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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Richard Specht born Vienna, Dec 7, 1870; died Vienna, March 18, 1932 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Austrian writer about music and music critic. Specht studied piano with Ignaz Brüll and composition with Zemlinsky and Schreker. In 1909, he founded the journal Der Merker , the chief editor of which he remained until 1919; he was music critic of the Viennese daily Die Zeit 1904-08, wrote for Die Musik 1908-15, and for the Illustrirte Wiener Extrablatt 1912-20. He wrote biographies of several composers, and many introductions to operas and orchestral works. No correspondence between Specht and Schenker is known to survive. Sources: MGG NGDM Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 15/16, [27] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 3, 1916 Weisse hopes to see Kontrapunkt II soon. — He reflects on the state of humanity in the light of being in the midst of the war. — He incloses a cutting of an article [about sources of Saint-Saëns's music.] OJ 15/34, [3] Handwritten letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Schenker, dated January 14, [1918] Acknowledges one postcard; the other reaches him while writing the letter. Reports and comments on article by Hans Friedrich in Der Merker. Remarks on the nature of hatred, national and personal, in wartime. WSLB-Hds 191.564 Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Deutsch, dated and postmarked June 30, 1928 Schenker congratulates Deutsch on being granted the title of “Professor”; he makes an ironic comment on a hypothetical Nobel Prize for music. WSLB-Hds 191.565 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated July 20, 1930 In this 16-page response to a letter from Deutsch, Schenker thanks his correspondent for his unstinting assistance (in relation to the third Meisterwerk yearbook) and underlines the importance of a collected edition of the works of C. P. E. Bach. — He then launches a long and detailed denunciation of Anthony van Hoboken’s character, referring in particular to his treatment of Otto Vrieslander, his ambivalence towards projects associated with the Photogram Archive, and his absconding to Berlin to study the piano with Rudolf Breithaupt; Hoboken is thoroughly undeserving of a high honor conferred by the Austrian state. OJ 10/3, [144] Handwritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated March 13, 1931 In this cryptic message, Deutsch creates a relationship among Beethoven, Schenker, the music critic Julius Korngold, and the writer on music Richard Specht. OJ 11/54, [34] Handwritten letter from Hoboken to Schenker, dated April 29, 1931 Hoboken may stay at the Semmering spa for a few more days, and discusses his next appearance for a lesson. — He discusses Specht's Bildnis Beethovens. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 3 November 1912 Diary entry by Schenker for 1 June 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 20 December 1915 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 February 1919 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 February 1926 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 November 1926 Diary entry by Schenker for 16 November 1926 Diary entry by Schenker for 10 March 1928 Diary entry by Schenker for 11 March 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 14 March 1931 Diary entry by Schenker for 30 April 1931