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Diary entry for 1925-05-10
... -flat-minor Sonata by Chopin; does not possess a set of tools for the artwork where it progresses toward deep necessities. The phrasing is also random, too much pedal. The agility may astonish the listener – but as long as the virtuosic performer does not know how to ...
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Diary entry for 1925-06-14
... Lie-Liechen): desires a clear agreement. 4:00–6:00 in Café Aspang, outside. The sonata statements of account gone through in the evening to show Dr. Baumgarten; a way forward. From Miss Elias (express postcard= OC 52/631): about the purchased Tonwille ...
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Diary entry for 1925-07-08
... finished, now we sit behind it and read. The bathrooms are also finished, we are the first bath guests! Two statements= OC 52/480= OC 52/490 from UE, for Tonwille and Theories, for the "Moonlight" Sonata, together: 7,219,800 Kronen. Telegram to Dr ...
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Diary entry for 1925-10-06
... den Vortrag, der mehr Raum einnimmt als die Musik. October 6, 1925, cloudy. Revisions to the text of the C-minor Fugue. From Mrs. Komorn (letter= OJ 12/17, [8]): she accedes and offers her thanks. 2:30 Cube; he brings the new sonata movement; I arrange ...
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Diary entry for 1925-10-21
... . Waage: 90.1 u. 89.7 = 70 u. 69.6 kg.?? 21, rain. At 3 o’clock from Dr. Baumgarten; ( express postcard letter= OC 52/801; ): Dr. Scheu has informed him by telephone of a one-hour meeting; the financial settlement for the sonatas is imminent. To Dr ...
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Diary entry for 1925-10-23
... picture, stays a further hour with Lie-Liechen. Dr. Brünauer asks me to lend him the 70 shillings!!! The two of us are completely dumbfounded. On the radio: Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, played on the cello, three less well-known lieder, sung by Heim ...
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Diary entry for 1925-12-19
... /538): the matrices and engraved examples for Der Tonwille have arrived! From Dr. Baumgarten; (second letter= OC 52/537): UE seeks a repeat of my agreement to carry out the revisions to the Beethoven sonatas free of charge! To Dr. Baumgarten; (postcard): I ...
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Diary entry for 1926-01-15
... for the piano tuner to come on the 20th. From Dr. Oppel (postcard= OJ 13/10, [35]): promises to send Jöde's book, and gives the date of his essay. After dinner, dictation: "The Sonata from the Act of Improvisation." ...
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Diary entry for 1926-12-26
... his wife. To spare any further unnecessary preliminaries, I went straight to the point, i.e. to the piano, and played through the Sonata in A major by Beethoven with B.. He often looked surprised, but contributed much himself. At 11 o'clock at night ...
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Diary entry for 1926-12-27
... the bench is being made – home at 3:30. Work on the cello sonata by Brahms. From Mrs. Vrieslander (picture postcard): greetings. From Paul (picture postcard): greetings and mention of a forthcoming letter. From Walter, the teacher from Galtür (postcard ...