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OJ 8/4, [11] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated April 9, 1922
Schenker apologizes for not having been in touch with Violin, mainly owing to
overwork and a severe diabetic reaction, which required medical attention. He reports on a new
series of Beethoven sonata editions – an "Urlinie-Ausgabe" – he is planning to
undertake.
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OJ 8/4, [16] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated September 29, 1922
Schenker reports, among other things, that Hans Weisse has returned as a paying
pupil.
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OJ 5/38, [19] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated July 4, 1925
Heinrich continues to explain the difficulties he has encountered with his
publishers.
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OJ 6/7, [24] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated August 15, 1925
After expressing his sympathy for Violin, in response to his friend's depressing
postcard, Schenker gives an account of some of the summer events, including a visit from
Vrieslander and Hoboken and work on two essays for Meisterwerk 2. While continuing to rail
against Hertzka and Universal Edition, he repeats the story of Drei Masken Verlag failing to
send him 250 Marks upon receipt of the manuscript of Meisterwerk 1. His brother Moses is,
however, acquainted with the principal owner of Drei Masken, Felix Sobotka, and through this
connection the payment has been made.
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OJ 5/38, [33] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated August 27,
1927
Heinrich gives a comprehensive account of his digestive ailments (vomiting and
diarrhea). He and Jeanette will return to Vienna and spend a night there before going out to
visit Wilhelm.
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OJ 5/38, [37] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 24,
1927
Heinrich reports on making inquiries on behalf of Tonerl; he also tells his
brother that the new denture fits perfectly, and that he can eat and speak with
ease.
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OJ 5/38, [39] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated October 16,
1927
Heinrich gives his brother a detailed list of the foods that he is allowed to
eat, and those that Dr. Halberstam (following the principles of the Dr. Carl von Noorden)
has proscribed. His blood-sugar level has lowered dramatically, he has gained weight, and is
feeling much better.
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OJ 5/38, [44] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated May 2, 1928
Heinrich, amplifying on the diet prescribed to him, tells his brother not to
eat fruit with high sugar concentrations (e.g. oranges). His doctor advises him to take an
extra holiday in midwinter, which he cannot afford. He is utterly at a loss to understand
the domestic circumstances of their brother Mozio.
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OJ 5/38, [46] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 12, 1928
The Schenkers are leaving for Galtür earlier than usual, to avoid any fuss
being made over his 60th birthday. The sugar in his urine is reduced, and his blood pressure
is good. They would like to pay Wilhelm and his wife Marie a visit at the end of the summer,
but this is dependent on their finding a new maid.
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OJ 5/38, [51] Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 22,
1928
Heinrich reports to his brother that his sugar level has increased; he is
trying out the new denture that was made for him. — He wishes he did not have to teach and
instead could devote himself to Der freie Satz, which will be the most difficult book to
write.
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OJ 5/38, [50] Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, undated, postmarked
October 9, 1928
Heinrich reports that his blood-sugar level has fallen significantly; he will
soon report on the new diet.
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OJ 5/38, [52] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated October 22,
1928
Heinrich gives his brother a brief report on his health, then says that his
doctor is recommending that he stay with the diet he has been following for the past year,
on the grounds that it is working well and the latest dietary theories have not yet been
adequately tested.
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OJ 5/38, [53] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated January 27,
1929
Schenker explains that his involvement with a Schubert festival and conference
has prevented him from writing sooner. He speaks about his blood-sugar level, about
listening to the radio, and about visits from their brother Mozio before finishing with two
Jewish jokes.
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OJ 6/7, [41] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated February 27, 1929
Schenker thanks Violin for his concerns, describes how they survived the cold
weather earlier in February, reports that his monograph on the "Eroica" Symphony is finished
and that he has written an article about the Photogram Archive, which has acquired over
seven thousand pages of manuscripts. He looks forward to seeing his friend in the
summer.
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OJ 5/38, [56] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 4, 1929
Heinrich offers to have a suit made for Wilhelm; he reports on his latest
medical tests, which are good; he has closed one of his bank accounts with Mozio, who has
been slow to release money to him.
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OJ 5/38, [58a] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated August 11,
[1929]
Heinrich asks for his brother’s medical opinion about the pains in his chest
and throat.
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OJ 5/38, [61] Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 11,
1929
Heinrich reports on his good health following his holiday in the
Tyrol.
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OJ 6/7, [44] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated November 24, 1929
After reply to some of the more personal points in Violin's previous letter,
Schenker welcomes his friend's efforts to look for a publisher for the Eroica Symphony
monograph, noting that, in spite of the difficulties that Hertzka has caused him, his books
are still in print and his status as a theorist has been acknowledged by the the fact that
the universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig have expressed an interest in appointing him. A
recent article in the Deutsche Tonkünstler-Zeitung will give Violin further ammunition when
approaching a publisher. That same issue also contains an article by Schoenberg touching on
various canonic works (Bach, Prelude in C sharp minor for the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1;
Beethoven, Seventh Symphony, finale; Mozart, slow introduction to the "Dissonant" Quartet).
He feels that it is beneath his dignity to make a formal reply; but to illustrate what he
means, and why he is contemptuous of Schoenberg, he provides several voice-leading graphs
and other music examples concerning these works.
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OJ 6/7, [47] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated March 2, 1930
Schenker reports on two concerts at which Hans Weisse's Octet was performed
for the first time. Furtwängler was enchanted by it, Schenker was impressed by the quality
of the voice-leading in general, the construction of the finale movement (a passacaglia) in
particular. He was touched to see that a pupil of Weisse's, Dr. Felix Salzer, had subvented
the cost of the rehearsals and concerts, and the provision of food and drink for the
audience; this he compared with Antony van Hoboken's reluctance to help him with the
publication costs of his recent work.
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OJ 15/16, [63] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated March 3, 1930
Weisse has delayed in replying to Schenker's recent letter because he has been
corrected copies of his Clarinet Quintet and Octet, which he will submit to the City of Vienna
Prize competition. He asks Schenker to help publicize the first performance of the Octet, at the
small auditorium of the Musikverein, and asks for the addresses of Angi Elias and Marianne Kahn
so that he can send them personal invitations. His wife is about to give birth to a second
child, and he hopes that Schenker's personal doctor Julius Halberstam might also be interested
in hearing the Octet.
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OJ 5/38, [64] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 8, 1930
Writing to Wilhelm, Heinrich blames his ill health (weight loss, increased
blood-sugar level) on Moriz's’s repeated failure to resolve the financial matter between
them.
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OJ 6/7, [51] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Schenker to Violin, dated October 21,
1930
Writing after a long and serious illness, Schenker assures his friend that he
is alive and well. The doctors have pronounced him generally fit, but he suffers from a
painful tightening of the thorax, and also a flickering that causes him to "lose" letters
and notes. He has had to give many double-lessons of late, in theory, which he finds tiring.
To Hoboken, who, though gifted, is concerned only about his money and often comes to lessons
without having prepared anything, he would rather play than give over-long lectures. He is
concerned, for his own sake as much as for Weisse's, about the lectures in Berlin that
Weisse will deliver, and about his eagerness to debate with Alfred Lorenz; he is glad that
Violin is going to Berlin, and will give him instructions about what to do there. His
Beethoven sonata edition brings in 100 shillings per month – a good deal for the publishers
– and his brother still has half of his inheritance. But he is still alive – with Der freie
Satz.
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OJ 5/38, [84] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 20, 1933
Heinrich sends his elder brother a picture of the castle where he and Jeanette
are spending their summer vacation and reports on his medical results, and on the operation
on his brother-in-law’s eyes.
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OJ 6/8, [25] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated September 23, 1933
Schenker arranges a time for Violin and his sister to have supper with him:
not too late in the evening. He does not intend to teach Hans Wolf for less than two hours a
week, on account of the substance of the theoretical material, but is willing to lower his
hourly rate for him.
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OJ 5/38, [88] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 23, 1934
Heinrich reports that he and Jeanette are holidaying near Bad Gastein this
year, having been advised to spend the summer months at a high elevation.