OJ 10/1, [62] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated April 4, 1921

Dahms asks Schenker to recommend him to Cotta re: the book he is writing on Italian opera.

OJ 10/1, [72] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated October 28, 1922

Dahms chooses to remain in Italy in view of the "moral and physical devastation" that he hears reported from Germany. — He is committed to Schust & Loeffler for a Haydn biography. He reports on a review of his book "Offenbarung."

OJ 10/1, [73] Typewritten letter from Walter and Margarete Dahms to Schenker, dated December 27, 1922

Dahms has been trying to improve his publishers' financial terms. — He is in low-grade accommodation; housing in the "German colonies" is available only to officials. — Reports on the concert season in Rome. — Die Musik would not accept an article from him on Schenker's teachings. — Comments on a recent article by Paul Bekker, on Emil Hertzka's "sabotaging" of Schenker, and Furtwängler's lack of whole-hearted support. — Is still working on his latest book, for which he is arranging a de luxe edition by subscription. — Reports unfavorably on an incident in which Otto Klemperer played the Italian fascist hymn.

OJ 10/1, [91] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated December 1, 1925

The [Hammer] mezzotint has arrived; Dahms expresses a reservation about it. — He has been writing for Die Musik. — He succeeded in getting compensation from UE.

Diary entry by Schenker for 1 October 1912