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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 79 Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries Types composition Names Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 79 mc000074 Relationships Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 79 is composed by Ludwig van Beethoven Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 10/3, [63] Typewritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 4, 1927 Deutsch has found a reference to the autograph manuscript of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in G, Op. 79, and tells Schenker he can find out more about it from the British Museum. The Hammers are visiting him on Wednesday (June 8), and he hopes that the Schenkers will be able to join them. WSLB-Hds 191.559 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Deutsch, dated June 6, 1927 Schenker asks Deutsch to make inquiries at the British Museum on his behalf, concerning the autograph manuscript of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 79. He is annoyed with Hertzka for letting someone else take on the editing of Mozart’s piano sonatas for Universal Edition. WSLB 400 Handwritten letter (in Jeanette's hand) from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated November 27, 1928 Schenker reports the impact of his Urlinie concept on the educational world within Germany and in the USA. — He seeks to re-establish a working relationship with UE, raising the cases of his unfinished elucidatory edition of Beethoven Op. 106, the analytical study of the "Eroica" Symphony on which he is now working, and Der freie Satz, vol. III of NMTF, still outstanding. — He is angling retroactively for a monograph series comprising his existing studies of the Ninth and Fifth Symphonies and his forthcoming study of the "Eroica." OC 52/847 Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 21, 1928 Hertzka welcomes Schenker's intention now to produce [his elucidatory edition of] Op. 106 and proposes the level of honorarium. — He is in principle interested in the "Eroica" study and Der freie Satz but cannot schedule them until after 1929. WSLB 403 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated December 23, 1928 Schenker reports on the autograph manuscript of Beethoven Op. 79. — He is "convinced" that the autograph of Op. 106 is in England. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 5 April 1923 Diary entry by Schenker for 9 April 1923 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 June 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 October 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 25 October 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 23 December 1928