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Mittw. 19/9.

bei Mama. Letzter Bogen 1 von Cotta angelangt! — [final reading only:] Nchmtg bei Löwe im Cfhs; mit ihm Abends im Appollotheater: in manchen Leistungen unleugbar viel Phantasie, u. sichere Energien, die zu sicheren Wirkungen führen. Fast wäre man geneigt, die Leistungen der Akrobaten heute als moralisch anfeuernde Vorbilder auch für die Künstler des Wortes, der Musik u. des Pinsels hinzustellen, insofern als es diesen heute hauptsächlich doch an der Technik mangelt, d.i. an der Erkenntnis eben des Zusammenhanges vom Ursache u. Wirkung. 2

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2017

Wednesday, September 19

At Mama's place. The final gathering 1 received from Cotta! — [final reading only:] In the afternoon, with Löwe in the coffee-house; with him in the evening at the Apollo Theater: in many of its acts undeniably there is a lot of imagination, and palpable energy, which make for palpable effects. One is almost inclined to hold up the accomplishments of today's acrobats as morally inspiring models even for artists of the word, of music, and of the paintbrush, in so far as the latter today are altogether deficient in technique, i.e. in knowledge precisely of the relationship between cause and effect. 2

© Translation Ian Bent, 2017

Mittw. 19/9.

bei Mama. Letzter Bogen 1 von Cotta angelangt! — [final reading only:] Nchmtg bei Löwe im Cfhs; mit ihm Abends im Appollotheater: in manchen Leistungen unleugbar viel Phantasie, u. sichere Energien, die zu sicheren Wirkungen führen. Fast wäre man geneigt, die Leistungen der Akrobaten heute als moralisch anfeuernde Vorbilder auch für die Künstler des Wortes, der Musik u. des Pinsels hinzustellen, insofern als es diesen heute hauptsächlich doch an der Technik mangelt, d.i. an der Erkenntnis eben des Zusammenhanges vom Ursache u. Wirkung. 2

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2017

Wednesday, September 19

At Mama's place. The final gathering 1 received from Cotta! — [final reading only:] In the afternoon, with Löwe in the coffee-house; with him in the evening at the Apollo Theater: in many of its acts undeniably there is a lot of imagination, and palpable energy, which make for palpable effects. One is almost inclined to hold up the accomplishments of today's acrobats as morally inspiring models even for artists of the word, of music, and of the paintbrush, in so far as the latter today are altogether deficient in technique, i.e. in knowledge precisely of the relationship between cause and effect. 2

© Translation Ian Bent, 2017

Footnotes

1 Harmonielehre , probably gathering 28 = pp. 433‒48 (Eng. transl., pp. 329‒38), although the literal final gathering, 29, comprises pp. 449‒52, the indexes and advertisement pages.

2 The Apollo Theater's advertisement in the Neue freie Presse for this period announces its "Monüre-Eröffnungsprogramm," which includes the Folies Bergère of Paris, Matwef Hugoston-Truppe, Grigolats' Luftballett, the Teims-Truppe, and other turns.