WSLB-Hds 94475 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, undated [probably early July 1909]

Schenker asks Seligmann to read an essay on Byron’s Manfred and, if he thinks it worthy of publication, to send a letter of reference to one or other Viennese newspaper. He also expresses his satisfaction at how his career is shaping: he has requested and received generous fees for the editions he has prepared for Universal Edition, and his theoretical writings for Cotta are also moving along.

WSLB 120 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 9, 1912

A long letter, biblical in tone, in which Schenker prophesies that a "Flood of the moderns" will come to pass, and in Noah's ark his works will "occupy the place of honor," and that a "bright new light" will establish Universal Edition as superior to the German publishers. He accepts Hertzka's terms for the Beethoven Last Five Sonatas edition for now. He again urges Hertzka to contact Dr. Harpner regarding the planned Organization of Creative and Performing Musicians. He encourages Hertzka to deal more generously with Hans Weisse.

WSLB 132 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 25, 1912

Schenker returns the contract for Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven signed. — Proclaiming "Ex Austria lux," he says that Austria's tradition from Haydn to Brahms and Dvořák[sic] will now be followed by Schenker's "explanation" (Aufklärung) of that tradition, which will spawn a new generation of composers superior to the present "cacophony," with Universal Edition as the agent of that "rebuilding of tonal music" (Aufbau der Tonkunst). — He alludes to the possibility of teaching for the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde's proposed "Hochschule." — He prompts Hertzka to act on the Organization of Musicians project in the fall.

OJ 15/16, [72] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated March 30, 1931

Following up a discussion with Schenker in the presence of Wilhelm Furtwängler, Weisse draws up a list of Schenker’s early essays. Oswald Jonas and his wife have been copying them and Jonas plans to write a Foreword to a new edition of these writings.

Diary entry by Schenker for 12 February 1897