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Diary entry for 1918-03-16
... 's tuition off with counterpoint. From her pronouncement, as well as from that of Miss Kahn, I surmise that they have a yearning to pass on some what they have learned, even if only because they do not wish to remain idle, or because they feel a genuine need ...
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Diary entry for 1918-05-09
... music marching through the streets; loathsome impression: tripping over chromatics, hurdy-gurdy counterpoint, in short ruinous down to the last note. At Mrs. Bednař's because of potatoes; the agreement is being changed in that from time to time she will ...
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Diary entry for 1919-03-27
... in Abbazzia over the summer, but was only able to start learning counterpoint ; is taking piano lessons from Mrs. Brée and also wants to go abroad next year . . This is the comment that made me suspicious and I began to shake him off; I asked him to ...
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Diary entry for 1919-04-10
... taught for the first time, as well as for the special physical effort that the lecture requires; if it were simply counterpoint, I would also be satisfied with the regular professorial fee, but in this situation it would be unfair to accept a fee that I ...
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Diary entry for 1921-11-14
... this Dutchman. Immediately I report this back to Vrieslander by postcard. From UE further galley proofs for the Counterpoint. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-06-21
... (postcard) with two articles, of which one appeared in Grüninger's periodical, announcing a reworking of my Counterpoint for teaching purposes, the second, an offprint, concerning the differences between Bach and Handel. From the publisher (letter= OC 54 ...
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Diary entry for 1926-12-06
... publishing house Grüninger (letter): they ask me for a recommendation of Roth's work; they include the first volume by Roth. From Roth (letter): the term "one-voice counterpoint" he has deleted; but he has kept the word "linear," using it interchangeably with ...
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Diary entry for 1927-02-26
... postcard, will arrange for the photograph and send me a copy. From Dunn (letter= OJ 10/13, [5]): he thanks me for the picture; he will continue the translation ("Bridges to Free Counterpoint"), especially as he has been asked by his pupils to do so. A walk ...
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Diary entry for 1927-12-05
... dem angestrengten „Dienst“ am Sonntag abgespannt fühle; beginne mit c. f. Cantus firmus, i.e. exercises in species counterpoint. u. auch mit der Betrachtung des 1. Ged. der Cello-Sonate Adur. 5. +2° fog. From Dahms (postcard= OJ 10/1, [102]): the ...
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Diary entry for 1929-05-19
... Hoboken and Elias on the 21st, and to Albersheim on the 24th, he reverts to his usual diatribe against Italian (and French) opera for its lack of counterpoint: not even Toscanini's consummate interpretation can conceal Donizetti's fundamental shortcomings ...