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Searched for music in Diaries (1112 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1916-05-31

    ... . Rothberger and drive in an automobile with him to Grinzing. Between visits to vineyards, music and our attitudes towards music was talked about for the first time. It also did not escape me that there was a certain irritation at the outset, as the two people ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-06-12

    ... , his family, etc. And if we are to speak about art, all the women of France and Italy with their physical charms surely do not measure up to the grace of a musical work by Bach or Beethoven. I am ever regretful that I have no opportunity at the present ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-08-20

    ... , that he can still devote himself further to music. I report that Counterpoint 2, in spite of a great deal of work that awaits me, is finished; and I define the absolute value of the work! Letter to Vrieslander: words of encouragement, and suggestive ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-12-04

    ... study of the Ninth Symphony to promote the Christmas sales of writings on music which, in his opinion, belong in the same category. It makes a really ludicrous impression to see how the comprehensive report, although it goes under my name, dedicates only ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-02-22

    ... decided for the German nation, only because there was an inner need in me to connect myself as intimately as possible with the German masters of music. But I would never abandon my religion, or the German nation, merely for a monetary advantage.) Certain ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-03-08

    ... Weisse from 4:30 to 5:30; he says little, so I speak all the more about the most recent events, the testament, the stipend, etc. He fears that he has forgotten the entire discipline of music; I offer him reassurance about this. Already at the door, he ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-04-12

    ... any event. LetterWSLB 285 to Hertzka): I still insist on paying for the two copies for Türkel, I just need the price with the retailer's percentage deducted. For the retailers, I say, bear the blame for the fact that a passionate friend of music such ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-04-13

    ... , who happily feels and regards himself as an amateur of music. Letter from Mrs. Pairamall: she cancels but encloses the lesson fee for the month that has gone by in an envelope. Postcard from Breisach: he asks if he could speak to me sometime in the ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-05-10

    ... blasphemous Englishman – but only he has practiced this for his entire life. An explanation of the criminal (musical analogies): nature knows only dissonances, but not also, for example, a dissonant passing note, because it cannot distinguish between the off ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-06-28

    ... Wiener Journal ordered for a three-month period. Postcard to Dr. Platz, Gießen: thanks for sending the music. Letter to Sophie: thanks for birthday wishes, I enclose Wilhelm's letter, which I try somehow to explain to her in simple terms; Lie ...

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