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Hedwig Kraus

born Vienna Aug 20, 1895; died Vienna, Dec 3, 1985

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Viennese archivist

Daughter of Ernst Kraus, advocate and Vice-President of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde 1908‒12, Hedwig Kraus studed music history at the University of Vienna 1915‒19. From 1919 she was assistant librarian to the Gesellschaft, from 1923 amanuenses of its archive, library and collections, and from 1930‒62 director of its archive. From 1922 she was a member of the editorial board of the Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, and also worked for Universal Edition from 1924.

Hedwig Kraus and Heinrich Schenker

Hedwig Kraus is mentioned several times in Schenker's diary and occasionally in correspondence. She wrote a postcard to Schenker on June 17, 1925 (OJ 12/20, [1]).

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Correspondence

  • OJ 6/7, [12] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 8, 1924

    Hearing that Violin is unwell, Schenker wishes his friend a speedy recovery. — Encloses a draft of a letter to the university music departments chosen to be given copies of Der Tonwille. — Recounts a story according to which Eusebius Mandyczewski prevented distribution of complimentary copies of Der Tonwille to needy scholars.

  • OJ 12/20, [1] Handwritten postcard from Hedwig Kraus (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) to Schenker, dated June 17, 1925

  • OJ 10/3, [104] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 28, 1929

    In a long letter, Deutsch thanks Schenker for encouraging him to apply for the post of Head Archivist at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde following the death of the previous postholder, Eusebius Mandyczewski, on July 13. He comments on the present state of play at the Archive, above all on its insecure position. — He also expresses his regret that Austrian Radio is no longer interested in his “Chamber Ensemble” broadcasts with professors from the Vienna Academy, and that some of the players are no longer enthusiastic about them; he hopes to start a new initiative of that sort in the autumn. — He is in good standing with Hoboken, but the work on his private library is not bringing him rewards. — He enjoyed his recent trip to Italy, and thinks that he might have become an art historian had he gotten to know the country earlier.

  • OJ 10/3, [114] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated January 21, 1930

    Deutsch explains that, without a fixed annual budget, the Board of Trustees [of the Photogram Archive] is unable to function properly. Hoboken didn’t always deal efficiently with the foreign contributors to the collection; a catalogue has still not been prepared. And Deutsch has made himself ill by overwork. Hedwig Kraus has taken over the directorship of the Archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, with [Karl] Geiringer as her assistant – to whom Deutsch would have greatly preferred Luithlen. He has been exchanging letters with Vrieslander.

Diaries