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Diary entry for 1914-03-06
... überflüssig weitgriffigen Klaviersatz gesprochen. 6. Letter from Steinitz, with the date determined. Letter to Oppel with music supplement; in the letter I spoke of a few errors in the counterpoint, contradictions between the harmony and the horizontal line ...
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Diary entry for 1928-01-12
... response, and cries: "…this counterpoint, these bass lines"! (in Křenek's music). After the lesson, errands. Work on the Brandenburg Concerto. ...
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Diary entry for 1927-11-04
... perceived on the first day, so today, too, the violin figures are repulsive and barbaric, those figures that Wagner surely thought provided the counterpoint to the Pilgrims' Chorus. A completely unmotivated motive, utterly unsuited to a contrapuntal line ...
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Diary entry for 1931-10-06
... theorist … ." From 9:15 to 10:15: on the sunny side of the Rennweg. Work on Beethoven’s Op. 129: the line. From Benno Mahler (letter): he is coming tomorrow. Bamberger has afternoon snack with us from 4:45 to 7:30; he is conducting orchestral concerts in ...
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Diary entry for 1930-11-02
... movie theater: Pension Schöller; the farce thoroughly deserves its success, the idea is strong and also clever; a pity that so much was changed for cinematic purposes, which contradicts the original character of the play. In the evening, the line of the ...
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Diary entry for 1929-10-25
... and Krause at work – already at 5 o'clock he stepped into the music room; he has brought nothing and stays until 6:45! I am obliged to anticipate the subject, which was actually his homework, and go through Fasch and C. P. E. Bach regarding line and ...
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Diary entry for 1930-02-22
... (express letter): I decline to work through the Missa on the basis of the piano reduction; at the very least the score must form the basis. In spite of this, I make the attempt to search for lines in the score. It pleases me to see that my improvisation ...
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Diary entry for 1931-01-19
... bass line for C. P. E. Bach’s little pieces for the left hand alone, and an attempt at composing an intermezzo. After the lesson, errands. Lie-Liechen finishes the first draft of Division in Free Composition. Radio: Adler and Schmidt play two sonatas by ...
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Diary entry for 1931-01-21
... it out again!" From Brünauer (letter): the bass line for Bach. Work on Free Composition: the Phrygian . Miss Kahn declares that she is a professional person, whose interests should be taken into consideration – she is afraid that she will come to ...
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Diary entry for 1932-06-08
... in F major, and speak in broad terms about Gounod and French music, and about the bass line in general. ...