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Searched for tones in Diaries (204 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1917-01-29

    ... misunderstandings: the one regarding youth, as if every youth were automatically a genius-imbued complete entity; the other regarding quarter tones, about which I note that even our chromatic system presupposes the strongest feeling for diatonicism, and that a ...

  • Diary entry for 1917-05-12

    ... 12. 10°, wolkenlos. Um ¾h ertönt der Vogelchor – eine wundersame Morgenandacht; die Töne der Amsel gleichsam Pedaltöne, – welche Akustik des Aethers! An Vrieslander (Br.): sende den Brüßler Brief retour u. drücke meinen Wunsch nach ungedruckten ...

  • 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 1920-04-28

    ... that Furtwängler still appears not at all to have understood the secret that a longer crescendo is not created by really increasing the power from tone to tone, but rather by converting to increasing speed connected with emphasis on the target. In the ...

  • Diary entry for 1923-12-25

    ... letztem Beethoven-Heft eine höchst ungeschickte Entlehnung meiner Urlinie-Töne, ohne irgend einen Zusatz der Erläuterung für den Leser, wofür der sehr schmale Hinweis auf den Tonwillen am Ende des Heftes nicht den geringsten Ersatz bietet. An Roth (Br ...

  • Diary entry for 1923-12-27

    ... später; erzählt von Herrn Töning, der sich zu irgend etwas bereit erklärt. Da der Tonwille weniger dringlich geworden, empfiehlt Fl. eine Reise nach Hamburg, bei der ich unter dem Titel eines Vortrags 500 Dollar erhalten könnte. Allerdings ist das ...

  • Diary entry for 1931-02-24

    ... in die Buffonerie. Wo italienische große Sänger die Zungenfertigkeit hervorkehren, gibt Sch. noch außerdem das in dieser Arie erforderliche Lallen u. Stottern bis zur Tonlosigkeit, ohne daß die Töne wirklich fehlen. Ich sah förmlich seinen Unterkiefer ...

  • Diary entry for 1906-11-13

    ... seldom captured. There is also something shallow about the tone quality (deriving from the shallow style of playing), and hence only little that is liberating about the technique itself, too. (Indistinct.) Beethoven, C minor Sonata, Op. 111 often ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-12-30

    ... the masters fail to reach the world in tones, it is still necessary for there to be tongues in words, to make them comprehensible to the world! – I would gladly take the opportunity to show Vrieslander the value of an elucidatory edition in its true ...

  • Diary entry for 1918-03-25

    ... pedal tone for the Last Judgment! The Wolff bureau calls the recent defeat of the English the greatest in their history – England admits the defeat, but is sulking something about a counter-attack. The city council of Paris is holding its sessions in the ...

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