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Searched for composers (836 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1907-02-08

    ... 'Indy, Chanson Op. 50, very well written. Wolf-Ferrari devoid of talent, indolent, brought down by lack of technique right through to the sonorities of the "Female Choruses." Schoenberg ‒ an embarrasing fiasco on the part of the composer and his friends! Some ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-04-05

    ... Schwind, a member of the Schubert circle and a close friend of the composer's. Nach dem Konzert mit Fr. D. zu Tisch. Ungünstige Wirkung mehrerer zu wenig durchschlafener Nächte! 5. Lecture by Otto Erich Deutsch for the benefit of Schubert's niece; with Mrs ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-04-30

    ... wide distances, the slurring of the same motives is internally inconsistent. Did Beethoven take less notice of this because of lack of time, or as a result of other circumstances? Or did the matter seem to the overworked composer sufficiently presented ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-09-04

    ... ) Noch erinnert uns das X-chen Mit Lärm u. Thrän’, mit Schrei u. Kixchen, Kix (Kicks): archaic Austrian German for Gickser. Mit kühnem Brausen, matter Stretta An Herrn Schönbergs Sinfonietta. Probably Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9, composed ...

  • Diary entry for 1913-12-18

    ... , wenn man nach getaner Arbeit u. vom Anblick Brahms’scher Blätter Probably Brahms's manuscript entitled Octaven und Quinten u. a. containing instances of parallel fifths and octaves in the works of other composers, on which Schenker was to write a ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-05-18

    ... 18. V. 14 Die revidierte Abschrift von Beethoven Op. 111 trifft ein. This copy of the sonata, in the hand of Beethoven's copyist Wenzel Rampel with the composer's corrections, is now in the Beethoven House, Bonn. Gegen Abend überaus starkes Gewitter ...

  • Diary entry for 1914-05-19

    ... copy of the sonata, in the hand of Beethoven's copyist Wenzel Rampel with the composer's corrections, is now in the Beethoven House, Bonn. Mama reist nach Bisamberg, schickt mir aber das einzige Stück ihrer Habe, die Leuchter, noch vor der Abreise zu ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-11-19

    ... year from the will of Sofie Deutsch for "stipends for impecunious skilled composers," to be awarded at Schenker's sole discretion, (see OJ 12/52, January 12, 1917, and elsewhere). zu dringen. Wegen vorgerückter Zeit bekunden wir größte Eile, ich komme ...

  • Diary entry for 1919-12-11

    ... sent to me by request of the composer. The maid does not wait for Lie-Liechen to bring coal up from the cellar, actually meets her on the stairs, but passes by, so that I have to carry up three buckets myself; the maid's son brings 84 kilograms of wood ...

  • Diary entry for 1923-10-07

    ... movement overall, I mention a few details, such as the sf, several violin figures, etc. With regard to the second movement, I admit that the beginning could sustain ♪ = 60 better, but it appears that Beethoven wanted less to compose a funeral march than ...

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