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Diary entry for 1925-12-07
... wird. This may refer to a projected musical edition, and Schenker is interested in it for purposes of comparison, as he feels undervalued by UE with regard to his Beethoven piano sonata edition. Schnabel did not begin work on his own edition of the ...
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Diary entry for 1925-12-26
... Kursalon at Hübner's, find that it is closed, go to the Rathauskeller, eat very well there. We encounter driving snow, having left the Rathaus! To Sophie (picture postcard): greetings, Hans adds something. To Oppel (letter): thanks for sending the music ...
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Diary entry for 1926-01-15
... . nennt das Datum seiner Abhandlung. A leading figure in music pedagogy, Fritz Jöde wrote a series of books in this field in the 1920s, of which Musikschulen für Jugend und Volk (1924) best fits the time-frame of the diary entry; his best known work ...
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Diary entry for 1926-02-12
... -Liechen auf Einkaufswegen. 12, +5°. Third and fourth gatherings of page-proofs arrive. To the publisher (express letter): music examples subdivided with a), b), c) should not be divided up. To Vrieslander (express registered letter): the notes on the Rondo in ...
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Diary entry for 1926-04-05
... naivety! The fig-leaves of phrases and the over-inflated language are supposed to be indicative of intellect; a truly repulsive mixture of cretinism and pompousness. Not a single sentence that bears witness to a halfway musical ear. After teatime, in ...
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Diary entry for 1926-04-06
... learn that Mrs. Komorn has been telling musical horror stories in my name! Cancellation by Mrs. Rubinraut, sent by telegram. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-07-17
... . Mondnacht: also the title of a poem by Eichendorff, set to music by numerous 19th-century composers (including Schumann and Brahms). 17, blue sky; Up at 6:15! From 8:45 to 12: Zeinisjoch as far as the border; very hot, no wind at all; Lie-Liechen picks ...
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Diary entry for 1926-10-30
... -Liechen prepared a lovely meal; we enjoy ourselves. A bit of music making which, however, strains me because I feel that – apart from Mozio – the listeners do not adequately understand the performance. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-11-09
... sounds a and e, and the purely musical: everything shows a perfection that I did not perceive in the artist many years ago at the Volksoper. Instead of singing on the radio, Batistini should be immortalized on record. . A walk as far as the ...
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Diary entry for 1926-12-26
... ; this seemed to be a very convenient solution, and I accept the invitation. From 5 until 8 at Prof. Buxbaum; Mrs. B. expresses the wish that I play a bit of music with her husband; it is strange enough that B. should be amenable to such a suggestion from ...