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Diary entry for 1928-05-03
... judgement. I could not hear enough of the impact of the arias; verily, they are motivated from within. The singers needed to add only little to liberate the expression from these genius-imbued compositions. The production was splendid, even if self ...
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Diary entry for 1928-08-27
... the peaches. From Oppel (postcard= OJ 13/10, [65]): the parts of a composition will be sent to Vienna. From Oskar, telegram: for the Hotel Traube one must make a reservation. We retire promptly. ...
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Diary entry for 1928-11-19
... , and by the standards of today's performers, beautiful. "Death and the Maiden" played by the Weißgärber Quartet; it had too little refinement. At 4 o'clock, the bells from the Lichtenthal Church; the church organist offered a composition that, in terms ...
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Diary entry for 1929-06-07
... invites us for an evening, with Gelber and Mrs. Komorn. To Martin (letter): six pages, with a critique of his composition. To Haus und Garten, for the three chairs (336 shillings). Albersheim is staying in Vienna, on account of his contact with me! I ...
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Diary entry for 1929-08-09
... objections are unknown to me – here, a phrase stolen from Lie-Liechen – otherwise I would have made my edition better from the outset! To Weisse (letter and two enclosures concerning Remarque): the compositions interest me; I now speak plainly that I wished ...
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Diary entry for 1930-01-22
... Nagel in April; also an article about his compositions in Der Kunstwart; Deutsch is negotiating with Strache. From UE: statement of account= OC 52/903 for Harmony and the second volume of Counterpoint: 78.25 shillings. To Halberstam (letter): we renew ...
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Diary entry for 1930-02-23
... -contained pictures even to the individual sections, all these little pictures are nonetheless bound to each other by the compositional style in such a way that no picture stands out particularly compared to the others. With Beethoven, on the other hand, all ...
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Diary entry for 1930-06-08
... -like weather. To Deutsch (letter): Furtwängler's letter; I will still approach Drei Masken. To Gerstberger (postcard): I confirm the receipt of the compositions, will return to them. To Lyttle (letter): I thank him for his messages; a visit would be welcome. To ...
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Diary entry for 1930-08-23
... was followed by the Octet as a compositional confirmation, and thus the realization of the practical significance has made Furtwängler an adherent of the theory. ...
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Diary entry for 1930-10-17
... auch den Aufsatz von Schönberg in der Tonkünstler Ztg. noch einmal sehen; Arnold Schoenberg, Zur Frage des modernen Kompositionsunterrichtes, Deutsche Tonkünstler-Zeitung, November 5, 1929; Eng. trans. On the Question of Modern Composition Teaching ...