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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Friedrich Klose born Karlsruhe, Nov 29, 1862; died Ruvigliana, Dec 24, 1942 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence German-Swiss composer who studied with (among others) Bruckner between 1886 and 1889 (contemporaneously with Schenker). He taught at the Akademie der Tonkunst in Munich between 1907 and 1919. A week-long celebration of the composer's work was held in Munich in June 1918, at which Schenker's associate Walter Dahms was present. Source: NGDM2 (2001 and online) Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 5/15, [4] Incomplete handwritten letter draft from Schenker to Grunsky, undated [?between September 23 and December 31, 1908] Schenker reports progress on his Kontrapunkt. — The main problem in music is "how length can be produced." — He recollects his love for the pious Bruckner, and his admiration for the latter's music, but speaks of its "defects," comparing the music favorably with that of Tchaikovsky. Bruckner's stumbling block was form. OJ 10/1, [34] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated July 29, 1918 Dahms thanks Schenker for his long letter; reports on his vacation in Munich and visit with Vrieslander; he is looking forward to studying with Schenker in Vienna.