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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries Lessonbooks Types composition Names Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 Chromatische Fantasie Chromatic Fantasy mc000214 Relationships Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 is composed by Johann Sebastian Bach Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence CA 96-98 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated May 26, 1909 Schenker raises again the splitting of Kontrapunkt into two half-volumes, or even four installments. — He reports that his Beitrag zur Ornamentik has been adopted by the Academy of Music, despite his being in a constant state of feud with all officialdom. — The Academy's Director is a supporter of his theory. — Schenker outlines how earlier works of his have become influential. — His Kontrapunkt is "eagerly awaited" and will be the "leading work" on the subject; he argues the case for splitting the work on "psychological" and "technical" grounds. OJ 6/4, [46] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated June 22, 1909 Schenker reports a successful deal with Hertzka at Universal Edition, and refers to monetary matters between them. WSLB 39 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), June 23, 1909 Schenker asks Hertzka to send him two editions of the Bach Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue that are unknown to him. WSLB 41 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 1, 1909 Schenker asks for the three previously requested editions to be sent as soon as possible so as to arrive before he departs for vacation.— He also asks for Richard Stöhr's Harmonielehre. WSLB 47 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated November 9, 1909 Schenker resists attending a meeting with Hertzka and von Wöß regarding the printing of his edition of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; asserts his rights as an author to control over his own material; and makes claims for the introduction to his Instrumentations-Tabelle, which was not accepted for inclusion in 1908 reprinting. OC 52/49 Typewritten letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 11, 1910 Hertzka is unable to return, as requested, Schenker's copy of a volume of the Bach Gesellschaft Edition [vol. 36], and offers an alternative. — He denies having promised Schenker that the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue edition would go to engraving in the Spring. WSLB 57 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated April 11, 1910 Schenker asks for the return of his copy of the Bach Gesellschaft edition vol. 36, which he needs for teaching purposes. OJ 13/37, 13 Handwritten letter from Ernst Rudorff to Schenker, dated November 16, 1910 Rudorff approves of the [highly controversial] Introduction to Schenker's Kontrapunkt I. — He discusses favorably Schenker's edition of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, raising some technical matters. WSLB 133 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), undated [August 26, 1912] Recounting the backstory of the move to found an [Austrian] organization of musicians, and painting it as a rearguard action by performers against the dominance of Neue freie Presse chief critic Julius Korngold and certain concert agents, Schenker reports an approach from Hugo Heller in Germany, and presses Hertzka to reveal how committed he is to the cause. — Remarking on the lack of coverage of music in [Austrian] newspapers, he complains at the timid tone of Universal Edition's advertising of his own works. OJ 11/36, [9] Handwritten letter from Hammer to Schenker undated [October 25, 1923] Hammer sympathizes with the composer's dilemma over middlemen, but points to cases in which the painter has suffered a similar fate. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 26 January 1907 Diary entry by Schenker for 9 December 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 22 October 1922 Diary entry by Schenker for 14 February 1930 Lessonbooks OC 3/1: Jan 1912-Mar 1912 Frau Stirling: lesson: Friday February 16, 1912 OC 3/1: Jan 1912-Mar 1912 Frau Stirling: lesson: Friday February 23, 1912 OC 3/1-2: Oct 1912-Jun 1913 Käthe Stirling: lesson: Tuesday December 31, 1912 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday October 15, 1913 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday October 29, 1913 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Saturday, January 3, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, January 14, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, January 21, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, January 28, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, February 4, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, February 11, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, February 18, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, February 25, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, March 11, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, April 22, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Friday, June 12, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, June 17, 1914 OC 3/2-3: Oct 1913-Jun 1914 Felix Hupka: lesson: Wednesday, June 24, 1914 OC 3/3: Oct 1915-Jun 1916 Marianne Kahn: lessons: c.March 16-April 30, 1916 OC 3/3: 1916/17 Robert Brünauer: lessons: December 1916‒March 1917 OC 3/3: 1916/17 Marianne Kahn: lessons: December 1916‒March 1917 OC 3/3: 1916/17 Fräulein König: lessons: December 1916‒March 1917 OC 3/3: 1916/17 Fräulein Selig: lessons: December 1916‒March 1917 OC 3/3: 1916/17 Felix Hupka: lessons: December 1916‒March 1917 OC 3/3: 1917/18 Fräulein König: lessons: 1st semester 1917/18 OC 3/3: 1917/18 Fräulein Selig: lessons: 1st semester 1917/18 OC 3/3: 1917/18 Fräulein Selig: lessons: 2nd semester 1917/18 OC 3/3: 1918/19 Fräulein König: lessons: 1918/19 OC 3/3: Oct 1919-Jun 1920 Oswald Jonas: lessons: Oct 1919-Jan 1920 OC 3/3: 1920/21 Fräulein Mosčisker: lessons: 1920/21 OC 3/3: 1920/21 Theodor Schreier: lessons: 1920/21 OC 3/3: 1921/22 Evelina Pairamall: lessons: 1921/22 OC 3/3: 1923/24 Marianne Kahn: lessons: 1923/24