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Diary entry for 1916-04-10
... appropriate response. His tone of voice reminds me of the specific jargon of the heavy-goods vehicle drivers in Vienna. One arrives at such surrogates only when one is incapable of true objectivity. Letter to Mrs. Pairamall (sent via Kübler): I suggest that ...
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Diary entry for 1916-04-20
... portrays the hatred of Germans in America, as it find expression in the press. The cause of all this evil is ignorance, as a constant companion to the business profession. Kipling put it thus: "All Germans must be exterminated." And in this tone of voice ...
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Diary entry for 1919-01-22
... to the great difficulties and strain he faces when composing; trusts me; A accepts payment in advance but requests that his not exactly copious monetary situation be considered in setting the fee. Brünauer voices opinions that are the same as he held ...
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Diary entry for 1920-12-17
... corrections to "The Mission of German Genius." Floriz to lunch; voices his assessment of Hupka's playing, reads the Foreword; – His little boy is already mooching off Landesmann; with Floriz into the coffee-house, then into the Archive's Beethoven exhibit ...
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Diary entry for 1921-06-18
... other ever again anyway". Vexation with Lie-Liechen on account of a misunderstanding: to punish Fried, because she does not purchase Tonwille, I lowered my voice and whispered for the entire lesson: Lie-Liechen thought she was unable to hear me and was ...
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Diary entry for 1925-06-01
... institution into disgrace; – Professor Steger: no voice, no culture. ...
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Diary entry for 1925-11-03
... Mountain: a childlike painting, much too unsophisticated in every respect; only a passage in the coda stands out on account of a subtle voice-leading progression, which appears to be coincidental. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-03-11
... fair copy of the earlier draft. Radio: Schubert celebration, led by Kirchl. Mrs. Rutschka sings, securely and tastefully, a few lesser known songs; the ladies' quartet plays the String Quartet in A minor – male-voice choruses. ...
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Diary entry for 1926-04-27
... 27. +13°, schön. Neuartiges Klischée für die Nocturne Fisdur gemacht. The voice-leading graphs for this Nocturne appear as Figs. 32–33 in the "Fortsetzungen der Urlinie-Betrachtungen" in Meisterwerk 2. What is "new" about them is not specified ...
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Diary entry for 1926-07-30
... about the expressions "one-voice counterpoint" and "linear"; – concerning the relationship of Urlinie to form, much has already been said in Der Tonwilleand the 1925 Yearbook. After lunch, three quarters of an hour down the road, back in the rain. The ...