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Diary entry for 1916-11-29
... in theory starting in the middle of January. In the Neue Freie Presse, a feuilleton by Hans Müller about simplicity – worthy ideas, but strangely derived only from the example of Hellerau, where simplicity is in fact corrupted to its roots. ...
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Diary entry for 1917-03-22
... the state and the businessman, for this would require the state to exercise a much deeper understanding and ruthless correction of business mentality than could be expected now, and probably in centuries to come. The middle classes are augmented by a ...
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Diary entry for 1917-05-09
... to Vally: we ask how she is feeling. The emperor appeals for a subscription, particularly from small savers; for sure, but the middle class of businessman has everywhere long been exhausted. In front of my windows, school children are planting ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-20
... sheer fatigue in the middle of the road, whereupon the concierge from the house nearest the accident takes pity on it and endeavors to revive it by serving it scraps out of the dustbin. – The poor animal actually ate them! Lie-Liechen has met the manager ...
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Diary entry for 1923-10-12
... ]): clearly sees the downfall of culture, as if ripe to be the subject of study in middle schools; asks me to write in detail. From Waldheim (letter= OC 52/362): A. H. is the name of the reviser; in the event of my requiring proofs, I am asked to go through ...
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Diary entry for 1924-08-02
... , find fault with the middle section, in which the bass leads with the fifth-progression E-flat–F–G–A-flat–B-flat. To Vrieslander (postcard): I bring Türtscher's horse-drawn vehicle in Landeck to his attention. Lie-Liechen packs up the addenda to the ...
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Diary entry for 1925-01-23
... brainless people going mad! Music examples for Bach are finished. Radio:"Coriolanus" Overture; "Scottish" Symphony; Handel: Concerto in F major, deprived of the two beautiful middle movements, performed by the Volksoper orchestra. Helge Lindberg and Fischer ...
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Diary entry for 1925-03-20
... Dr. Altmann (letter): I ask for permission to keep the Bach pages until the middle of July; I attribute the delay to my work on the yearbook. After lunch, an appointment made with David the plumber, then a bag bought at Finkler, 160 schillings. We ...
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Diary entry for 1928-02-22
... , with California asparagus with hollandaise sauce in the middle, made a visibly strong impression. The conversation proceeded with difficulty; it moved unavoidably in recollections of common acquaintances or of famous people who were known to all from ...
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Diary entry for 1928-10-16
... Hoboken all sorts of things I collected for him and broach the question of Oppel. From Dr. Oppel (letter): he can come in the middle of November. To Klara (Lie-Liechen writes an eight-page letter): with this, our transmission is now complete. A quarter ...