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WSLB 118 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), date June 4, 1912
Schenker urges Hertzka to contact Dr. Harpner in connection with the planned
Organization. He reiterates his demands regarding payment for the planned last five
Beethoven sonata edition, specifying the sums, and disputes Hertzka's
counterargument.
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OJ 15/15, [29] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated April 13, 1928
Recovering from illness, Weisse is unable to join the Schenkers for lunch,
suggests instead seeing Schenker on Sunday morning.
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OJ 10/3, [194] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 5, 1933
Deutsch comments on Brahms’s notation of musical canons. Then, in a wide
ranging response to Schenker’s recent communications, he dwells on Hoboken’s decision to
live in Germany for the time being, in spite of the implications for Schenker’s teaching and
his own bibliographical work.
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OJ 10/3, [195] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 12, 1933
Deutsch gives his impression of Ernst Fritz Schmid and his relationship with
Hoboken. Hoboken has stopped buying editions of music. Deutsch will not take a holiday but
will be in Salzburg to cover the festival.
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OJ 14/10, [8] Handwritten double letter from Arnold & Rosa Weil to Heinrich & Jeanette
Schenker, dated July 13–14, 1933
Rosa Weil returns a photograph with thanks, and describes her recent holiday
in Italy with Lene but without Arnold. — Klara, after initial improvement, has suffered a
setback. — Arnold thanks Jeanette for the photograph and Heinrich for the announcement of
the Photogram Archive.
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OJ 14/10, [12] Handwritten postcard from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 17,
1934
Rosa Weil has not acknowledged Jeanette’s Easter greetings because there has
been a series of health crises with Lene, Arnold, and herself. Hella has gone into a
sanatorium in Vienna, and Rosa asks Jeanette to find out the identity and address of the
sanatorium in question [which she duly provided]. She sends greetings for
Pentecost.
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OJ 14/10, [13] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 28,
1934
Rosa Weil reports that her sister Hella is recovering from surgery and will
return home. — She regrets she is unable to accept Jeanette’s invitation, but she has to
care for her husband, Arnold, who is ill. — She reports on Klara and Oskar Hatschek; Oskar
sends advice on choice of vacation place for the Schenkers.
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OJ 14/10, [15] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated November 24–28,
1934
12-page letter written over four days: Arnold has, Rosa Weil agrees with
Jeanette, taken on a paternal role over the Schiff siblings. She comments at length on
Victor: admirable in what he has achieved, as a free man in [South] America he shows no
concern for the troubles of his siblings in Europe, responding only by preaching Zionist
rhetoric. Arnold, on the other hand, cares selflessly for all who are in need, while working
from morning to night. — Jeanette is given news of her sons [whom she has not seen since
1910], their wives and children. — Rosa reflects on her own life and responsibilities, and
her wishes before she dies. — She proudly describes her home and the plants that she
cultivates in it.
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OJ 14/10, [23] Handwritten letter from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated June 15,
1935
Rosa Weil sends roses for Heinrich’s birthday, wishes Jeanette well for her
forthcoming stay in Hofgastein, and gives brief news of herself and Arnold.
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OJ 14/10, [21] Handwritten letter with envelope from Rosa Weil to Jeanette Schenker, dated May 27,
1935
Rosa Weill admits to suffering bouts of mild depression. She regrets being
unable to visit Jeanette because committed to taking Arnold away for health reasons. — She
asks whether Jeanette had yet made any decisions [on her own future]. Jeanette has evidently
told her of the mass of Heinrich’s papers that she will dedicate herself to [organizing and
preserving]. — Hedda and Hans [Delmonte] have been staying; he is building a fish canning
factory there. — Hella has forwarded a letter from Victor with photographs: he “shuts us
out” more and more.
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OJ 11/54, [43] Typewritten letter from Hoboken to Jeanette Schenker, dated July 12, 1935
Hoboken regrets the printing errors in Der freie Satz and suggests that Ernst
Oster prepare a list.
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OJ 14/8, [15] Typewritten and handwritten letter with envelope from Paul & Anna Schiff to
Jeanette Schenker, postmarked February 1, 1938
Paul and Anna Schiff have moved from Karlsbad back to Prague. They marvel at
Jeanette’s work on her late husband’s papers and on a new edition of one of his books. —
They give news about the family and ask her to write before her next
travels.