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Diary entry for 1924-09-27
... Bach arranged for instruments by Schoenberg: the first too short, the second very well suited for instrumental arrangement; a symphonic poem by Salmhofer: an overly long nothing played with the typical vigor of an untalented youth; at the end the Ninth ...
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Diary entry for 1924-09-29
... bound copy of my Ninth Symphony for Dr. Hausenstein. 4:00–7:00 at Dr. Baumgarten's; draft of a letter= WSLB 350: counterproposal, the third issue is shorter by the same amount as the second over-runs two gatherings. As to the issue of two gatherings ...
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Diary entry for 1924-10-21
... , würgt an der dritten Stunde u. kann sie sich doch nicht abringen. 21 Nice. To UE (express registered=OC 52/604): p. 37 of the second page-proofs= OC 52/602 and a letter postcardWSLB 355 ; I scold them for the nonsense of giving me the page-proof in the ...
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Diary entry for 1924-12-09
... knows nothing about a second edition of the Fifth Symphony. ...
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Diary entry for 1925-01-19
... immediately declare that one of the pieces is un-Mozartian, and the second piece also does not seem to stem from him in my opinion. Since I have students here at the moment, I ask Mr. Volk, to leave the score and the cadences here (the printing is commissioned ...
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Diary entry for 1925-02-16
... instruction for the thirty-second-note ornaments in the Adagio. Mrs. Komorn appears a half hour earlier with a camera, saying she had three plates left over from the Finger birthday party and can best use them in this fashion!! Wilhelm does not turn up in the ...
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Diary entry for 1925-03-28
... Rundfunk: humoristische Vorträge von Anton Amon. March 28, 1925 +9°, overcast. For the second time did not heat the apartment. From the Frankfurter Zeitung (letter): they explain the 300,000 Kronen as the price for shipping under wrapper; so it will ...
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Diary entry for 1925-03-30
... between themes is good, but a certain control of the registers is still lacking, which would mask the composer's intentions a little; the point is too clearly stated instead of giving the impression that it came without intention. In the second movement I ...
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Diary entry for 1926-01-05
... of sadness; will send the book by Werker, also a work of his own; informs me of new theoretical writings and includes a programme that includes the premiere of a string quartet by him. On the radio: Prof. Fischer – Wührer, second evening of old ...
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Diary entry for 1926-07-31
... boy is trying to mount a horse, which is resisting his intention and also the rider's intended route; and so the boy has no choice but to lead the horse. The horse finally agrees to be led, and goes with the boy. A second horse, apparently from the ...