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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Moriz Benedikt born Kwassitz, Moravia, May 27, 1849; died Vienna, March 18, 1920 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Subeditor (1872-80), then associate editor (1880-1908), finally editor-in-chief (1908-20) of Vienna's leading liberal newspaper, the Neue Freie Presse . He was a powerful and influential figure in Austrian politics and society. Benedikt was involved, if only peripherally, in Schenker's abortive attempt in 1912 to create an Organization for Creative and Performing Artists. No correspondence between the two men is known to exist. Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence WSLB 123 Handwritter letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 24, 1912 Schenker reports improved agreement among the supporters of the planned Organization. -- He asks for his contract for his edition of Op. 109, and asks yet again for the fee for correcting proofs of Beethovens neunte Sinfonie. 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. OC 1 B/23 Handwritten draft letter from Schenker to Siegfried Türkel, dated March 17, 1917 Schenker encloses a letter from Dr. Hugo Friedmann and comments on it, ridiculing the lack of sophistication of the wealthy, and asserting his own indifference to money. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 22 October 1912 Diary entry by Schenker for 10 November 1916 Diary entry by Schenker for 8 February 1917 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 May 1917 Diary entry by Schenker for 13 November 1918 Diary entry by Schenker for 18 November 1918