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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads Print Preview Save Page (PDF) Save Page (EPub) Save Page (All Formats)	Richard Wahle born Vienna, February 14, 1857; died Vienna, October 21, 1935 Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Austrian positivist philosopher; brother of violinist Fritz Wahle; acquaintance of Schenker’s. Career Summary Wahle was a student of Ernst Mach, and friend of Sigmund Freud. He rejected metaphysics (with the exception of Spinoza) and reduced psychology to a purely physiological approach. He was a lecturer at the University of Vienna 1885–95, then University Professor in Czernowitz (now Chernivtsy, Ukraine), and 1917–33 again in Vienna. Wahle and Schenker Only a handful of short messages from Wahle to Schenker survive, and only one of these (OJ 15/16, [2]: June 18, 1899) is of any significance: it shows Wahle’s willingness to use his influence as a respected academic to the benefit of Schenker’s brother-in-law, Salo Guttmann. Schenker acknowledged this in his appreciation of Wahle’s brother Fritz (diary entry, July 24, 1918). Source Österreich-Lexikon Online Contributors Marko Deisinger, William Drabkin Download all selected files as or or (check files to select/deselect) Where appropriate save: English and German versions German version only English version only Correspondence OJ 15/6, [1] Handwritten calling card from Richard Wahle to Schenker, dated March 24, 1896 Richard Wahle thanks Schenker. OJ 15/6, [2] Handwritten letter from Richard Wahle to Schenker, dated June 18, 1899 Wahle gives Schenker the name of a member of the state parliament who may be of service to his brother-in-law, Salo Guttmann, and asks Schenker to provide more information about him. OJ 15/6, [3] Handwritten postcard from Richard Wahle to Schenker, postmarked January 9, 1903 Wahle is sorry that Schenker seems too busy to see him and tries to arrange a get-together the following day. OJ 15/6, [4] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated August 20, 1903 Fritz Wahle thanks Schenker for receipt of Eine Beitrag zur Ornamentik; he praises its serious intent, but there may be some things about which he would disagree. OJ 15/6, [7] Handwritten notecard from Richard Wahle to Schenker, dated November 9, 1907 Richard Wahle thanks Schenker for his expression of sympathy. OJ 15/6, [8] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated October 7, ?1910 Fritz Wahle thanks Schenker for sending him his latest book -- almost certainly the first half-volume of Kontrapunkt; he has looked through the table of contents and read the introduction. He hopes that the two of them could get together sometime. OJ 15/6, [10] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated July 26, 1912 Fritz Wahle thanks Schenker profusely for sending him his book on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which he will read through quickly. He has acquired a copy of the score of the work. OJ 15/6, [11] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated August 10, 1912 Fritz Wahle explains how he came to acquire Schenker’s book on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. He has read Moriz Violin’s pamphlet about the leadership of the Vienna Academy and hopes that some good will come of it. In response to a letter from Schenker, he expresses his agreement with what Schenker has to say about Wagner, and again praises his friend for the serious intent of his writings. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 26 February 1920 Diary entry by Schenker for 7 April 1924