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WSLB 123 Handwritter letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 24, 1912
Schenker reports improved agreement among the supporters of the planned
Organization. -- He asks for his contract for his edition of Op. 109, and asks yet again for
the fee for correcting proofs of Beethovens neunte Sinfonie.
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OJ 15/16, [6] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 7, 1912
Weisse asks Schenker a technical question about musical form; reports that Julia
Culp is considering singing his Mädchen-Lieder.
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BNba Frimmel Nachl, [5] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Frimmel, dated August 4, 1912
Schenker reports that he has heard from Mandyczewski that the autograph of
Beethoven's piano sonata Op. 109 is owned by Poldy Wittgenstein. He will need to go to
Berlin for the remaining manuscripts.
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WSLB 129 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 6, 1912
Schenker informs Hertzka that he has been approached by the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde with a view to his teaching a course at the Society's new "free high school"
beginning in October, and inquires whether Hertzka will meet his demands so that he can
proceed with Die letzen fünf Sonaten Beethovens.
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OC 52/437 Typewritten letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated August 12, 1912
Die letzten fünf Sonaten: Hertzka finds Schenker's suggested rewording too
general; Beethovens neunte Sinfonie: Hertzka will pay the supplementary fee demanded by
Schenker, but only after 500 copies have been sold.
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OC 52/95-96 Typewritten letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated August 22, 1912
Die letzten fünf Sonaten: Hertzka backs down on the contested contract clause;
Beethovens neunte Sinfonie: Hertzka refuses to budge on his proposal for the supplementary
honorarium, but assures Schenker of his good will toward him.
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OC 52/494 Printed contract, with handwritten entries, between UE and Schenker, dated August
25, 1912
Contract for Schenker's edition of Beethovens letzte fünf Sonaten, with
special clause on correction costs
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WSLB 132 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 25, 1912
Schenker returns the contract for Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven
signed. — Proclaiming "Ex Austria lux," he says that Austria's tradition from Haydn to
Brahms and Dvořák[sic] will now be followed by Schenker's "explanation" (Aufklärung) of that
tradition, which will spawn a new generation of composers superior to the present
"cacophony," with Universal Edition as the agent of that "rebuilding of tonal music" (Aufbau
der Tonkunst). — He alludes to the possibility of teaching for the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde's proposed "Hochschule." — He prompts Hertzka to act on the Organization of
Musicians project in the fall.
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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.