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Diary entry for 1915-03-31
... clear dependence on my theories, whereby this must be awarded so much greater credit to the author, since his vanity – all the more as he is promising "a contribution to a new theory of form" – could have easily led him along the path of betrayal ...
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Diary entry for 1915-05-16
... Neue freie Presse publishes a feuilleton by Hofmannsthal about Grillparzer's political testament, in which a wealth of thoughts are presented without being guided in the same direction towards the same goal, also without being rounded in content or form ...
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Diary entry for 1915-06-18
... 18. VI. 15 Karte von Breisach, worin er mitteilte, daß er einer zweiten Superarbitrierung entgegengehe. – Brief an Vater Breisach für den Sohn, worin ich für die Nachricht danke. Eigens wähle ich diese Form, um dem Vater jeglichen Mißbrauch von ...
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Diary entry for 1916-09-25
... place. The two Bednař brothers appear at the coffee house. It is difficult to form an opinion on the basis of statements that are themselves nothing less than opinions. At any rate it was interesting to hear that, in the army, one speaks of an influence ...
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Diary entry for 1918-03-15
... außerdem sein Bedauern über Frankreich aus, dessen verletzte Eitelkeit die Strafe unausbleiblich nach sich zieht. Weisse (¾10h) bringt Halms Aufsatz August Halm, Heinrich Schenker, Die Freie Schulgemeinde 8 (1917-18), pp. 11–16; reprinted in Von Form und ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-18
... the bread shortage the Arbeiter-Zeitung finds fitting words; the Neue Freie Presse suddenly calls for the citizens' "sense of community," without a doubt a very low form of conviction. The servant brings me the memento meant for me from the estate of ...
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Diary entry for 1918-10-16
... Betrug. Ein 50 Kronen-Gewinn – wenn ich nicht irre. 16 From Dr. Gurlitt (postcard, by way of UE): thanks me for the Ninth Symphony and asks about my Theory of Form and the Art of Performance,, because he is in the midst of writing a music history based on ...
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Diary entry for 1919-09-19
... come on Monday and Thursday 5:30–6:30. Lie-Liechen to the Jewish Religious Community: picks up next directive. To the post office with postal payment forms for three insurance policies. To the tobacconist's shop on the RennwegRennweg, where I receive my ...
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Diary entry for 1920-08-27
... adopted. Out for a walk toward Scharnitz; and Reith before dinner. The Director, whom we run into on the street, asks to be permitted to sit at our table in the evening; the conversation with him focuses mainly on publishing issues, but also on forms of ...
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Diary entry for 1921-12-19
... to his friend Schenker. Hupka depicted a delectable theory lesson with Busoni. To Hammer (letter): about fundamental differences between painting and music, as a result of which the Urlinie evidently is means something different in both art forms. ...