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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Beethoven-Haus, Bonn Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries The Verein Beethoven-Haus (Association for the Beethoven House) was founded in 1889 to purchase and restore the house in Bonn (Bonngasse 20) in which Beethoven and his family lived from his birth in 1770 to 1774, and to preserve it and conserve the collections of materials contained in it (comprising musical manuscripts, letters, musical instruments, pictures, and artefacts). The Beethoven-Archiv was established my Ludwig Schiedermair in 1927 in a neighboring house ("Im Mohren") as a scholarly research institute. The Beethoven-Haus and Schenker Schenker had dealings with the Verein in 1913 and 1914 in order to obtain photographs of autograph materials for his Erläuterungsausgabe -- Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven . The correspondence that survives numbers fourteen items: three from deputy chairman Ferdinand August Schmidt to Schenker (OC B/203‒205), three from Schenker to Schmidt (BNba 304g, [1], [8]; BNba 318, [2]), internally three from Schmidt to the chairman, Ernst Zitelmann (BNba 304g, [2], [3], [7]), one from Schmidt to an unidentified colleague (BNba 304g, [4]), one from Schenker to Zitelmann (BNba 304g, [5]), a document from Schenker implicitly addressed to the board of directors (BNba 304g, [6]), one from Zitelmann to Schenker [BNba 304, [4a]), and one from Schenker to photographer Heinrich Rose (BNba 318, [1]). Source Beethoven-Haus official website Contributor: Ian Bent Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OC B/205 Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to Schenker, dated April 26, 1913 Schmidt identifies the autograph manuscript material of Beethoven Op. 111 held by the Beethoven-Haus, and the extent to which photography of it has been carried out. BNba 304g, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus), dated November 27, 1913 Schenker asks the Beethoven-Haus to prepare and supply him with photographs of the autograph manuscript of the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111, and announces the publication of his Erläuterungsausgabe of Op. 109 and monograph on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. OC B/279 Typewritten letter from Leo Liepmannssohn to Schenker, dated November 29, 1913 Liepmannssohn has none of the manuscripts Schenker seeks. BNba 304g, [2] Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to Ernst Zitelmann, dated December 3, 1913 Schmidt consults Zitelmann as to whether to make photographs of the first movement of Beethoven Op. 111 for Schenker, OC B/204 Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1913 Schmidt suggests Schenker commission the Beethoven-Haus photographer, Heinrich Rose, direct in ordering photographs of the autograph manuscript of the first movement of Beethoven's Op. 111. He asks Schenker to supply a copy of his monograph on the Ninth Symphony to the Beethoven-Haus library. BNba 318, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Heinrich Rose, dated December 9, 1913 Schenker places an order for photographs of Beethoven piano sonatas Op. 111, Op. 27, No. 2, and Op. 28. BNba 318, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to F. A. Schmidt, dated December 9, 1913 Schenker states that he is writing a letter placing an order for photographs of Beethoven piano sonatas Op. 111, Op. 27, No. 2, and Op. 28, and hoping that Schmidt will extend his permission to cover the latter two manuscripts. OC B/203 Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to Schenker, dated December 13, 1913 Schmidt thanks Schenker for the copy of his monograph Beethovens neunte Sinfonie, and raises points of detail about the photography of the three requested works. BNba 304g, [3] Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to Ernst Zitelmann, dated December 14, 1913 Schmidt consults Zitelmann as to whether Schenker should be granted permission for photography of Beethoven's sonatas Op. 27, No. 2 and Op. 28; then proceeds to other Beethoven-Haus business. BNba 304g, [4] Handwritten letter from F. A. Schmidt (Beethoven-Haus) to an unknown colleague, dated December 14, 1913 Schmidt suggests that permission for photography of Beethoven's sonatas Op. 27, No. 2 and Op. 28 should be granted to Schenker; and deals with other Beethoven-Haus business. BNba 304g, [5]-[6] Handwritten letter and declaration from Schenker to Ernst Zitelmann, dated February 28, 1914 Schenker submits a declaration on his usage of photographic materials received. OJ 10/3, [10] Handwritten postcard from Otto Erich Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 15, 1920 The Beethoven House has given permission for the reproduction of the "Moonlight" Sonata, and have suggested a photographer. Before arranging for the reproduction, Deutsch asks Schenker to send his existing prints to determine if they are suitable. OJ 10/3, [31] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated April 18, 1922 Deutsch informs Schenker that Drei Masken is publishing a facsimile of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111. OC 54/111 Typed letter from Otto Erich Deutsch to Schenker, dated January 8, 1927 Deutsch thanks Schenker for his recent communications, including a copy of the contract with Drei Masken Verlag for the Meisterwerk Yearbook, and asks for a copy of relevant extracts from the correspondence with the publishers. He reports progress in the establishment of a Photogram Archive at the Austrian National Library, with the cooperation of Dr Robert Haas and financial support from Anthony van Hoboken; similar plans to photographically reproduce autograph manuscripts are underway at the Beethoven House in Bonn, and (for manuscripts of Bach and Handel) also in England. He advises Schenker that proofs will start arriving from the printing-house Waldheim in a few weeks, and expresses his delight in being able to assist Schenker in the promotion of his work. OJ 11/54, [41]-[42] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 1, 1935 Hoboken wishes Schenker good health, and strength to complete Der freie Satz. — He discusses the furniture in the new premises of the Photogram Archive, and gives his travel plans for January. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 26 November 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 27 November 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 July 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 January 1920 Diary entry by Schenker for 17 June 1920 Diary entry by Schenker for 7 June 1928