WSLB 132 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 25, 1912

Schenker returns the contract for Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven signed. — Proclaiming "Ex Austria lux," he says that Austria's tradition from Haydn to Brahms and Dvořák[sic] will now be followed by Schenker's "explanation" (Aufklärung) of that tradition, which will spawn a new generation of composers superior to the present "cacophony," with Universal Edition as the agent of that "rebuilding of tonal music" (Aufbau der Tonkunst). — He alludes to the possibility of teaching for the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde's proposed "Hochschule." — He prompts Hertzka to act on the Organization of Musicians project in the fall.

Diary entry by Schenker for 6 August 1911

Diary entry by Schenker for 20 May 1919