zur
Ornamentik.
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WSLB 66/67 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE) + list of names, dated October 19,
1910
Schenker cancels their Thursday meeting. — He argues for sweeping changes to
the draft contract for Beethovens neunte Sinfonie. — He defends his own free speech in the
face of Universal Edition's commercial interests. As with his Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue
edition, UE will never regret publishing the Ninth Symphony monograph. — He also lauds the
prospective editions of the last five Beethoven piano sonatas and volume of J. S. Bach
toccatas in a lofty vision for future publications. — He appends a list of recipients of
complimentary copies of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue.
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OJ 15/16, [28] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated December 1, 1916
Weisse is looking forward to leave in mid-December and to seeing
Schenker.
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OJ 6/7, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated January 29, 1922
Schenker offers to lend Violin his performing materials for two keyboard
concertos by C. P. E. Bach. He inquires about musical life in Hamburg, reports on his most
recent work, continues to despair of his financial situation.
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OJ 12/17, [1] Handwritten letter from Komorn to Heinrich Schenker, dated September 20,
1923
Miss Komorn is transferring her studies from Hans Weisse to Schenker. She asks
for suggested pieces to prepare, and for the day and time of her first
lesson.
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OJ 12/17, [2] Handwritten postcard from Komorn to Schenker, dated October 1, 1923
Mrs. Komorn will turn up for her first lesson as notified.
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OC 52/483 Handwritten letter from Elias to Schenker dated December 21, 1923
Miss Elias has obtained vols II-III of Schenker's Beethoven piano sonata
edition as a Christmas present for Marianne Kahn.
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OJ 15/16, [63] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated March 3, 1930
Weisse has delayed in replying to Schenker's recent letter because he has been
corrected copies of his Clarinet Quintet and Octet, which he will submit to the City of Vienna
Prize competition. He asks Schenker to help publicize the first performance of the Octet, at the
small auditorium of the Musikverein, and asks for the addresses of Angi Elias and Marianne Kahn
so that he can send them personal invitations. His wife is about to give birth to a second
child, and he hopes that Schenker's personal doctor Julius Halberstam might also be interested
in hearing the Octet.
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WSLB-Hds 191.566 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated August 5, 1930
Replying to Deutsch’s letter of July 30, Schenker warmly recommends his
long-standing pupil Marianne Kahn as a teacher for Deutsch’s brother. -- He then
comments at length on a newspaper article by Richard Benz (of which Deutsch had sent
a clipping), using a medical metaphor to describe the current pathological state of
music.
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OC 44/23 Handwritten letter from Marianne Kahn to Schenker, dated September 29,
1934
Miss Kahn commits to her 1934/35 lesson schedule with Schenker. She reports on
her own pupil cohort.
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OJ 10/18, [11] Handwritten notecard from Elias to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 19, 1935
Miss Elias sends Jeanette Schenker a photograph of Heinrich and will visit his
grave with Marianne Kahn.
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OJ 10/18, [12] Handwritten letter from Elias to Jeanette Schenker dated June 28, 1935
Miss Elias thanks Mrs. Schenker for photographs, and regrets having missed her
phone calls. — She hopes Mrs. Schenker will recuperate in the spa house. — She reports that
Mrs. Schenker's wishes have been carried out with regard to Heinrich's gravestone and
remarks on the beauty of the inscription. — She comments on an article by Victor
Zuckerkandl, and reports her own activity in graphing a piano piece by Schenker and
re-graphing Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata.
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OJ 10/18, [13] Handwritten letter from Elias to Jeanette Schenker dated August 1, 1935
Jeanette Schenker, currently in Hofgastein, has decided where to live in the
future; that involves leaving Keilgasse. — Elias supports Jeanette in her view of a new
edition of Harmonielehre. — Elias is surprised to hear the plan for a Schenker Institute in
Vienna. — She regrets that Schenker's aphorisms will not be published by Ungar. — She has
been unable to meet with Moriz Violin regarding the "Appassionata" Sonata. — She is reading
Der freie Satz.
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OJ 10/18, [15] Handwritten letter from Elias to Jeanette Schenker dated February 27,
1938
Mis Elias remarks that theory teachers tend to revert to the teaching of
Ludwig Thuille for fear of Schenker. — She is eagerly awaiting issues 8/9 of Der Dreiklang,
and recommends a radio relay of the St. Matthew Passion.
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OJ 10/18, [16] Handwritten postcard from Marianne Kahn and Angi Elias to Jeanette Schenker, dated
April ?3, 1938
Kahn and Elias are well and hope to see Jeanette in Vienna
soon.
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OJ 10/18, [20] Handwritten letter from Elias to Jeanette Schenker dated May 21, 1939
Mis Elias rejects a suggestion made in Jeanette's previous letter. She
inquires about the health of Jeanette's sister.