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Searched for composition (1168 results found)

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  • Diary entry for 1924-05-14

    ... president and the board or directors intervened. Klenau said he convinced the musicians by reciting a Mörike poem, – now they are very pleased! While leaving Klenau remarked: "I have learned a lot from your guidance in my compositions too, I shall show you ...

  • Diary entry for 1924-12-14

    ... opposition. As it is, the conversation centers around Brahms's loneliness, Brahms–Hanslick (whether press service?), Brahms–Wagner (why no programmatic expression from Brahms?); finally around Bruckner. A bit about composition technique – in passing also ...

  • Diary entry for 1924-12-16

    ... , instead of letting them contribute to the effect of the overall content. Earlier conductors directed such movements to the end completely without any knowledge or involvement, the composition was not expressed at all, and the ending appeared purely ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-05-31

    ... settle on June 15. Returned to Mrs. Pairamall: the book by Stephan Zweig and the modern compositions. From the publisher (letter= OC 54/167), as a trial, two gatherings and a few questions. From Hammer (express postcard): he could come only next Wednesday ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-07-03

    ... 3. Juli 1927 Sonntag; bedeckt, doch schön. An Furtwängler (Br.): empfehle die Messe The a capella Mass, Oppel's main compositional project for 1926, was written in memory of his first wife, Gertrud, who had died on August 4, 1925 after a long ...

  • Diary entry for 1927-12-03

    ... compositions, and the difficulties he (and Deutsch) have had with Kalmus over the new editionOJ 9/10, [2]. An Richtera (Br.): ersuche ihn auf die Ravag dahin einzuwirken, daß sie Deutsch gestattet, Hobokens AufrufOJ 9/10, [2] zu verlesen. Stütze dies auf ...

  • Diary entry for 1928-01-29

    ... art; the symphony made a ludicrous impression, not only because of its all too bland music but also because of its poor compositional construction. Lie-Liechen takes two hours to prepare the afternoon snack. At 4:30, Weisse with his wife; then Hammer ...

  • Diary entry for 1928-07-21

    ... is restricted only to the improvised fantasy. Even a sonata movement, as indeed all composition, is based on true improvisation. Back, then, to diminution as the best means of improvisation. I remind him of J. S. Bach's improvisations, published in ...

  • Diary entry for 1930-02-21

    ... justification in my usual way. I am loath to speak about compositional mistakes on Beethoven's part without giving reasons. What I found oppressive during this presentation was the awareness that Hoboken is using (or, better, misusing) his tuition merely for the ...

  • Diary entry for 1930-03-15

    ... up with the composition. Richard Strauss's Don Juan – that, of course, is something more suited to Furtwängler: the restless hither and thither, the banal melodic construction, the long slurs, the kitsch (to use a popular word of today), the potpourri ...

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