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  • Diary entry for 1914-11-27

    ... fully conscious of performing a great service to the German state against Russia, and indeed by setting aside its own advantages, which then of course ultimately, in a roundabout way via a German victory, will again become Austria's own advantages ...

  • Diary entry for 1915-09-30

    ... further plans concerning her children. Vally reminds us (in a postcard) to come this evening. Grotesque dream: I am attending the performance of a piece by Richard Strauss. At the moment in which a violin solo is being played, I become aware, to my ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-05-01

    ... thoroughly fantastical possibilities; and she thus stands as a gigantic obstacle in opposition to all development of the human race which, sooner or later, will be unable to perform the most modest social task if she is unable to bring herself to live in ...

  • Diary entry for 1916-10-23

    ... , but rather must be punished. – If the material of a play or its moral offends religion, the state's constitution or public morals, and is thus basically deficient, then it cannot be accepted for performance. In Intrigue and Love, for instance, one ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-04-08

    ... early peace agreement. France rejects the occupation of the Rhineland; the matter of compensation in the foreground. "The First Performance of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung in Bayreuth" (the King does not wish to attend!). Neues Wiener Tagblatt: "The ...

  • Diary entry for 1925-03-27

    ... anecdotal nature and the performance are apparently too meager to be able to serve as a witness to the supernatural power in Joan. Here an enormous gap opens up between a reproach which remains inaccessible by virtue of the inspired origin of basically every ...

  • Diary entry for 1928-11-17

    ... severely and reminded her that she is coming to a musician whose job consists precisely in determining the unconditional in performance, so that there is no more room for the pupil. Whereupon I put her under duress; and she cooperated – not willingly, but ...

  • Diary entry for 1936-07-20

    ... ’clock. I send my letter to Sereth by airmail. The concert doesn’t begin until shortly before 7:30; it is good beyond expectation, considering that the performing musicians have never before attended a concert or an opera: they approach their task without ...

  • Diary entry for 1899-10-01

    ... Schwarz, monotonstes Schicksalsschwarz. Schenker had previously commented on his singing when reviewing a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Die Zeit for December 21, 1895, pp. 186‒87: "Of the performers, Baroness Eleonore Bach, Miss Edith Walker ...

  • Diary entry for 1912-09-17

    ... honor; whereas that which changes is promoted to the advantage of vanity, which stamps its seal on all of this. + Virtuoso performers, too, arise from – inability! + Among animals there is only might, no cunning; among people, cunning and deceit are the ...

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