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Diary entry for 1931-12-07
... – um 4h zuhause. Patiençen. 7, fog, +5°. To Martin (registered letter): his Urlinie graph returned with corrections, I ask for a "vacation"! To Oppel (letter): I enquire about Goos; counterpoint, thoroughbass, free composition – that would be my order ...
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Diary entry for 1931-12-14
... : counterpoint, thoroughbass, free composition – not adaptable to schools filled with diploma candidates. From 11 to 11:45, out of doors. For "Articulation" in Free Composition, a new section which includes the results published in Yearbook I. To Klein (letter ...
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Diary entry for 1912-08-24
... my nerves has been shaken off, and we can cheerfully enjoy the little that remains of the summer. Four-voice counterpoint likewise completed, and the ordering in the section on free composition can be inserted. ...
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Diary entry for 1913-01-30
... Niemand wird seinen 50. Todestag feiern. 30. Another result of wealth: the wealthy simply have more opportunity – to see nothing, to hear nothing! Floriz and his wife with us for lunch in the restaurant. Conversation about voice leading in free composition ...
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Diary entry for 1913-01-09
... of harmony actually a theory of composition; one must almost have the rank of a composer in order to be able to decide about harmonic degrees. The fortuitous constructions within one harmonic degree in free composition. The key = a house! Modal ...
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Diary entry for 1926-11-06
... particular he wanted some enlightenment about the connection between free and strict counterpoint. For his wife, he would like piano lessons. I evade these wishes; with regard to Mr. Kilpinen, I refer him to the fact that Der freie Satz will soon be published ...
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Diary entry for 1916-01-27
... which would be revealed in equal measure in the exercises in thoroughbass and in free counterpoint. Bach was aiming only at a special assignment and perhaps had no opportunity to codify the greater prolongations of free counterpoint. – I thank him for ...
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Diary entry for 1912-09-03
... have succeeded only in taking a boat trip and a few promenades; but what we have looked forward to has been pushed into the future. In the meantime, I have looked through my work on free composition, and ordered it more concisely. We have also been able ...
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Diary entry for 1926-10-03
... wrested from him: whether it might not be possible to teach counterpoint already in the Ursatz, in order to bypass the laborious and extensive aspects of counterpoint and bring the pupil closer to the actual problems of free composition. I have warned him ...