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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Leo Liepmannssohn born Landsberg, Feb 18, 1840; died Berlin, May 15, 1915 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries German antiquarian music dealer. Career Summary Liepmannssohn started as an apprentice to A. Asher & Co. in Berlin, then founded a company in Paris in 1866 under the name of Liepmannssohn & Dufour, then one in Berlin in 1874; he sold this latter firm to Otto Haas in 1903, but Haas retained the Liepmannssohn name until 1936. He was the leading dealer of his time in musical materials and autographs. Liepmannssohn and Schenker Schenker had dealings with Liepmannssohn particularly while preparing Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven between 1912 and the latter's death in 1915, notably over the "original editions" of the Beethoven piano sonata Opp. 110 and 111. Correspondence with Schenker One letter from Liepmannssohn to Schenker survives as OC B/279 (1913). Bibliography: Prager, R. L., "Leo Liepmannssohn: Ein Nachruf," in Börsenblätter für den deutschen Buchhandel (May, 1915) Rosenthal, Albi, "Die Lagerkataloge des Musikantiquariats Leo Liepmannssohn (1866-1935)," in "Festschrift Hans Schneider zum 60. Geburtstag", ed. R. Elvers & E. Vögel (Munich, 1981), 193-216 Sources: NGDM2 (2001 and online) MGG1 Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 13/37, 14 Handwritten letter from Rudorff to Schenker, dated July 18, 1912 Rudorff writes admiringly of Schenker's new book, Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie; — He responds to Schenker's question about the whereabouts of the autograph manuscript of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109, speaking also of his own former editorial work. WSLB 143 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated November 27[–28], 1912 Schenker requests another copy of Beethoven Op. 109, and lists the sources he has now consulted, the communications with scholars, the cost and time involved, proclaims the "spectacular" findings made, and the incompetence of all previous editors unmasked. OC B/279 Typewritten letter from Leo Liepmannssohn to Schenker, dated November 29, 1913 Liepmannssohn has none of the manuscripts Schenker seeks. FS 40/27, [1] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated October 12, 1925 Weisse has come across a letter from Haydn to Carl Friedrich Zelter expressing gratitude and admiration for Zelter's analysis of "The Representation of Chaos" from The Creation, and thinks that it might be worth looking up Zelter's work in connection with Schenker's forthcoming study of the same work. OJ 89/7, [12] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 31, 1934 Hoboken assures Schenker that he will support him in his work. — He outlines the restrictions that he has placed on Otto Erich Deutsch, and expresses irritation that Deutsch has been offered a course at the Vienna Academy. — He is annoyed at the political views expressed by E. F. Schmid, who has been appointed at the University of Graz. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 28 September 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 October 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 October 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 27 November 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 1 December 1913 Diary entry by Schenker for 18 June 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 18 June 1917 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 June 1917 Diary entry by Schenker for 26 June 1917 Diary entry by Schenker for 26 April 1927 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 March 1930