OJ 5/18, 33 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated December 21, 1933

Schenker sends article [by Citkowitz]. — In response to Jonas's quoting from a Jewish lexikon, he refers to the sermons by Cardinal Faulhaber, and writes of his pride in being Jewish but in having assimilated thoroughly enough to establish favorable relations with the Catholic church, antisemites, and the news media. — Implying a parallel between himself and Jesus, he offers his "monotheistic theory of music" as "a new message to the world from the Jews." — He has no copy of his Syrische Tänze; — writes of the work's history.

Diary entry by Schenker for 6 April 1934