OJ 5/38, [1] Handwritten letter from Heinrich Schenker & Jeanette Kornfeld to Wilhelm Schenker, dated January 24, 1918

Heinrich commiserates with Wilhelm and Dodi over the children havng mumps. -- He discusses the eventuality that Wilhelm and family might decide to leave Kautzen, and weighs the practicalities of transferring Julia Schenker's grave from Waidhofen to Vienna, and possible consequences for his own and Jeanette's burials and Moriz Schenker's financial involvement. -- He also discusses the possibility that Vienna might become too threatening for Jews; he deplores Viennese people of all ranks for their verbal abuse toward Germany, and the strikes that are currently taking place in Austria. -- Jeanette adds a paragraph.

OC 1 B/35-40 Handwritten draft letter, in Jeanette Kornfeld/Schenker's hand, from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), undated [June 10, 1919]

Schenker promises to send Hans Weisse to see Hertzka. In reacting unfavorably to Hertzka's suggestions that the Foreword to Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven ... op. 111 be discarded for its second edition, Schenker puts up a stout defense of his use of polemic in his writings, contending that art and all manifestations of human life are inextricably interconnected. He claims that his pronouncements on politics now will prove correct in the long run. His sole concern is with the truth; he is not interested in pandering to his readers.

WSLB 303 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 12, 1919

Schenker promises to send Hans Weisse to see Hertzka. In reacting unfavorably to Hertzka's suggestions that the Foreword to Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven, Op. 111 be discarded for its second edition, Schenker puts up a stout defense of his use of polemic in his writings, contending that art, life, and politics are inextricably interconnected. He claims that his pronouncements on politics now will prove correct in the long run. His sole concern is with the truth; he is not interested in pandering to his readers.