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Diary entry for 1918-05-09
... music marching through the streets; loathsome impression: tripping over chromatics, hurdy-gurdy counterpoint, in short ruinous down to the last note. At Mrs. Bednař's because of potatoes; the agreement is being changed in that from time to time she will ...
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Diary entry for 1918-06-01
... . June 1, 1918 Cloudless. From Sophie (postcard): will send a home-made loaf and other things. From Dr. Hass (letter): asks for the address of a pupil since he cannot even read music. Fl. with us at the inn and coffee house; tells us he has come because ...
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Diary entry for 1918-07-24
... personality. On the basis of this he was able to enliven and stimulate every social gathering he attended. I myself stood in his debt for years of most happy experiences, for felicitous music-making, for memories of our delightful adventures and ultimately for ...
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Diary entry for 1918-08-30
... have to be thrown on the bonfire because of that, but just recognized for what they are. Criteria of good and bad can be extrapolated from genius, yet music criticism has been remiss on that point on all fronts. Regarding tuition, I explain my system ...
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Diary entry for 1918-11-27
... sich mit Briketts zu begnügen! November 27, 1918 The stove is re-installed. Weisse turns up at 9:45 bringing sheet music from Gilhofer u. Ranschburg's, the expenses of which he has met, as he says, out of savings during the war and from the last ...
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Diary entry for 1919-04-12
... was aware that it had gone sour and the grocer did not want to be involved in this shady business. To the concert office of the Society for the Friends of Music: ask for Figdor's address. Lard that we expected at Lembacher is more and more questionable ...
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Diary entry for 1919-06-18
... cake for my birthday. Brünauer wants to play chamber music again, specifically with Mr. Schiffer: "once every week"! A priceless moment was when he attributed the 100 Kronen that I received from Mrs. Pairamall for the lesson (or rather, the one ...
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Diary entry for 1919-09-27
... really good coffee, then we sit down in Votivpark for a while; when we finally start the final part of our trip, we run into a military funeral; I am happy to hear that the music is so good; at the Marienbergs' we find the old man still in good condition ...
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Diary entry for 1920-07-01
... packen. An Hertzka (K.): die Adresse des Besitzers der Mondschein-Sonate-Skizzen. Abends starkes Gewitter. July 1, 1920 Very hot. Several times in the morning from one apartment to the other with books and music. No telegram from Seefeld. Despite their ...
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Diary entry for 1920-07-23
... ) from 1:30 to 4:30, music examples written in, then removed from the covers, put together and bound! Very heavy thunderstorm with torrential-like rain at around 4:00. Lie-Liechen sees from the street how two chicks are being raised; we go up and learn ...