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Searched for counterpoint in Diaries (172 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1911-06-01

    ... unhealthy state of form and counterpoint, cacophony, and the like, in the works of several composers (Strauss, Reger, Debussy, etc.). This will be followed, alongside proposals for reform, by a critique of the deficiencies of present-day teaching methods ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-10-24

    ... within a year; and he could not let go of this idea, in spite of my having pointed to eleven pupils, Op. 110, and the second volume of Counterpoint, etc.! So little idea has a long-standing pupil of mine understood of all that must go into such works! ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-04-06

    ... Jahren ausgesetzt ist, zumal seit dem Jahre 1910 jährlich große Werke ediert wurden, 1910 marked the start of a particularly productive period, with the publication of the first volume of Counterpoint (1910), a critical edition with commentary of Bach ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-02-26

    ... world in motion. From the Bankverein: 27 marks demanded. Lie-Liechen makes her preparations for relocation; she is already packing. Counterpoint 2 in ever clearer shape; essentially ready to put into the form of a written text. Letter from Sophie ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-03-21

    ... regarding the 250 marks. To Rothberger's, in order to hasten the alterations to the suit. To the Archive, where I return the original edition of the score of the Eroica. Counterpoint 2 begun in earnest. In my dream, I hear Lie-Liechen improvising in a ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-05-08

    ... like! 50 Kronen won in the lottery. Four-voice counterpoint completed. Towards 6:30, a fierce storm: thunder, lightning, and frightfully heavy rain, with a sudden drop in temperature. I am even compelled to let Mrs. Kaposy stay on after her lesson ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-08-27

    ... success of the cure; Mama in good health, apart from various whims; she asks how expensive it is for us to live here. A greeting from Lieutenant Bednař appended. PostcardOJ 8/3, [10] to Floriz: Counterpoint 2 finished! Lads from the village who are in ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-12-29

    ... as its starting point that voice leading and harmony should be taught in such a way that they show how art and theory basically represent a unified, indivisible concept. Further, I tell him that in Counterpoint 2 I adduce the evidence for only a few ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-04-14

    ... . Postcard from Bruno Schrader: he has sent me two issues of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik and asks for further information about my Theory of Harmony and Counterpoint; he would have gladly written more if only had more space allotted for it. From the ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-07-08

    ... secret intention of a warning) about the recent review in Der Kunstwart to spare Halm making a similar error, possibly even at the last moment. Postcard to Cotta: I request that they send Halm review copies of Theory of Harmony and Counterpoint 1 ...

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