Footnotes

¹ Schenker’s diary for this day records: “Mrs. Deutsch asks me if a pupil could perhaps be found who would take lessons instead of her during the period of her absence. This is the second stage in her battle over the lesson fee. After pushing her sister forward did not lead to the desired effect, she now comes with the direct question, which I have of course dealt with differently from the way in which she wanted it to be dealt with. Thus Mrs. Deutsch has yet again taken the shorter path and, on top of that, created for her sister an expenditure of 80 Kronen per month, which ultimately was not at all intended. After a long period of time, Mrs. Deutsch would have had the occasion to demonstrate her veneration by certifying that she, without making a present of the money to me, could nonetheless have made a contribution that is simply based on her contractual agreement with me. But already the latter alone is uncomfortable for her; and she makes it sufficiently clear that she is minded to pay out the money for a compensatory accomplishment, and for every hour and a quarter, instead of merely on an hourly basis. Thus her inborn nature always comes to the fore, in spite of my admonition and other repressive measures.”

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