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OJ 11/42, [22] Handwritten letter from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated December 20,
1894
Harden rejects one of Schenker's submissions; he is resigned to Rosenthal's
refusal to publish in Die Zukunft, but tells Schenker that Rosenthal has maligned him; he
requests a referral via Gelber to someone, perhaps Viktor Adler, who would write about
Austrian social relations for the journal.
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WSLB 36 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), January 29, 1909
Schenker requests two copies of his Instrumenten-Tabelle, one for Alphons
Rothschild.
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OC 52/402 Typewritten letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated March 21, 1909
Hertzka raises several possibilities for amplifying the
Instrumentations-Tabelle, and calls for a meeting.
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WSLB 78 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 23, 1911
Schenker asks that a copy of his Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue edition be send
to Gottfried Galston. —He reports creation of his "Die Kunst des Vortrags" and "Kunst und
Kritik". —He is pleased that the Beethoven/Bach project may yet be realized, and justifies
his editorial stance with reference to Rodin and architecture, and suggests it might be
published in Germany as retribution against Bopp and Wiener. —He is working now on
Counterpoint II for Cotta.
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OJ 5/14, [2] Handwritten draft letter from Schenker to the Gustav Marchet (Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde), dated September 27, 1912
Schenker details to the President of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Gustav
Marchet, letters that he has received from the Society's General Secretary, Carl Lafite; he
lodges his complaint at the way in which he has been treated, which he considers impolite and
publicly demeaning, and withdraws his offer of lectures.
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OJ 5/38, [1] Handwritten letter from Heinrich Schenker and Jeanette Kornfeld to Wilhelm Schenker,
dated January 24, 1918
Heinrich comments on the attack of the mumps, from which Wilhelm's children are
suffering. Heinrich encourages Wilhelm and his family to move from Kautzen permanently, and in
that connection will investigate the cost of having Julia Schenker's body moved from Waidhofen
to Vienna for burial with the cooperation of the Vienna Kultusgemeinde. He envisions purchasing
burial plots for Jeanette and himself adjacent to Julia's grave. He thanks Dodi for her
invitation to stay with them if Vienna becomes intolerable.
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OJ 5/38, [2] Handwritten letter from Heinrich Schenker and Jeanette Kornfeld to Wilhelm and Dodi
Schenker, dated February 5, 1918
Heinrich relays back the price of transferring Julia Schenker's body from
Waidhofen to Vienna, and would hope to get a discount on that price via the Jewish Religious
Community. He reports on the planned Festschrift for his 50th birthday, and his current troubles
with UE. Jeanette characterizes their life as "farcical," and asks Dodi's advice in obtaining
twine for repairing shirts. She comments on the Versailles Council of War as confirming
Heinrich's warnings.
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OJ 6/6, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 9, 1918
Schenker reports news from Russia, Austria, Switzerland, and Poland, and comments
on the current political situation.
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DLA 69.930/4 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Halm, dated December 9, 1918
Schenker recounts to Halm how Sofie Deutsch had set up a trust for needy artists,
leaving Schenker to identify beneficiaries. Schenker offers to transfer 1,600 Kroner to him from
this trust.
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WSLB 302 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), May 18, 1919
Schenker reminds Hertzka of Hans Weisse's doctoral dissertation, Der Kunstwalzer,
and recommends it for publication. He laments, in provocatively vulgar language, that the
Viennese have become subservient to the French.
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OJ 10/1, [39] Handwritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated August 9, 1919
Dahms is busy writing; hopes to visit Schenker around August 25.
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OC 52/517 Typed contract from between UE and Schenker for the Kleine Bibliothek, dated July 10,
1920
Contract between UE and Schenker for the Kleine Bibliothek.
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OJ 10/3, [28] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated February 14, 1922
Deutsch offers to provide several books to Schenker instead of two or three hardback copies of the
"Moonlight" Sonata edition, and then details several misprints and factual errors in Romain Rolland's biography
of Beethoven.
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JOB 94-3, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hammer dated May 25, 1922
Schenker sends a sketch of Mendelssohn's "Altdeutsches Lied"; — justifies an
instance of his fingering questioned by Hammer; — complains about Hertzka; — promises to
read Fiedler and Hildebrand.
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DLA 69.930/11 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Halm, dated November 2, 1922
Schenker acknowledges receipt of two booklets on youth and the new republic,
returns them, comments on them critically: idealistic German democrats desire maximal
remuneration with minimal work; illustrates point by difficulties with maids in Schenker
household; German democrats naively overestimate social and intellectual status of non-German
commoners (French, British, American); Schenker decries cosmopolitanism and those Germans who
advocate individuality at the expense of society; Schenker praises the fascists as countering
communism and social leveling, compares Mussolini's Italy favorably with present-day
Germany.
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OJ 14/45, [24] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Heinrich Schenker, dated July 14, 1923
Violin has met an industrialist by the name of Max Temming who would be willing
to help make Schenker’s work more widely accessible. Violin will probably not visit the
Schenkers in Galtür this summer, as prices have gone up in Germany.
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OJ 10/1, [84] Typewritten letter from Dahms to Schenker, dated March 5, 1924
Dahms thanks Schenker for information about Castiglione. The Deutsche
Verlagsanstalt is being difficult. He is again writing for German newspapers. Tonwille 5 has
excited him. He quotes a passage from the Musical Courier [which Schenker later quotes in
Das Meisterwerk 1]. Ludendorff's exposure of intrigues by the papacy has evoked a strong
reaction outside Germany.
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OJ 6/7, [9] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated October 16, 1924
After thanking Violin for his touching fiftieth-birthday tribute of 1918,
Schenker outlines plans for sending out copies of Der Tonwille: he has drawn up a list, which
Violin is free to edit. Like Violin, he has lost pupils recently, and so wants to concentrate
more on the dissemination of Der Tonwille, with a new publisher.
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UMdK Z 641 D/1924, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Joseph Marx (Akademie für Musik) to Schenker,
dated December 3, 1924
Schenker appeals to Marx that the full conditions laid down by Sofie Deutsch
for the stipends be honored.
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OJ 14/45, [85] Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 16,
1930
Violin thanks Jeanette Schenker for sending him a recent article. His wife and
daughter will spend the summer holiday with his brother-in-law, who is also paying for a
three-week holiday for him and his son Karl.
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OJ 15/15, [48] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated November 27, 1930
Weisse, having received a copy of the page-proofs for "Rameau oder Beethoven?"
from the third Meisterwerk Yearbook, calls Schenker's attention to two
misprints.
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OJ 9/34, [24] Handwritten letter from Cube to Schenker, dated April 25, 1931
Cube is busy disposing of his house and dealing with his father's estate; he is
moving to Hamburg to work with Moriz Violin after a short holiday.
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OJ 5/7a, [39] (formerly vC 39) Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, undated [August 22, 1931]
Acknowledges OJ 9/34, [26] and asks for further copies of the prospectus of the Schenker
Institute, Hamburg.
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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.
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OJ 89/6, [8] Typewritten letter (carbon copy), from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 20,
1933
The Hobokens will not come to Reigersberg; — He re-sends his two songs for
further comment; — He sends a booklet by Gottfried Benn; — They are isolated in
Partenkirchen, and are distressed at events in Germany; — Alfred Cortot has visited the
Photogram Archive and expressed an interest.
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OJ 89/6, [10] Typewritten letter (carbon copy), from Hoboken to Schenker, dated August 5,
1933
Hoboken is gratified by Schenker's praise of his song compositions; — He will
continue his Chopin projects someday, but is preoccupied with the worsening European
political situation; — He comments on Kleiber, Max Graf, on Goos's estimate of Schenker's
importance, and returns newspaper clippings that Schenker has sent him with
comments.
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OJ 11/32, [16] Handwritten letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated September 10, 1933
Haas expresses pleasure at Schenker's comments on his performance practice
book, and asks if Schenker can donate a copy of Meisterwerk I to the
Archive.
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OJ 89/7, [7] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated March 15,
1934
Hoboken outlines plans to expand publicity for the Photogram Archive. —
Reports re his work on Chopin's Scherzo Op. 54, which he will bring to his April 3 lesson. —
Refers to the invitation to Schenker to contribute to the journal of the
Reichsmusikkammer.
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OJ 89/7, [9] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated June 12, 1934
Schenker recounts a visit to Grinzing to view Hoboken's new house, and then to
the Kobenzl; — reports on last-minute work for Der freie Satz and a new edition of the Beethoven
piano sonatas; — comments on political developments in Europe; — Jeanette and he are leaving for
the summer vacation.
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OJ 89/7, [10] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 12, 1934
8-page letter: Schenker thanks Hoboken for his support for Jonas's new book. — He
reminds Hoboken of his earlier promise to support Der freie Satz financially, and predicts that
costs will be high. — Otto Erich Deutsch has been granted a course at the Vienna Academy for
Music and Performing Arts.
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OC 44/43 Handwritten letter from Jonas and Hans Wolf to Schenker, dated September 24,
1934
Jonas reports on complimentary copies of Das Wesen and the plans for the
elucidatory editions. — He hopes to enlist Furtwängler in supporting Hans Wolf's application
to reenter Austria from Germany, but thinks a letter from Schenker to Furtwängler would be
more effective.
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OJ 11/16, [15] Handwritten letter from Furtwängler to Schenker, dated September 26, 1934
Furtwängler apologies for not visiting Galtür in the summer; he spent the
vacation on his own work; he will be in Vienna and hopes to see Schenker; he intends to
write publicly about Schenker's work; comments on current political situation. — Finds
Jonas's book excellent.
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OJ 70/71, [2] Typewritten letter of recommendation from Schoenberg to the Coordinating Committee
for German Refugees, San Francisco, dated June 21, 1939
Schoenberg letter of recommendation to the Coordinating Committee for German
Refugees in San Francisco.