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Diary entry for 1924-12-17
... includes music examples Figs 5 and 6 (p. 50), and the eleven-layer graph Fig. IV in the appendix at the back. große Fortschritte in der Darstellung! An Schuberts Fmoll 3/8 allegro scherzando Schubert, Quatre Impromptus, No. 4 Allegro scherzando: there is no ...
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Diary entry for 1926-01-13
... , Bogenführung schwerfällig. 13, –11°, not as bright as yesterday. Work on Mozart. Before teatime, at Mozio's: 60 Dollars; the trip home made on foot. The temperature rises to – 8°. Radio: Dr. Orel on "variations in music"; – poorly thought-out lecture, with ill ...
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Diary entry for 1927-10-09
... musical strength: all this speaks in his favour as a human being and artist. I am not stinting in my praise; indeed I go so far as to describe these songs as the best since the death of Wolf. Almost every one of the pieces has its own voice, and successful ...
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Diary entry for 1929-08-05
... get very wet! Afternoon snack at home, then at the piano. I play for Oppel: a polonaise by Chopin, Schubert's German Dances. Oppel plays intermezzos by Brahms – without any sense of pianistic style, even without an understanding of the music – puzzling ...
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Diary entry for 1929-11-11
... “ – meist im Zeitmaß zu schleppend. Von der Uebertragung aus dem Opernhaus der Festvorstellung der Concordia hören wir nur die Sakuntala-Ouvertüre, An evening of music and theater celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Concordia, a guild of ...
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Diary entry for 1929-12-14
... intentions – sung and danced in a folk-like manner, so to speak, in honor of the people. The sharpest opponents and critics of the people are incapable of bringing to bear so much evidence contradicting the apparent musical capability of those who sing their ...
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Diary entry for 1930-02-22
... serious mistake of letting the music proceed at almost the same tempo as that of speech. To Kromer (postcard): I would like to have my music examples and Urlinie pages photographed. After teatime, in the city; I buy the February issue of Die Musik ...
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Diary entry for 1930-02-23
... be usefully understood as the reverse image of Beethoven's Missa. With Palestrina, the dogmatic faith, which does not not so much analyse or examine profession of faith but rather takes it as self-evident. If Palestrina dedicates short, musically self ...
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Diary entry for 1930-06-08
... gatherings. To Rinn (letter): thanks; music of genius must remain the goal of German music; this would be worthwhile also as a political asset. To Wilhelm (letter= OJ 5/38, [64]): concerning weight loss and increased sugar levels; I complain about Mozio. To ...
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Diary entry for 1930-07-05
... Lareintal). music in Schenker’s hand, written on two staves of printed staffpaper pasted in: bravo Heinrich Komp. am 2. 7. 30 in Galtür Hans kommt allem nach. Um 9h Wetterleuchten, nachts Gewitter; es weckt mich, dann schlafe ich gleich wieder ein. 5 ...