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Searched for scale in Diaries (138 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1911-05-30

    ... large scale that it springs of its own accord before their dull eyes! Whereas the destruction in small and everyday matters that insignificant men perpetrate ‒ these things do not in the slightest register in their minds. The little hotheads exude virtue ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-11-08

    ... enticement with which, then, the relaxing of tension can certainly no longer be avoided. Further, the attendance of the performance on a massive scale is striking; one sees that all talk of a financial crisis here will come to naught, and one understands that ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-09-10

    ... . Salten writes in the Neue freie Presse that, finally, "the scales have fallen from his eyes," and realizes that the Germans behaved very stupidly when they "served" only foreigners. From his article it can be understood that Salten, unfortunately, still ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-01-17

    ... , explaining that I find the arrangement worse, if anything. I use the scale: 1000 Kronen, 1200 Kronen; 2400 = 1200 Kronen as of the year 1913; then I write: "Far be it from me to suspect you of adopting a petty publisher's stand; on the contrary, I am ...

  • Diary entry for 1918-02-28

    ... without a ration coupon! In the afternoon Brünauer's 5 kilos of candy arrive – the scales show they are short by 32 decagrams, 10, 10 and 12, a swindle that I attribute to Brünauer himself. "Strenger Satz" completed in its entirety!! From Hans Weisse ...

  • Diary entry for 1918-03-31

    ... , whose luscious dark tones and deep conviction and fervency are so engaging to us human beings. Dictation of the scale-step begun anew! ...

  • Diary entry for 1918-04-22

    ... composed out scale degrees he calls quasi "momentary modulations", dismisses Riemann as well as the other harmony methods with far too much arrogant fabrication: "it is inconceivable that.." We try to eat a noonday meal at the restaurant that lies across ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-09-11

    ... father is clearly ambitious and displays this ambition proudly and with satisfaction by educating his children; out of politeness he has cardboard cartons made for our luggage. Scales: 90 kg u. 67.50 kilograms. After arriving home, we bring the condensed ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-10-06

    ... darüber, was auf die Forderung nach 113 Systemen zu antworten sei. Reference is to the 113 seven-tone scales within the octave C–C, using permutations of all the possible positions of each tone, posited by Busoni in his Entwurf. Um ½7h in einem Wagen zu ...

  • Diary entry for 1923-08-16

    ... . To the Tax Authority 25,000 Kronen. Four pouches of tobacco: 32,000 Kronen. Back to work. Scales after lunch: a little over 90 kilograms in heavier clothing, but without a vest. The finishing touches to the analysis of the second movement completed ...

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