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  • Diary entry for 1930-03-29

    ... – Teilübertragung aus dem Konzertsaal. 29, partly cloudy, 6°. To Dr. Baumgarten (letter): thanks for the communication; I too was not present at the concert, and I explain the background. I set down my judgement about the piece, and also add Furtwängler's remark ...

  • Diary entry for 1931-07-28

    ... with something to combat flatulence. From Konegen, the cookbook that was ordered. After teatime, a short walk down the valley; wind and rain quickly drive us home. The bands are used for the Foreword to Free Composition, Background, Middleground, first ...

  • Diary entry for 1932-10-17

    ... outstanding material for the figures for "Background" in Free Composition taken care of. I write a letter to Hoboken concerning the publication, even of a fragmentOJ 89/5, [8]. Furtwängler broadcast – very bad reception. Games of solitaire. ...

  • Diary entry for 1936-05-19

    ... again in sight! Red rock, sparsely vegetated, provides a striking background for the natives’ miserable shanties; they radiate in all colors. I go ashore with Dr. and Mrs. Gellhorn, but we don’t get very far on account of the tremendous heat. Stench and ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-05-13

    ... mit den Ersten mitzukommen! May, 13, 1919. Psychological background to the compulsory peace: the Anglo-Saxon likes to grab at someone's throat, to put his foot on his neck, and above all to gain respect. Justice is a secondary matter; fear of power is ...

  • Diary entry for 1926-02-04

    ... four background and middleground layers. Rf.: Koloratur-Arien; wir hören nicht gut, brechen daher ab. 4, +7°. From Paul: Viktor's letter, copied by Anna, Paul himself writes, too. Viktor's letter is thoroughly warm, one can understand his repeated ...

  • Diary entry for 1926-10-16

    ... themselves are hated. In general he is lacking in knowledge of the historical background; he does not understand the difficult position of the Germans in the world, and does the same injustice to these eternally threatened and betrayed people as do other ...

  • Diary entry for 1929-07-17

    ... after his breakdown have great force, verily on account of the pain that continues to resonate in them. Even Der Schwierige cannot be praised too highly: precisely when set against the background of the time, it represents one of the best German comedies ...

  • Diary entry for 1929-10-30

    ... fugue begun"; Oct 31: "Beginning of the correction of the graph of the middle section of the fugue"; Nov 21: "Correction of the first layer of the Handel fugue completed"; Dec 5: "Background graph of the Handel fugue drawn up." Nach der Jause in der ...

  • Diary entry for 1931-01-19

    ... the background and the foreground. If I have freed the literature on music from the hermeneutists, then at some point I shall certainly get the credit for freeing it from the bad textbooks on the theory of form. Brünauer surprises me with a very good ...

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