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Diary entry for 1917-02-06
... at large, betrays the smallest charms least of all. I mention Variation 1, in particular, criticize the French title, and many individual points of technique. Postcard from Miss Freund: possible cancellation. Brünauer asks if he could come on Thursday ...
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Diary entry for 1917-02-28
... will have plenty of space for interpretation beyond the original. Finally I alert her to Vrieslander's new edition. LetterWSLB 283 to Hertzka: I reject Weinberger with respect to poor technique, as well as a disagreeable disposition; I ask him to send ...
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Diary entry for 1919-08-24
... Chopin. Unfortunately I understood with every chord that any connection whatsoever with those listening would be lacking; they had no choice but to delight in my technique, which they could naturally only judge superficially, of course. Ultimately, the ...
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Diary entry for 1929-10-16
... technique. The second piece moves along a completely different path, so that one cannot dismiss the idea that the composer preceded it with the so-called "Invention" (for which I suggest the more appropriate title of "Little Toccata") only in order to ...
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Diary entry for 1899-10-01
... the older dramatic technique.) Accordingly, the audience member, faced with the characters in his plays, has to go to precisely the trouble of fathoming out as he does in everyday life; and only excellent judges of human nature ‒ thus again writers ...
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Diary entry for 1908-01-12
... edited by Schenker in blue crayon; final version only given here: in left margin: Art of Performance end In the Philharmonic concert, the Serenade in D major by Brahms. Musicians and the public misjudge the composition. So then, even the sacrifice to the ...
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Diary entry for 1912-11-23
... drastischer, als es bis heute geschehen. November 23. A newspaper article reports the conferment of honors upon the two professors of composition who were so shamefully dismissed from the Academy. The newspaper reporter adds: "The respected professors have ...
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Diary entry for 1914-05-22
... three parts of the autograph manuscripts of Op. 111, two bear compositional corrections: the Bonn autograph of the first movement, and the second movement of the Berlin autograph. The first movement of the Berlin autograph is a fair copy, though there ...
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Diary entry for 1917-01-27
... deceive one of the primitive qualities of the composition. Field postcard to Weisse: I inform him of the death of Mrs. Deutsch, and of the stipend. Letter to Gärtner: I express my expectation that the piano pieces will surely make a good effect in the ...
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Diary entry for 1917-12-12
... Erlaubnis angehen müßte oder auf welche Weise sonst. Payment of one of the annual stipends "for impecunious skilled composers and composition pupils" left in her will by Sofie Deutsch, to be disbursed at Schenker's sole discretion, Vrieslander being one of ...