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Diary entry for 1931-08-11
... greetings to us from his wife (for the first time!); in desperation (?) I return to the sixth piano variation, see the lessonbook; he takes Hiller-Stifter and Spengler with him, also the pages written by Elias. ...
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Diary entry for 1931-09-22
... ): thanks, and a frank word: more art, less dead historicism; C. P. E. Bach’s Variations in F major (No. 65) are pearls – I recommend that they seize the works of this master. To Miss Kahn (postcard): I expect her on October 7. After lunch, at the eye ...
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Diary entry for 1933-08-10
... OJ 15/16, [93]): written a day after the news of the death of his father; he would recommend translating the article; is composing variations and a string quartet, otherwise "not in need of communication" (!!). From 11:30 to 1 o’clock reading the ...
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Diary entry for 1934-02-19
... , Backhaus plays Brahms’s Paganini Variations (records!). After teatime, errands! Josef Schiel is also among the casualties of the Schutzkorps – the husband of one of our previous housemaids!! From Mrs. Auredniček (letter): asks me for a copy!!, on account of ...
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Diary entry for 1924-08-01
... großen Ausgabe; The Urlinie-Tafeln of the Brahms Variations and Fugue, which are pasted in at the back, are in a format taller and wider than that of the Tonwille booklets, and have to be folded in each direction. die Anzeige der Werke wie im 5. Heft ...
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Diary entry for 1925-11-30
... Bogenbehendigkeit im Scherzo ist gar nicht versucht worden. Im Adagio fiel der Unterschied der letzten Variation am krassesten gegenüber Joachim auf: von den eigentlich melodie-führenden Tönen wurden die eingeschalteten Figuren gar nicht unterschieden! Frau Gutherz ...
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Diary entry for 1926-01-05
... keyboard music. Not one piece can measure up to the variations of Sweelinck and Froberger played on the first evening; strangely, however, Prof. Fischer seems concerned precisely about the effect of the first evening. A variation movement with programmatic ...
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Diary entry for 1926-10-15
... Variations on "Nel cor più non mi sento," which Beethoven also used for a set of variations. In the "Kreutzer" Sonata, much that is conspicuously better than as performed by other violinists; the playing is sufficiently expressive, sometimes the portamento is ...
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Diary entry for 1929-11-04
... foreground graphs to the second movement of the "Eroica". Concert given by Schnabel: Schubert, Sonata in C minor; Mozart, D major with the first movement in 6/8 time, Diabelli Variations – basically, a pianist who does not know the elements that were ...
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Diary entry for 1897-02-07
... ado he jumped into the orchestra .... When long after Schubert's death new manuscripts of his began to be given out, then it was still a matter of coldly: "Only a Trio ..." Only?! D’Albert plays the variations from my Fantasy at sight (Hotel Bristol ...