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Diary entry for 1915-10-07
... , womit wir ihnen eine Repressalie zu verstehen geben. October 7, 1915. As she departs, Mrs. Colbert tells me that her husband often expressed the idea that he would be happy if I were to write a few essays on music for Der Morgen, if only the paper were ...
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Diary entry for 1916-01-12
... business were possible. One can see that dealing with goods and working with one's brain are two different things. At the coffee house, I give Mittelmann my Preliminary Remarks for Der Merker and return his copy of the Swiss music journal.. Frl. König tells ...
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Diary entry for 1916-07-22
... prince, as Captain; also present was Dr. Isak Mosler as Major. Another scene: I am taking part in a meeting of the Society of the Friends of Music in Vienna as a mere auditor. Some member of the Philharmonic Orchestra is recommended by the board of ...
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Diary entry for 1917-01-18
... four or five small volumes from the preliminary work, in order for the experiences made to serve as a basis for negotiations. From Halm: he sends an issue from 1914 with the article "The Hardship of the Art of Music." ...
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Diary entry for 1917-01-19
... . Snowfall. Letter from Vrieslander: he has just read Op. 111; he still raises moderate objections to my appetite for polemics; he includes a musical illustration of the arpeggios from Haydn symphonies. Postcard from Gärtner: his wife is feeling better. From ...
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Diary entry for 1917-02-24
... informing me that they will consult Dr. Türkel; nonetheless, the expression "letter of credit" says everything at the outset. Letter from Miss Caland (later, the book of music arrives): she expresses her joy over my Ornamentation and hopes that what she ...
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Diary entry for 1917-09-02
... festively dressed, music, attractive decorations, and flags – all this presents an attractive picture which would of course have been much more attractive if the crowd could have been larger. A favorable turn of events in the Battle of the Isonzo! Wilson ...
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Diary entry for 1917-12-02
... "esoteric attitude" too; everything else is pure utopia, because, at any rate, in order to reduce faulty hearing one would initially have to start with the musical administrators and authorities. From Sophie (postcard): announces a package with 1½ loaves of ...
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Diary entry for 1917-12-19
... the publisher, or a sheet music seller! Lie-Liechen procures 10 kilos of apples for 24 Kronen. The Minister-President amplifies in his response to Dr. Adler directing the threat to the address of the enemy. – The danger of the Slavs for Germany and ...
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Diary entry for 1918-05-01
... very nice of the professor ..." From Saphir (letter): Dr. Haas, first assistant to Prof. Lorenz, has given vent to his son, who is lying wounded in an army hospital, and expressed his strong passion for music; he now wants to take lessons from me in ...