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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Pontresina Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries Alpine village and ski resort located in the Upper Engadin region of Switzerland. Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OJ 15/16, [8] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 10, 1912 Weisse speaks of Schenker's monograph on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and progress with his own string quintet; — reiterates his desire to transfer from Violin to Schenker for piano lessons; — refers to lectures that he is about to take with Guido Adler, and quotes from Florence May's biography of Brahms. — He will write to Lorle Meissner; — gives his address in Pontresina. OJ 15/16, [9] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 15, 1912 Weisse asks detailed question on musical form for the Scherzo of his string quintet. OJ 15/16, [48] Handwritten letter from Hans and Hertha Weisse to Schenker, dated July 15, 1923 Weisse summarizes his recent travels in northern Italy and Switzerland, and inquires about progress on Der freie Satz, a work which he thinks will be an indispensable foundation for the analyses in Der Tonwille. OJ 5/45, [3] Copy, in Jeanette Schenker's hand, of a letter from Schenker to Weisse, dated September 12, 1923 Schenker explains his behavior a few days before, in reply to Weisse’s letter of September 7, and his implicit displeasure at his pupil's lengthy trip to Italy in the summer. Diaries Diary entry by Schenker for 5 July 1923 Diary entry by Schenker for 6 July 1923 Diary entry by Schenker for 19 July 1923 Diary entry by Schenker for 28 July 1924 Diary entry by Schenker for 25 July 1926