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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Siegmund von Hausegger born Graz, Aug 16, 1872; died Munich, Oct 10, 1948 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Austrian conductor, teacher, and writer on music. Hausegger's career as a conductor began in Munich in 1899, continuing in Frankfurt (1903-06), Hamburg and Berlin (1910-). In 1920, he was appointed Director, later President, of the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich, and in 1925 became the President of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein. Hausegger was also a composer of operas, orchestral works and vocal music. Source: MGG1 Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 5/19, 12 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Kalbeck, dated November 2, [1905] Schenker wants his book [Harmonielehre] to be published this winter, alluding to the impact his criticisms of certain composers will make on their reputations. OJ 5/35, [5] Handwritten draft letter from Schenker to Ernst Rudorff, dated October 10, 1909 Schenker, on receipt of the score of a Rudorff choral work, praises its textural clarity and melodic articulation, comparing them favorably to the writing of the current generation. — He reports the success of his own recent theory works, and inroads made into the Vienna Academy for Music and Performance Art. Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated November 5, 1919 Having attended for the first time a concert conducted by Furtwängler, Schenker congratulates him on his achievement then, proclaiming him a "counterweight" to the present [in his opinion inadequate] generation of conductors, and heir to the Mahler mantle. Schenker comments on Viennese concert-goers and their fickleness. — He commends Moriz Violin to Furtwängler, in case the latter can provide an introduction to Hausegger. OJ 15/31, [1] Handwritten letter from Hermann Wunsch to Schenker, dated January 31, 1924 Hermann Wunsch thanks Schenker for the award of 2M Kronen as a stipend from the Sofie Deutsch bequest, and reports on his recent compositional activity. OJ 15/31, [3] Handwritten letter from Hermann Wunsch to Schenker, dated March 29, 1924 Hermann Wunsch encloses a review of his second symphony, and asks for Schenker's help in securing a performance in Vienna. OJ 5/24, [1] Handwritten draft letter from Schenker to Ernst Lamberg, dated July 8, 1924 Draft letter in which Schenker contends that Sofie Deutsch's intentions for the administration of the stipends for composers that she created through her will are being disregarded with the passing of the capital sum to the Academy for Music and Performing Arts, and instructs Dr. Lamberg to write to Josef Marx, Director of the Academy, in these terms. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 15 January 1908 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 April 1920 Diary entry by Schenker for 1 March 1921 Diary entry by Schenker for 17 November 1921