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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Violin family Documents associated with this person: Correspondence Diaries Valerie Violin, Karl, and Eva, c. 1921 (Diana Windsor) Viennese Jewish family, intimately connected with Heinrich and Jeanette Schenker through a friendship going back, in the case of Moriz and Heinrich, to 1896. Grandparental generation: Karl Violin [snr] Juli Genovefa Violin (née Kohn) Parental generation: Moriz Violin (Floriz) Valerie Violin (Wally) Children: Karl Violin (Karli) Genovefa Violin (Eva) Moriz's siblings: Eduard Violin and wife, Josefine Nina Violin Fanny Violin and three others who died in childhood. Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 8/4, [22] Handwritten postcard from Heinrich Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated April 26, 1923 Not having heard from him for a long time, Schenker’s asks for news of Violin and his family. OJ 8/4, [23] Handwritten postcard from Heinrich Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated June 11, 1923 Responding to a letter from Violin despairing of the political situation in Germany, Schenker quotes a passage from Pastor Gustav Frenssen's Letters from America, which resonate with his own views that German society is, in effect, ruled by foreign despots. OJ 6/7, [5] Handwritten letter from Heinrich Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated July 9, 1923 Having settled into country life in the Tyrol, Schenker returns to his work, in particular to the ongoing battles with Hertzka over the publication of Der Tonwille. He asks Violin’s opinion about a subscription plan for a periodical that would appear four times a year (instead of the current two), and hopes that his friend might spare a few days to visit him in Galtür. OJ 6/7, [7] Handwritten letter from Heinrich Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated October 21, 1923 In a wide-ranging letter, Schenker expresses his joy at Karl Violin’s improving health, and goes on to mention a number of personal successes he has lately had, including a visit from Paul von Klenau to take advice for a forthcoming performance of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. He has also had some unexpected support from his publisher, who wants to expand Der Tonwille to a quarterly publication. He is planning to take part in a series of charity concerts (three Haydn piano trios), and has heard that Clemens Kraus and Hans Knappertsbusch are overtaking Furtwängler as conductors in Vienna by accepting more modest fees. OJ 14/46, [2] Handwritten letter from Fanny Violin to Heinrich Schenker, dated June 18, 1924 Fanny thanks Schenker for sending Tonwille 5 and 6 and reports holiday plans. OJ 6/7, [13] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 13, 1924 Schenker sends Violin Jeanette's handwritten copy of the essay Violin had composed for Schenker's fiftieth birthday in 1918, and hopes that it may one day be published. — Has received a conciliatory letter from Hertzka, but is determined to move Der Tonwille to a Munich publisher. OJ 6/7, [48] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated May 19, [1930] After congratulating Violin on moving house, Schenker reports that an article that is critical of the "Urlinie", by Walter Riezler, has apparently offended Furtwängler, a childhood friend of the author. Furtwängler hoped that Hans Weisse might write a response; in the end, Brünauer wrote one, and Weisse has sent it to Furtwängler. Schenker has himself replied to an article by Eduard Beninger in the February 1930 issue of the Zeitschrift für Musik. Owing to overwork, he was required to rest during the day between lessons; now he is better. Oppel is again coming to Galtür and Schenker hopes that Violin will join him there, too. OJ 5/7a, [41] (formerly vC 41) Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated January 14, 1932 Schenker acknowledges a [non-extant] letter, and asks for a clipping from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. OJ 5/7a, [42] (formerly vC 42) Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cube, dated January 20, 1932 Schenker acknowledges an enclosed review and letter, and comments on [Ludwig] Rottenberg. That music has cohesiveness (Zusammenhang) has finally been recognized; this must be disseminated. OJ 6/8, [21] Handwritten letter from Schenker to the family of Moriz Violin, postmarked January 24, 1933 Schenker sends condolences, from Jeanette and himself, to the whole Violin family on the death of Karl Violin, reassuring them that they did all they could in his lifetime. OJ 15/16, [92] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Schenker, dated May 23, 1933 Weisse thanks Schenker for Brahms's Oktaven u. Quinten, which he finds too specialist a work to be of use to the uninitiated in Schenker's approach, and therefore does not recommend for translation into English or use as a textbook. He reports a brief meeting with Alfred Kalmus and a recent concert of his works, including a new violin sonata. He gives Schenker his summer holiday address. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 31 December 1906 Diary entry by Schenker for 18 November 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 14 December 1914 Diary entry by Schenker for 4 February 1915 Diary entry by Schenker for 6 July 1916 Diary entry by Schenker for 5 August 1916 Diary entry by Schenker for 22 October 1916 Diary entry by Schenker for 31 January 1921 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 October 1933 Diary entry by Schenker for 22 May 1934 Diary entry by Schenker for 3 June 1934 Diary entry by Schenker for 24 December 1934