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OC B/192 Two typewritten letters from Wilhelm Altmann to Schenker, dated June 9,
1926
Letter 1: Altmann replies to Schenker's inquiry about manuscripts of two
Mozart symphonies. Letter 2: Altmann gives his summer travel plans; delay in publishing
article about Schenker in Die Musik; advice for Weisse over choice of
publisher.
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OC 54/305 Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 19, 1930
A new print of works by C. P. E. Bach has arrived at Hoboken’s; Deutsch would
like Schenker to look at it. -- He advises Schenker to make corrections to Tomay’s
calligraphy [of the voice-leading graphs] as soon as they are ready, and not to wait until
September, if the "Eroica" monograph is to be published by the end of the
year.
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OC 54/307 Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 27, 1930
Deutsch has been in touch with the production team and the publishers of the
third Meisterwerk yearbook and transmits to Schenker the estimated costs of producing the
book, including details of text printing, lithography and paper. -- In a postscript, he
offers to help with the proof corrections of the text.
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OC 54/308 Handwritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 28,
1930
A printer’s sample make-up for the third Meisterwerk yearbook is on its way to
Schenker; Deutsch asks Schenker to return it together with his comments.
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OC 54/309 Postal receipt for package sent from Schenker to Deutsch, postmarked July 2,
1930
Schenker returns Röder's sample brochure [for Meisterwerk III] to Deutsch with
Furtwängler letter.
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OC 54/310 Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 4, 1930
Deutsch gives further details of the production costs for the third
Meisterwerk yearbook and makes some recommendations, including the printing of the
Urlinie-Tafeln of the "Eroica" as a booklet, not as loose pages.
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OC 54/199-200 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated July 9, 1930
Tomay encloses the imprints of the music examples for the third Meisterwerk
volume, along with the original manuscripts, and requests clarification on various matters.
He invites Schenker to send corrections at his earliest convenience, and informs him that
the printing of the appendix will be undertaken in Leipzig instead of Vienna owing to a
significant reduction in production costs.
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OC 54/311 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 14, 1930
Deutsch sends Schenker the contract from Drei Masken Verlag for the third
Meisterwerk yearbook, and asks him to sign it and return it to the publishers. He thinks
that an edition of the [collected] works of C. P. E. Bach is a worthy cause. He hopes that
Hoboken will soon receive the new honor from the Austrian government, for services to
scholarship.
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OC 54/203 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated July 24, 1930
Tomay encloses blueprint matrices of select music examples for the third
Meisterwerk yearbook for Schenker's consideration, and anticipates that the pages for the
fourth movement will reach him in approximately one week.
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OC 54/230 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated July 24,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag acknowledge receipt of the manuscript of the third
Meisterwerk yearbook; Schenker will shortly receive the galley-proofs and is asked to return
them with corrections as quickly as possible.
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OC 54/231 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated July 25,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag report that Röder (Leipzig) has received the manuscript of
the third Meisterwerk yearbook. They enclose a typography sample, and some samples for the
paper cover, for which they have tried to match the color of the cloth bindings of the first
two yearbooks.
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OC 54/204 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated July 26, 1930
Tomay encloses various figures for the third Meisterwerk volume for Schenker's
consideration, and also informs Schenker that he will soon dispatch corrected copies of the
figures concerning movements 1–3 of Beethoven's Third Symphony for his approval to
publish.
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OC 54/314 Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 28,
1930
Deutsch asks Schenker not to return any proof corrections (to the text of the
third Meisterwerk yearbook) until he has seen his own.
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OC 54/206 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated July 29, 1930
Tomay responds to Schenker's questions about marking up corrections in the
music examples for the third Meisterwerk volume, and notifies him that he will send
blueprints of the music examples as soon as they have been produced.
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OC 54/315 Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 30, 1930
Deutsch makes further reports on the anticipated costs of the third
Meisterwerk yearbook. -- He has come across an arrangement of Beethoven’s Op. 74 Quartet as
a symphony and found some important early editions of the Op. 22 Sonata. -- He would like
Schenker to meet his friend [Leopold] Liegler, whose theories about literature resonate with
the concept of Urlinie.
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OC 54/316 Handwritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated August 11,
1930
Deutsch has received the first proofs [of the third Meisterwerk yearbook] from
the printers, and would like to look carefully at them before forwarding them to
Schenker.
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OC 54/211 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated August 13, 1930
Tomay encloses sepia prints of music examples for the third Meisterwerk
yearbook, and asks Schenker to check them thoroughly and mark up any final
corrections.
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OC 54/235 Typewritten postcard from Drei Masken Verlag to Deutsch, dated August 30, 1930,
forwarded to Schenker September 2, 1930
Drei Masken Verlag asks for clarification about what to do with the corrected
galley-proofs they have recently received from Schenker; Deutsch forwards it to Schenker
asking him to reply direct to the publisher.
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OC 54/237 Typewritten letter from Drei Masken Verlag to Schenker, dated October 8,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag say the printers cannot be held responsible for mistakes in
the page-proofs and layout of the third Meisterwerk yearbook that Schenker failed to note in
the galley-proofs. A new set of page-proofs will be issued, and the last section of the book
will be repaginated.
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OC 54/325 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 11, 1930
Deutsch explains to Schenker which proof corrections may be the author’s
responsibility, and which the printer’s or publisher’s, and advises him to write back to the
publisher but not to get unduly upset about these matters.
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OC 54/326 Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 12,
1930
Deutsch explains to Schenker that it is a publisher’s duty to contact an
author in the event of some possible errors, especially of a technical nature, even if it
has not actually financed the work itself.
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OC 54/238 Typewritten letter from Drei Masken Verlag to Schenker, dated October 14,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag confirms that the printers should not be held responsible
for changes that were not indicated in the galley proofs. They will send printouts of the
music examples and Urlinie pages in a few days; Schenker is asked to approve the way in
which they are bound and inserted into the yearbook.
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OC 54/239 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated October 14,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag correct a mistake in the wording of a previous letter. They
will forward Schenker’s instructions regarding the music illustrations to the
printers.
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OC 54/215 Handwritten letter from Georg Tomay to Schenker, dated October 17, 1930
Tomay asks whether Schenker has received any new proofs from the printing house, and
sends a gentle reminder concerning the outstanding fees.
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WSLB-Hds 191.571 Letter from Schenker to Deutsch, in Jeanette Schenker’s hand, dated October
17, 1930
Enclosing two recent letters from Drei Masken Verlag, Schenker asks
Deutsch’s advice on what further action to take, if any. His doctor has pronounced
him fit.
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OC 54/329 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 24, 1930
Deutsch makes further suggestions about how the musical material for the
"Eroica" – the booklet of Urlinie graphs, and other illustrations (“figures”) – should fit
into the third Meisterwerk yearbook. He also recommends fully paginating the
booklet.
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OC 54/330 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 24, 1930
Deutsch recommends three modifications to the layout of the supplements for
the third Meisterwerk yearbook.
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OC 54/245 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated October 30,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag explain how the ribbon holding the Urlinie graphs and music
illustrations at the back of the third Meisterwerk yearbook can be improved, at a slightly
greater cost.
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OC 54/246 Typewritten postcard from C. G. Röder to Schenker, dated October 30, 1930
The printers C. G. Röder ask Schenker to send an additional printout of the
music examples for the third Meisterwerk yearbook, so that they have a basis on which to
make the necessary changes.
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OJ 10/3, [131] Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated November 5, 1930
Deutsch advises Schenker to send a sample of proofs of the third Meisterwerk
yearbook to the editor of Der Kunstwart. He thanks him for copies of the letters written by
Leo Kestenberg.
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OC 54/247 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated November 7,
1930
Because of the changes made to them, an additional printing of the Urlinie
graphs seems advisable; Schenker is asked to approve these. Overall, the cost of producing
the third Meisterwerk yearbook will be greater than the initial estimate.
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OC 54/249 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated November 14,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag apologize for an error in the calculation of the production
costs of the third Meisterwerk yearbook, and set out a table of revised
figures.
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OC 54/250 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated November 25,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag are still awaiting the music illustrations for the third
Meisterwerk yearbook which have been authorized for publication, and ask Schenker to urge
Tomay to send these very quickly
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OC 54/332 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated November 26, 1930
Deutsch thinks that the invoice for the printing and production of the third
Meisterwerk yearbook is reasonable, and that Drei Masken Verlag had underestimated the costs
earlier in the summer. He advises on sellling price to ask for.
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OC 54/251 Typewritten postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated November 28,
1930
The printers C. G. Röder have still not received the approved copy of the
musical illustrations, and the publishers ask Schenker to provide the exact Berlin address
at which Hans Weisse will deliver his forthcoming lecture.
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OC 54/252 Typewritten postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated December 1,
1930
The publishers are relieved to hear that Weisse’s lecture has been postponed,
and that there may still be time to have the music illustrations for the third Meisterwerk
yearbook sent to Berlin in time for it.
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OC 54/253 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated December 13,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag have set the retail price of the third Meisterwerk yearbook
at 10 Marks. -- Since Schenker and Deutsch have significantly underestimated the scope of
both the text and the notational sections of the work, DMV is unable to shoulder the
production costs and makes a proposal as to how these should be paid by March
1931.
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OC 54/254 Typewritten letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated December 16,
1930
Drei Masken Verlag submit Röder's invoice for its work on the third
Meisterwerk yearbook, amounting to 3,041.15 Marks.
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OJ 10/3, [135] Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated December 25, 1930
Deutsch’s son Peter has broken a leg ice-skating. He is devastated by the news
of Hoboken’s withdrawal of support for the C. P. E. Bach collected edition). He will discuss
the terms [of payment] regarding the third Meisterwerk yearbook in person, and advises that
review copies be sent out in January.