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Diary entry for 1917-12-16
... he is investigating the constitution of my thinking, whereupon I explain that this difficult technique is best subsumed in a spontaneous richness of thought, and that whosoever does not virtually breathe music is expending all his efforts in vain ...
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Diary entry for 1918-02-21
... the service, too, have been rising. Futile excursion to the sheet music antiquarian (closed until three o'clock ). Dust in the streets and whirling sand like a desert. To Wilhelm (letter): thanks for the twine – I recommend Busch as against gout and ...
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Diary entry for 1918-04-26
... ersparen, ersuche sie aber ausdrücklich, von derlei überhaupt abzusehen. Kemmelberg genommen! Abends Spaziergang am Ufer, ¾9–½10h. 26 8°, mild and nice. Miss Kaff tells that the Director of the Music Society of Brno heard about the ban of one of my works in ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-25
... finds everything in due order. From Hans Spiegler (letter): inquiring about a history of music written from an esthetic viewpoint und about a modern manual of conducting. To Mrs. Kaposi (letter): refusing her request yet again, giving as a main reason my ...
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Diary entry for 1918-07-31
... that in his opinion there are musical connections between the first movement and the Arietta of this sonata, which had not been mentioned by Schenker. Attentat auf Generalfeldmarschall Eichhorn. Bei Medek gibt Lie-Liechen nun zum zweitenmal eine ...
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Diary entry for 1918-11-25
... servants whose demeanor has remained the same! He brings up for discussion almost all(!) the questions about music that have remained unsolved for him: the beginning of the F minor Fantasia, about gavottes, and so forth. Tells us about a lesson given by ...
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Diary entry for 1918-12-12
... Samstag nach dem Abendessen ein, der junge Gärtner Presumably Eduard and Poldi Gärtner's youngest son. verspricht Spiritus u. Café. 12 Clearer skies for the first time in a long while. From music director Seidmann, in Braunschweig (postcard): former ...
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Diary entry for 1918-12-26
... (postcard): congratulations for the New Year. From Miss Freund (letter): congratulations; will deliver music. Lie-Liechen at my apartment, brings supplies into the library. ...
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Diary entry for 1919-10-12
... movements; Mozart's G-minor Symphony: much more boldly performed than one hears from Weingartner or Strauss; Smetana's Moldau: movie-theater character of the program music in general. Dictation in the evening. ...
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Diary entry for 1919-10-25
... music journal, and I find a quotation in it from Wächter's article in Der Merker – it is clear to me that Dr. Graf seized the opportunity presented by the article to get my name into the first issue. ...