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Diary entry for 1915-05-16
... atmosphere shows a mixture of warmth and coolness, with movement and rest most beautifully balanced. We stay outdoors longer than usual and enjoy the beauty of the day even after returning to Vienna, by remaining outdoors for a while at the coffee house. The ...
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Diary entry for 1915-06-18
... written a third and final movement to Op 111 if he had the time to do so, and if other projects, including the Ninth Symphony, had not gotten in the way. Italien will nicht mehr blos Hotel für ausländische Hochzeitsreisende sein u. immer wieder drückt sich ...
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Diary entry for 1915-08-11
... , an event that all mountains, castles, ruins, and houses seem to accompany with pronounced sympathy. And to say nothing of the beauty of all the individual small houses that nestle in it so wondrously! Of course the village embraces the full movement ...
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Diary entry for 1915-10-25
... remarks on the second movement completed. Lie-Liechen decides that new bedding is necessary and makes many shopping trips: Hilbert, Waldau, and a seamstress. On this occasion it happens that I oddly get the first company confused with the second, something ...
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Diary entry for 1916-06-13
... auf dem Umweg über Hertzka vom Erscheinen des op. 111 hat erfahren müssen! June 13, 1916. Cloudy, cool, with almost storm-force wind. Letter from Miss König with thanks and good wishes for the summer. The troop movements continue eastwards. We prefer ...
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Diary entry for 1920-12-23
... with reasoning. To Geier (letter): invite him for Wednesday. One-and-a-half kilograms of coffee from Klein: 360 Kronen. From UE: Op. 101 and "Preliminary Remark" and first movement. ...
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Diary entry for 1921-09-12
... copies; the last movement of the "Fifth Symphony" is in production; notifies me of a review of Tonwille. My nephew Hans appears. Hupka 11:00–1:00: is already coming to his first lesson on Thursday. The travelling basket is exchanged for utensils for the ...
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Diary entry for 1922-11-08
... Preludes 1, 2, and 3. Revised Mozart Sonata, first movement. From Hans Guttmann (letter, six pages!): impressions from the trip; the money is to be sent through Goldschmidt; asks questions about Urlinie and asks for the second issue. To Sophie (letter ...
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Diary entry for 1923-03-01
... case is hopeless. The performance of Beethoven Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat major is very flawed, incomprehensible, opaque, especially the variations, lacking poetry in the final movement; even the heavenly coda, to which specifically these musicians could ...
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Diary entry for 1923-08-28
... . Looked over Beethoven polish of the Transition until midday. It clears up at midday, nice. With a slipper to the cobbler. 4:30–5:30 toward Wirl in the sun. Dictation of the polished version of Beethoven and score errors in the third movement. From Miss ...