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Diary entry for 1906-08-15
... other. √ Rehearsal: Mottl conducts the D major Symphony with introduction (relentlessly philistine). The bustle in the development section of the symphony almost overpowering! Value of contrapuntal technique (cf. by contrast Berlioz. Symphonie ...
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Diary entry for 1916-06-05
... from now on to the idea of arbitration court treaties. But this idiot forgets that such a a possibility was created only as a result of the war, so that Germany could negotiate very smartly before the war by avoiding the overwhelming majority vote of ...
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Diary entry for 1908-01-12
... edited by Schenker in blue crayon; final version only given here: in left margin: Art of Performance end In the Philharmonic concert, the Serenade in D major by Brahms. Musicians and the public misjudge the composition. So then, even the sacrifice to the ...
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Diary entry for 1914-02-27
... – assuming that circumstances are favorable – to gain advantages in Austria by virtue of being a Dalmatian Croat. – Such forms of leverage play a major role in a state in which achievements have never played a role! ...
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Diary entry for 1914-04-17
... of major attention. The strangest thing was, admittedly, the dentist's explanation that, for people who work on intellectual matters, the energy of work is transferred at night into a cramp in the jaw, which forces the teeth from their normal position ...
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Diary entry for 1915-12-08
... Busch: In this concert, given by the Orchestra of the Vienna Concert Society at the Konzerthaus, Adolf Busch was the soloist in Bach's Violin Concerto in E major (BWV 1042), Beethoven's two romances (Op. 40 and Op. 50) and Brahms's Violin Concerto ...
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Diary entry for 1918-04-24
... Buchteln is the region of Bohemia, but they play a major part in the Austrian cuisine too. Zu Tisch über 20 Kronen gezahlt; 4 Kronen für Blinde außerdem. Mittelmann bringt condensirte Milch: 13 Kronen. In Ludendorff Bericht heißt es: Nach englischem Bericht ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-01
... , he would be prepared "to contract" this amount from his estate to be able to donate to me a contribution for the works in honor of my birthday. I immediately refused this morsel with the indication that Miss Elias has already covered the next major ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-09
... auction catalogue of an auction at Dr. Schwarz's; asks me to look at the sketches to Beethoven's Piano Concerto in E-flat major, first movement, since which she would like to buy them. To Dr. Schwarz to look at the sketches: unquestionably authentic and in ...
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Diary entry for 1919-12-19
... 19. XII. 19 Schnee ist liegen geblieben. Von Floriz (Br.): Fragen aus op. 101, Beethoven, Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 101 . die kürzlich besprochen wurden, noch einmal aufgenommen. An Koch Telegramm (10.04 Kronen!): erbitte Skizzenbuch aus 1815 u ...