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Diary entry for 1927-01-31
... is taking a holiday, pays his fees for February. Entries for the symphony begun. 4:15 to 5:15, a walk and shopping. To the tax authorities (postcard): reply. To Cube (postcard= OJ 5/7a, [8]): greetings; do not omit the linear progressionss, however ...
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Diary entry for 1927-12-03
... hübsch, aber auch mit allem Notenlesen ist es so etwas wie eine Legende! That is, the "saga" of the revised Philharmonia edition of the Symphony in B minor; Schenker is drawing a parallel between the elaborate texts of some of Schubert's longer vocal ...
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Diary entry for 1928-05-28
... excellent. At 9:30 radio broadcast from Prague: a feeble piece by Dvořák, the Symphony in G major, made listening difficult. The technique in this piece has nothing to do with the symphonic, everything gravitates towards lyrical passages and moments that are ...
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Diary entry for 1928-06-03
... possible that Vienna has a future to look forward to. Even more irritating was Schalk's performance of Schubert's Symphony in C major beforehand! This is how grammar-school pupils play in a school concert! After teatime, cactus exhibition in the Esterhazy ...
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Diary entry for 1928-11-02
... beginning of Schubert's Symphony in B minor. ...
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Diary entry for 1928-11-05
... . Meinungen treten gegeneinander auf, die nicht auf der selben Ebene liegen. November 5, 1928, partly cloudy. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, I collect tickets for Hoesslin's concert. Albersheim attempts to make hasty progress on the symphony – not out of craving ...
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Diary entry for 1928-11-10
... .49 shillings. To Berrsche (letter): hearty congratulations (answer in my Schubert folder, Symphony in B minor); I point out that the introductory bars represent the motivic seed, and demonstrate the harvest with examples. At any rate, this sort of motivic ...
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Diary entry for 1928-11-30
... Beethoven's Sixth Symphony. Radio: Madrigal Association under Gál – unsatisfactory reception, but also unsatisfactory accomplishment of the choir, especially the conductor. Mr. Gál's dilettantish humor was especially unbearable. ...
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Diary entry for 1929-04-05
... macht doch nichts für mich!“ Cf. Lessonbook 1928/29 (Hoboken), pp. 33‒34: "About the Furtwängler concert: Haydn Symphony No. 10 in D major, four-handed. Regarding Vrieslander: "I would be ill if I were to have to pay the annuity in advance" (!!) "On the ...
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Diary entry for 1929-05-06
... magnolias are in bloom! Notes on the finale of Mozart's E major Symphony. In the evening, a variety of entries. From Oppel (letter): he thanks me for my letter, will most certainly not let himself be diverted from his course by listeners. From Deutsch ...