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WSLB 133 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), undated [August 26,
1912]
Recounting the backstory of the move to found an [Austrian] organization of
musicians, and painting it as a rearguard action by performers against the dominance of Neue
freie Presse chief critic Julius Korngold and certain concert agents, Schenker reports an
approach from Hugo Heller in Germany, and presses Hertzka to reveal how committed he is to
the cause. — Remarking on the lack of coverage of music in [Austrian] newspapers, he
complains at the timid tone of Universal Edition's advertising of his own
works.
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BNba 304g, [5]-[6] Handwritten letter and declaration from Schenker to Ernst Zitelmann, dated February 28,
1914
Schenker submits a declaration on his usage of photographic materials
received.
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OC 54/111 Typed letter from Otto Erich Deutsch to Schenker, dated January 8, 1927
Deutsch thanks Schenker for his recent communications, including a copy of the
contract with Drei Masken Verlag for the Meisterwerk Yearbook, and asks for a copy of
relevant extracts from the correspondence with the publishers. He reports progress in the
establishment of a Photogram Archive at the Austrian National Library, with the cooperation
of Dr Robert Haas and financial support from Anthony van Hoboken; similar plans to
photographically reproduce autograph manuscripts are underway at the Beethoven House in
Bonn, and (for manuscripts of Bach and Handel) also in England. He advises Schenker that
proofs will start arriving from the printing-house Waldheim in a few weeks, and expresses
his delight in being able to assist Schenker in the promotion of his work.
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OJ 10/3, [62] Typewritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated May 11, 1927
Deutsch has been invited to pose for an album of the Beethoven Committee; he
enquires whether Schenker has accepted an invitation to do so, in which case he will do the
same. He is delighted to learn that the (Photogram) Archive has been
agreed.
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Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated July 3, 1927
Schenker recommends Oppel's Mass, and commends Anthony van Hoboken to
Furtwängler.
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OJ 11/54, [15] Handwritten letter from van Hoboken to Schenker, dated August 28, 1927
Hoboken reports on meeting with Furtwängler regarding the Photogrammarchiv, and
expresses the hope that it will be possible to interest Furtwängler in performance according to
the sources in the Archive; he encloses the final version of the "Aufruf" for the Archive, and
discusses negotiations with the Austrian National Library and Ministry of Education. — Comments
on Oppel's plan to teach in Leipzig. — Agrees to Schenker's lesson plan and fee for 1927/28. —
Describes his travel plans, which include meetings with Louis Koch in Frankurt, Ludwig
Schiedermair in Bonn, contact with John Petrie Dunn in England, C. S. Terry in Scotland, and
Maurice Cauchie in Paris, and photographing [of sources] at the [Paris] Conservatory.
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OJ 11/54, [18] Handwritten letter from van Hoboken to Schenker, dated September 18, 1927
Van Hoboken reports on his visit to John Petrie Dunn: his career, his grasp of
Schenker's theory, his situation at Edinburgh University, his publications. — Tomorrow he is to
visit C. S. Terry.
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OJ 11/32, [2] Typed letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated September 30, 1927
Haas invites Schenker to view the Photogrammarchiv.
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OJ 10/3, [69] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 6,
1927
Deutsch regrets that Drei Masken Verlag has not yet sent Schenker his
complimentary copies [of the second Meisterwerk yearbook]; they will send an invoice for the
production costs. Hoboken ought to receive an honor from the Austrian state only after the
Photogrammarchiv is up and running. Deutsch has much to show Schenker from the first
editions of Beethoven sonatas. He wants to arrange a time to go through the corrections to
Schubert’s Symphony in B minor.
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OJ 10/3, [73] Typewritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated November 14, 1927
Deutsch has had a telephone call from Alfred Kalmus, who reported that
Schenker’s revised copy of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony has been messed up, that it will
be returned to him, with a second, clean copy, and that Kalmus may visit Schenker to
apologize for this. – Deutsch will lend Schenker a copy of stories by Balzac, two of which
may be of interest from a musical point of view. He also hopes that work can be found for
the precocious Gerald Warburg.
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OJ 9/12, [8] Handwritten letter from Carl Bamberger to Schenker, dated December 2,
1927
Bamberger praises Schenker's initiative in the Photogrammarchiv and Anthony
van Hoboken's philanthropy; he is making progress as a conductor.
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OJ 15/15, [25] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated December 17, 1927
Weisse thanks Schenker for supporting his latest project in principle, and for
informing him of Antony van Hoboken's intention to establish a publication related to the
the Photogram Archive.
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OJ 89/1, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to van Hoboken, dated December 17, 1927
Reply from Dr. Richtera has arrived, and Schenker encloses it; Otto Erich Deutsch
is invited to give a lecture about the damages. — Hoboken has had a letter from Alban Berg that
may be intentionally ironic; Schenker reflects on the spirit of the Photogrammarchiv.
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WSLB-Hds 191.560 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated January 25, 1928
Schenker comments on the text of Deutsch’s forthcoming radio broadcast
about the Photogram Archive, noting in particular that the word “scientific”
(wissenschaftlich) has no place in the study of music, which is a unique art
form.
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OJ 10/3, [76] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated January 27,
1928
Deutsch has spoken to Alfred Kalmus about the revisions that Schenker (with
Deutsch’s assistance) has proposed for a reprinting of the score of Schubert’s “Unfinished”
Symphony. Kalmus said that time was pressing and he was unable to show the two men the
changes before the work went to press.
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OJ 5/38, [42] Handwritten postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated January 27,
1928
Heinrich informs his brother of a radio broadcast by Otto Erich Deutsch about
the Photogram Archive, and an essay on the same subject.
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PhA/Ar 56, [6] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Kromer, dated February 1, 1928
Schenker asks Kromer to send the Appeal to Hans Weisse.
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PhA/Ar 56, [7] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Kromer, dated February 2, 1928
Schenker asks Kromer to send copies of the Appeal to Felix-Eberhard von
Cube.
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WSLB-Hds 191.561 Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Deutsch, postmarked February 6,
1928
Schenker congratulates Deutsch on his two most recent radio broadcasts, and on
his impending appointment as editor of a monthly music journal.
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OJ 5/18, [G] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated February 14, 1928
Discusses plans to create of "journal," and conditions under which this might be
done.
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OJ 89/2, [4] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated March 16, 1928
Schenker speaks of Hoboken's Photogrammarchiv as a "grand contribution," and of
the work to be done there; reports on a copy of Beethoven Sonata, Op. 90, by Archduke Rudolph. —
He will show Hoboken recent articles by Dahms and Vrieslander, and inquires about Hoboken's
birthday.— Furtwängler may come to Vienna permanently.
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OJ 11/54, [23] Handwritten letter from Hoboken to Schenker, dated March 21, 1928
Hoboken has still made no progress on photographic work at the Paris
Conservatory. — He will go to Rotterdam and Münster. — Speaks of the importance of his Archive
work and contacts he has made. Will probably go to a concert featuring music of Alban Berg. — He
asks Schenker to intervene with O. E. Deutsch.
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OJ 10/3, [82] Typewritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated March 26, 1928
Deutsch writes about the sketches for a symphony in E major by Schubert, in
the possession of the Royal College of Music in London. He would like to have a copy made so
that the work can be published – possibly by Oxford University Press. The costs should be
borne by the publisher, not the Photogram Archive, which would nonetheless get a copy of the
reproduction.
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OJ 89/2, [5] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated March 26, 1928
Schenker conveys Deutsch's response to van Hoboken's questioning of a planned
facsimile of Schubert sketches. — Schenker discusses strategy for persuading Paris to supply
photographs for the Photogrammarchiv.
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OJ 89/2, [6] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated June 22, 1928
With thanks for birthday greetings, Schenker expresses how highly he values the
Photogrammarchiv while endorsing van Hoboken's turning down of an "honor" that he was offered. —
Schenker has, at Einstein's request, updated his entry in Riemann's Musiklexikon. — With the
success of the Urlinie through Der Tonwille, he no longer considers himself isolated.
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PhA/Ar 56, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Kromer, dated June 22, 1928
Schenker expresses thanks for the greetings telegram, and extolls the work of
the Photogrammarchiv.
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OJ 6/7, [38] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated June 23,
1928
Schenker thanks Violin for his kind birthday greetings, explaining the
discrepant birth dates assigned to him. He reaffirms his spiritual solidarity with his
friend. He has read some articles and reviews mentioning his work, at all of which he
laughs.
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OJ 9/34, [13] Handwritten letter from Cube to Schenker, dated July 6, 1928
Cube reports on Scheuermann exhibit, and consequent interest and sales, encloses
associated newspaper article; also on recent lecturing and composition activity. He is unlikely
to visit Schenker this year; recalls people at Galtür.
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OJ 5/7a, [21] (formerly vC 21) Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cube, dated November 20, 1928
Sends best wishes for Cologne lecture-series; is planning to issue a folder of
Urlinien for use by teachers, and may deposit his handwritten Urlinien in the Photogrammarchiv,
which will be officially opened on November [25]. The "counter-examples" should be taken
slowly.
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WSLB 400 Handwritten letter (in Jeanette's hand) from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated
November 27, 1928
Schenker reports the impact of his Urlinie concept on the educational world
within Germany and in the USA. — He seeks to re-establish a working relationship with UE,
raising the cases of his unfinished elucidatory edition of Beethoven Op. 106, the analytical
study of the "Eroica" Symphony on which he is now working, and Der freie Satz, vol. III of
NMTF, still outstanding. — He is angling retroactively for a monograph series comprising his
existing studies of the Ninth and Fifth Symphonies and his forthcoming study of the
"Eroica."
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OJ 13/25, [3] Typewritten letter from Rinn to Schenker, dated December 7, 1928
Rinn enthusiastically thanks Schenker for his intention to write an article,
and for arranging to have the necessary photographic reproductions
prepared.
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OJ 10/3, [96] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated December 11, 1928
Deutsch outlines plans for the publication of catalogues of music manuscripts
worldwide and, in particular, new thematic catalogues of the music of Schubert, Mozart and
Beethoven. With the intervention of Leopold Richtera, he has been assured of a good working
relationship with the director of music at Radio Wien (RAVAG).
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PhA/Ar 56, [9] Typewritten letter of confirmation from Schenker to Kromer, dated December 12,
1928
Schenker acknowledges receipt of Beethoven photograms.
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WSLB 403 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated December 23, 1928
Schenker reports on the autograph manuscript of Beethoven Op. 79. — He is
"convinced" that the autograph of Op. 106 is in England.
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OJ 5/38, [53] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated January 27,
1929
Schenker explains that his involvement with a Schubert festival and conference
has prevented him from writing sooner. He speaks about his blood-sugar level, about
listening to the radio, and about visits from their brother Mozio before finishing with two
Jewish jokes.
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OJ 6/7, [41] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated February 27, 1929
Schenker thanks Violin for his concerns, describes how they survived the cold
weather earlier in February, reports that his monograph on the "Eroica" Symphony is finished
and that he has written an article about the Photogram Archive, which has acquired over
seven thousand pages of manuscripts. He looks forward to seeing his friend in the
summer.
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OJ 13/25, [5] Typewritten letter from Rinn to Schenker, dated March 7, 1929
Rinn apologizes for the small format in which the autograph of Schubert's
minuet was reproduced for Schenker's article "Eine Rettung der klassischen Musik-Texte." He
has publicized the work, and intends to send copies of it to university music departments
and inform other newspapers and journals of it. He expresses thanks for the efforts that
Schenker made in contributing to Der Kunstwart, and for his remarks on Bruckner's Ninth
Symphony.
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OJ 5/38, [54] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated March 14,
1929
Schenker asks how Wilhelm is coping with the cold weather and sends him a copy
of his article on textual criticism recently published in Der Kunstwart.
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OJ 14/45, [77] Handwritten letter from Violin to Schenker, dated March 20, 1929
Violin thanks Schenker for his letter with the voice-leading sketch of Bach's
C major Invention, and for the article from Der Kunstwart on the Photogram Archive. He is
enjoying the climate of Nice, and seems to be getting on well with the French language; a
lady who overheard him playing the piano praised his expressive playing.
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OJ 10/3, [98] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated , March 22, 1929
Deutsch sends Schenker a newspaper clipping related to an idea of his
concerning the “League of Nations”.
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OJ 89/3, [2] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 6, 1929
Schenker encloses a newspaper clipping regarding a Haydn manuscript find, and the
statement from Vrieslander.
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PhA/Ar 56, [3] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Haas, dated July 6, 1929
Schenker draws Haas's attention to an article in the Neue Freie Presse
regarding Haydn manuscripts.
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OJ 89/3, [3] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 7,
1929
Hoboken recounts recent travels. — Is now at Kliffende, where he is about to
build a house. — Reports meetings with Hubermann and Harburger; encloses a letter and articles
from the latter. — Refers to a Vrieslander problem.
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OJ 89/3, [4] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 12, 1929
Schenker thanks Hoboken for the Harburger items and agrees to write to
Vrieslander.
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OJ 89/3, [5] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 22,
1929
Hoboken gives his view on Vrieslander's honorarium demand.— He is not yet
finished with analyzing Brahms Op. 117, No. 1.
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OJ 89/3, [7] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated August 5, 1929
Further communications between Hoboken and Vrieslander should now go via
Kromer, not Schenker; Oppel leaves tomorrow; how is house-construction
going?
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OJ 10/3, [105] Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated August 21, 1929
In this long letter, Deutsch seeks to explain Vrieslander’s behavior with
regard to the purchase of materials from an unscrupulous antiquarian dealer, and also to
account for Hoboken’s treatment of Vrieslander as a consequence. --- He accepts that funds
to set up a journal linked to the Photogram Archive are not unlimited, but understands why
Schenker cannot devote as much of his own time to the project as Hoboken might expect. ---
He describes Hoboken as a childish character, with little understanding of the world of
ordinary people, who might nevertheless ultimately produce a good piece of
scholarship.
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OJ 11/54, [26] Typewritten letter from Hoboken to [Reinhard Oppel], dated August 30, 1929
Hoboken advises Oppel on ordering materials from the Photogrammarchiv for study
purposes. — He hopes to see him in Kiel in late September.
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OJ 89/3, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated September 10, 1929
Schenker increases his lesson fee by inflation. — He reports on Oppel and
Vrieslander, referring to his (Schenker's) not having been appointed to a professorship at
Heidelberg; on Albersheim's marriage, and approaches made to him by Cube and
Waldeck.
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OJ 10/3, [108] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 7, 1929
Deutsch gives a comprehensive analysis of the prospect of a publication
devoted to the Photogram Archive: its content, its editorship, the frequency of its
appearance, and the publishing houses who might be interested in taking it on.
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OJ 89/3, [11] Typewritten letter (typed copy) from Vrieslander to Schenker, dated October 23,
1929
Vrieslander reports that Hoboken has given him notice to vacate, and rehearses
the course of events leading up to this situation, events that intertwine with Vrieslander's
obligations to the Photogrammarchiv.
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OJ 6/7, [43] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 13, 1929
Urging his friend to write only when he feels up to it, Schenker gives Violin
some news of his own: that the Eroica Symphony monograph is finished but a publisher who is
capable of dealing with the numerous music examples must be found; that Schenker will work
unceasingly on Der freie Satz once the Eroica is out of the way; that the Photogram Archive
has grown in size in two years, and that so many requests for information have been received
that a yearbook is planned, with critical reports, new editions, and the like; that Hoboken
and Vrieslander have fallen out (over money matters); that Schenker's brother Mozio (Moses)
has separated from his wife after 25 years of marriage and that he his has been giving music
lessons to Mozio’s son, a cellist in the Baden city orchestra.
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PhA/Ar 56, [10] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Kromer, dated November 22, 1929
Inquiry as to the whereabouts of the autograph of Beethoven Op.
90.
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OJ 10/3, [114] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated January 21, 1930
Deutsch explains that, without a fixed annual budget, the Board of Trustees
[of the Photogram Archive] is unable to function properly. Hoboken didn’t always deal
efficiently with the foreign contributors to the collection; a catalogue has still not been
prepared. And Deutsch has made himself ill by overwork. Hedwig Kraus has taken over the
directorship of the Archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, with [Karl] Geiringer as
her assistant – to whom Deutsch would have greatly preferred Luithlen. He has been
exchanging letters with Vrieslander.
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OJ 10/3, [119] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated February 26, 1930
In contrast to the uprightness of Schenker’s other pupils, Hans Weisse and
Felix Salzer, Hoboken is described by Deutsch as an unsteady, unfocussed person who may yet
be able to do some good but whose restlessness gives him grounds to fear for the future of
his library, and his own future.
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OJ 10/3, [120] Handwritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated March 2, 1930
Deutsch has come across information suggesting that there may be parts, even a
score, of the "Eroica" Symphony with corrections in Beethoven’s hand from the music library
of Archduke Rudolph and still located in Olmütz [Olomouc].
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OJ 89/4, [2] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated March 19,
1930
Hoboken compares performances of Beethoven's Missa solemnis by Furtwängler and
Klemperer. — He has experienced pains in his arm, and has taken recuperative lessons from
Rudolf Breithaupt. — He details work he has been doing for the Photogramm Archive, work of
his own, and that for Schenker.
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OJ 10/3, [123] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated April 1, 1930
Deutsch suggests that Schenker should get Breitkopf & Härtel to publish
his study of the "Eroica" symphony, on a commission basis. -- He thinks that Hoboken will
continue to study theory with Schenker while he improves his piano technique in Berlin. --
He has found a published version of Beethoven’s song "Neue Liebe, neues Leben," which
predates its publication in Op. 75 by about three years, and asks Schenker to compare the
two version with a sketch from 1798 that was published by Nottebohm.
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OJ 5/38, [64] Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 8, 1930
Writing to Wilhelm, Heinrich blames his ill health (weight loss, increased
blood-sugar level) on Moriz's’s repeated failure to resolve the financial matter between
them.
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OJ 6/7, [49] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated July 10, 1930
Acknowledging his recent letter to Jeanette, Schenker expresses his regret
that Violin and his son Karl are still troubled by health problems and reports some recent
news. Furtwängler's intervention with Breitkopf & Härtel on behalf of Weisse's Octet was
in vain; he had also sought the same firm's agreement to publish the "Eroica" analysis, but
this will now appear as the third Meisterwerk Yearbook. The Schenkers are expecting many
visitors in Galtür, including Furtwängler, Reinhard Oppel, Schenker's nephew and his wife,
and Jeanette's sister and family. Hoboken is prepared to fund the publication of a collected
edition of the works of C. P. E. Bach (with financial support from the city of Hamburg), but
Schenker is cautious about this because his paid involvement in the project might result in
work that would jeopardize progress on Der freie Satz. He has been included in the latest
edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexicon, and has received favorable citation in Romain
Rolland's latest Beethoven book.
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OC 54/311 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 14, 1930
Deutsch sends Schenker the contract from Drei Masken Verlag for the third
Meisterwerk yearbook, and asks him to sign it and return it to the publishers. He thinks
that an edition of the [collected] works of C. P. E. Bach is a worthy cause. He hopes that
Hoboken will soon receive the new honor from the Austrian government, for services to
scholarship.
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WSLB-Hds 191.565 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated July 20, 1930
In this 16-page response to a letter from Deutsch, Schenker thanks his
correspondent for his unstinting assistance (in relation to the third Meisterwerk
yearbook) and underlines the importance of a collected edition of the works of C. P.
E. Bach. — He then launches a long and detailed denunciation of Anthony van
Hoboken’s character, referring in particular to his treatment of Otto Vrieslander,
his ambivalence towards projects associated with the Photogram Archive, and his
absconding to Berlin to study the piano with Rudolf Breithaupt; Hoboken is
thoroughly undeserving of a high honor conferred by the Austrian
state.
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OC 54/315 Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 30, 1930
Deutsch makes further reports on the anticipated costs of the third
Meisterwerk yearbook. -- He has come across an arrangement of Beethoven’s Op. 74 Quartet as
a symphony and found some important early editions of the Op. 22 Sonata. -- He would like
Schenker to meet his friend [Leopold] Liegler, whose theories about literature resonate with
the concept of Urlinie.
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WSLB-Hds 191.568 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Deutsch, dated August 23, 1930
Schenker is sending Deutsch copies of letters written by Leo Kestenberg
praising his theories for their practical application to composition and
performance, noting that Furtwängler is championing his cause everywhere. -- He then
launches into a tirade against the city of Vienna for snubbing him and his
work.
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OC 54/320 Handwritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated September 11, 1930
Deutsch asks Schenker to look carefully at two passages in the proofs of the
music examples to the third Meisterwerk yearbook and send them to him immediately. He also
wants Schenker to change the ending of the final item in the yearbook’s
“Miscellanea.”
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PhA/Ar 36, [1] Carbon copy of a typewritten letter from Anthony van Hoboken to Heinrich Schenker,
dated September 15, 1930
Hoboken sends his scoring of a C. P. E. Bach harpsichord concerto for Schenker to
check in connection with a planned new collected edition of the works of that
composer.
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OC 54/323 Handwritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated September 26,
1930
Deutsch has learned that a number of Beethoven items have been transferred
from Olmütz [now Olomouc, in the Czech Republic] to the monastery at
Kremsier.
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WSLB-Hds 191.570 Letter from Schenker to Deutsch in Jeanette Schenker’s hand, dated October 12,
1930
Schenker will follow all of Deutsch’s recent suggestions regarding the
page formatting of the third Meisterwerk yearbook, for which he is most grateful. --
He then launches a further attack upon Anthony van Hoboken’s
character.
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OJ 6/7, [51] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Schenker to Violin, dated October 21,
1930
Writing after a long and serious illness, Schenker assures his friend that he
is alive and well. The doctors have pronounced him generally fit, but he suffers from a
painful tightening of the thorax, and also a flickering that causes him to "lose" letters
and notes. He has had to give many double-lessons of late, in theory, which he finds tiring.
To Hoboken, who, though gifted, is concerned only about his money and often comes to lessons
without having prepared anything, he would rather play than give over-long lectures. He is
concerned, for his own sake as much as for Weisse's, about the lectures in Berlin that
Weisse will deliver, and about his eagerness to debate with Alfred Lorenz; he is glad that
Violin is going to Berlin, and will give him instructions about what to do there. His
Beethoven sonata edition brings in 100 shillings per month – a good deal for the publishers
– and his brother still has half of his inheritance. But he is still alive – with Der freie
Satz.
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OJ 11/32, [4] Typed letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated November 17, 1930
The proposed C. P. E. Bach contract is not yet clinched; hopes to see Schenker
and Hoboken soon.
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OJ 11/32, [5] Typed letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated November 29, 1930
Accepts Schenker's invitation to Hans Weisse's lecture, and gives two pieces
of information.
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OJ 11/54, [29] Typewritten letter from Hoboken to Schenker, dated December 5, 1930
Hoboken depicts the abundance of music in Berlin, contrasting Furtwängler,
Klemperer and Kleiber. — He has decided to withdraw his planned financing of the
Photogramarchiv's collected edition of C. P. E. Bach.
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OJ 11/32, [7] Typewritten letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated December 11, 1930
Haas refers to the cancelation of the C. P. E. Bach edition. He explains why
he had to withdraw from Weisse's lecture at the last moment.
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WSLB-Hds 94479 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, dated February 26, 1931
Schenker asks Seligmann to read the opening essay in the third volume of Das
Meisterwerk in der Musik. He quotes from a letter to his pupil Hans Weisse which
demonstrates the attention his theories have been gaining in Germany, especially Berlin, and
expresses his regret that no one in Vienna shows similar respect for him.
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OJ 10/3, [140] Handwritten picture postcard from Hannah Deutsch to Schenker, dated March 2,
1931
Deutsch will meet Schenker at the Café Aspang on Thursday, March
5.
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OJ 12/24, [1] Handwritten letter from Kromer to Schenker, dated April 9, 1931
Kromer asks to meet with Schenker.
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OJ 11/32, [8] Typed letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated June 27, 1931
Haas sends summer greetings, and agrees to advise Angi Elias.
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OJ 10/3, [151] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 29, 1931
Deutsch reports illness in his family over the summer. -- He is glad to see
Schenker’s article on the lost Mozart letter in print, and mentions other places in which it
was reproduced. He has made some discoveries about Lord Horatio Nelson and Haydn, which
have, however, been misrepresented in the press.
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OJ 10/3, [154] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 8, 1931
Deutsch has been in touch with Robert Haas about a civic honor being conferred
upon Hoboken in the hopes of keeping him, the Photogram Archive, and his personal library in
Vienna. He asks if Schenker might request a letter from Furtwängler recommending this
action, and be able to get Julius Korngold to write something about the importance of
Hoboken’s collections.
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OJ 10/3, [159] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 23, 1931
Deutsch enumerates three points arising from his meeting the previous day
(October 22, 1931) with Robert Haas and Wilhelm Weckbecker: that the minister (for
education) should be approached regarding the conferral of a civic honor upon Anthony
Hoboken by the Austrian state; that Hoboken’s character and reputation should in the
meantime be “cleaned up,” by appealing to the Vienna police authorities; that Hoboken should
invite – separately – Weckbecker and Ludwig Karpath to his home to examine his personal
library. He asks Schenker to get in touch with Karpath about this, but to do so tactfully
and with reference to these three points.
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OJ 10/3, [160] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 24, 1931
Deutsch is pleased that his “plotting” to obtain for Hoboken a civic honor
from the Austrian state is working so far. He has spoken on the telephone with Ludwig
Karpath and will see him next week. Hoboken’s character seems not to have been blotted by an
incident in Munich some time ago: whatever misdeed he may have for which he had been
accused, and which led to his (brief) incarceration, can never be proved.
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FS 40/1, [5] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Salzer, dated December 28, 1931
Schenker replies that there will not be a seminar meeting on January 1. — Draws
attention to a feuilleton.
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OJ 11/54, [37] Handwritten letter from Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 1, 1932
Hoboken sends New Year's greetings, refers to an article about the Photogram
Archive, and outlines his travel plans.
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OJ 12/24, [3] Typewritten letter from Kromer to Schenker, dated January 26, 1932
The Archive has defective photographic copies and offers them for student
use.
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OJ 10/3, [173] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 12, 1932
Deutsch portrays Hoboken’s current situation and state of mind. Hoboken has
made an amicable settlement with his first wife and will probably move to Munich with his
bride; his [disposable] income has been substantially reduced. He will give up the second
floor of his villa in Vienna but keep his library, on which he works occasionally but
without true dedication.
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OJ 12/6, [13] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated July 14, 1932
Jonas reports on his visit to Berlin, where he failed to meet with Furtwängler; —
discusses Brahms-Handel Saul and Beethoven Op. 109. — He has heard about the Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln
from Hoboken and Salzer; — discusses plans for publishing his Das Wesen des musikalischen
Kunstwerkes. — Has received books from Alfred Einstein.
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OJ 89/5, [5] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated September 5,
1932
Hoboken sets out his plans to leave Vienna, pack his furniture and put his
music collection in store, and how he sees the continuation of his lessons with and work
under Schenker.
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OJ 12/24, [4] Typewritten postcard from Kromer to Schenker, dated September 13, 1932
Kromer asks if he might call on Schenker.
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OJ 11/32, [11] Typed letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated September 15, 1932
Haas asks Schenker to call on him in relation to a letter from van Hoboken
regarding the Photogrammarchiv.
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OJ 89/5, [7] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated September 22,
1932
Hoboken is pleased at completion of Der freie Satz and reaffirms his financial
assistance for its printing. — Encloses a letter from Robert Haas and proposes a three-way
meeting. — Refers to the impact of his divorce has on his financial affairs. — May be able
to assist Jonas's publication.
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OJ 10/3, [182] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated September 23,
1932
Deutsch suggests visiting Schenker on Tuesday, March 9.
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OJ 12/6, [38] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated September 25, [1932]
Jonas reports letter from Hoboken re subscriptions to his Einführung; also
reports re publishing (Breithaupt), reviewing (for Einstein), and imminent broadcast talks,
and teaching next academic year; also re Sandra Droucker lecture on Schenker in
Oslo.
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OJ 10/3, [184] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated September 30, 1932
Deutsch would like to arrange a meeting with Kurt Thomasberger and Anthony van
Hoboken to discuss the latter’s plans, possibly including Schenker. He is pessimistic about
a future without Hoboken’s support and, consequently, about his future worth as a scholar;
he is contemplating moving to the southern part of Europe, possibly the Balearic
Islands.
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OJ 12/6, [16] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated October 1, 1932
Further on Hoboken and the number of subscriptions; Jonas thanks Schenker for
approving an article about the Photogrammarchiv that he hopes will be published in Die
Musik.
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OJ 10/3, [185] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 4,
1932
Deutsch apologizes in advance for possibly being late to their afternoon
meeting; he has to look at some documents in the state archives relating to his forthcoming
research on Mozart.
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FS 40/1, [14] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Salzer, dated November 15, [1932]
Schenker acknowledges Salzer's remarks [about Bamberger's performance] and looks
forward to discussing the autograph score of [Beethoven's] Egmont.
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OJ 12/6, [19] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated January 28, 1933
Jonas still has no response from Hoboken re: his Einführung; encloses four
essays; reports on forthcoming article, his teaching and advocacy of critical editions,
planned radio lectures and performance, and other work.
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OJ 12/6, [20] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated March 20, 1933
Van Hoboken is willing to advance 600 Mk for the Einführung; Jonas inquires,
in that regard, after the plan to reprint Schenker's Harmonielehre, indicating that he had
previously prepared a reformulation of that work for teaching purposes; — he alludes to
introductory lectures to Furtwängler concerts, and the Handel-Brahms Saul
project.
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OJ 12/6, [22] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated May 9, 1933
Jonas acknowledges OJ 5/18, 25. — If agreement can be reached on his
Einführung, he hopes for publication in the fall; — he has read the two articles by
Schenker; — he sends a recent article on Photogrammarchive; — he will be in Vienna on
16th.
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OJ 14/10, [8] Handwritten double letter from Arnold & Rosa Weil to Heinrich & Jeanette
Schenker, dated July 13–14, 1933
Rosa Weil returns a photograph with thanks, and describes her recent holiday
in Italy with Lene but without Arnold. — Klara, after initial improvement, has suffered a
setback. — Arnold thanks Jeanette for the photograph and Heinrich for the announcement of
the Photogram Archive.
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OJ 89/6, [8] Typewritten letter (carbon copy), from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 20,
1933
The Hobokens will not come to Reigersberg; — He re-sends his two songs for
further comment; — He sends a booklet by Gottfried Benn; — They are isolated in
Partenkirchen, and are distressed at events in Germany; — Alfred Cortot has visited the
Photogram Archive and expressed an interest.
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OJ 89/6, [9] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 25, 1933
In writing of Hoboken's prospects as a composer, Schenker is not interested in
creating imitation Bachs and Brahmses. — He delights in Cortot's visit to the Photogram
Archive - but Cortot belongs to the already convinced. — He makes observations on some
inclosed feuilletons, and gives information about Goos.
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OJ 11/32, [16] Handwritten letter from Robert Haas to Schenker, dated September 10, 1933
Haas expresses pleasure at Schenker's comments on his performance practice
book, and asks if Schenker can donate a copy of Meisterwerk I to the
Archive.
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OJ 12/6, [23] Handwritten postcard from Jonas to Schenker, dated September 12, [1933]
Jonas's article on Schenker is published. — He has received part of his book in
proof; asks about appropriateness of an appendix.
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PhA/Ar 56, [11] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Kromer, dated October 2, 1933
Schenker returns a loaned book.
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OJ 12/6, [46] Handwritten postcard from Jonas to Schenker, dated October 31 [1933]]
Jonas has been sick; — he has seen Furtwängler briefly; — Jonas believes that he
will not have space for the planned appendix on the Photogramm Archive in his book; — he
inquires about Hoboken.
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OJ 6/8, [28] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated December 1, 1933
Schenker is lending Violin a copy of something amusing [a composition by Josef
Knettel] sent to him by Reinhard Oppel. He notes that Hans Wolf wants to leave Vienna early
for the holidays, but Schenker will insist on being paid in full for the lessons scheduled
in December.
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OJ 10/3, [203] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated December 12, 1933
Deutsch is sending some ideas for courses at the Vienna Academy to Karl
Kobald, and asks for Schenker’s approval of what he has written. He suggests that a
recording be made of Schenker’s piano playing, to be preserved in the Photogram Archive, or
in the collection of the Austrian National Library. Ernst Fritz Schmid is applying for, and
expects to be given, a post in Graz.
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OJ 10/3, [204] Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated December 18,
1933
Deutsch thanks Schenker for advice [on giving courses at the Vienna Academy].
He asks him to pass on copies of his recent publications to Hoboken, and informs him of two
forthcoming articles which may be of interest.
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OJ 89/7, [1] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 5,
1934
Hoboken tells Schenker of his plans to build a house in Grinzing. — He praises
an article by Citkowitz. — He reports on Jonas's book.
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OJ 89/7, [7] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated March 15,
1934
Hoboken outlines plans to expand publicity for the Photogram Archive. —
Reports re his work on Chopin's Scherzo Op. 54, which he will bring to his April 3 lesson. —
Refers to the invitation to Schenker to contribute to the journal of the
Reichsmusikkammer.
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OJ 12/6, [30] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated March 16, 1934
Jonas has mailed off the book [to his publisher]; he hopes that Schenker will
approve of it [when eventually he sees it]. It comprises four chapters and two appendices. —
He thanks Schenker for the gift of his Syrian Dances. — The Director of the Hochschule für
Musik in Berlin, Fritz Stein, has written that he cannot arrange a position for Jonas,
whereas Jonas (with support from Furtwängler) had sought only students to whom to give
[private] lessons. — Jonas alludes to difficult conditions under which he is working, and
describes his conflict with piano teacher Georg Bertram. — Relations with van Hoboken are
strained, despite Jonas's having included an appendix about the Photogrammarchiv in his
book.
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OJ 12/24, [8] Typewritten postcard from Kromer to Schenker, dated April 25, 1934
Kromer informs Schenker of a Mendelssohn holding by the
Photogrammarchiv.
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PhA/Ar 56, [12] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Kromer, dated April 25, 1934
Schenker orders two photographic copies.
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OJ 12/6, [32] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated June 11, 1934
Publication of Jonas's book has been delayed until June 22; — he may give a
lecture in conjunction with Edwin Fischer; — his Beethoven sketches article is in press; —
Hoboken is considering Jonas's proposed elucidatory edition plan in conjunction with a
putative publication by the Photogram Archive.
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OJ 10/3, [212] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated June 13, 1934
In this long letter Deutsch recounts events and circumstances concerned with
Hoboken’s library and the Photogram Archive, including the attempt by Oswald Jonas to place
an article on the Archive in English music journals and a Swiss newspaper, and Hoboken’s
intemperate behavior at an antiquarian music shop in London. Deutsch, trying to smooth over
points of friction, was himself accused both of neglecting his duties to Hoboken and of
being too familiar with new dealers in early music prints, who could be of service to the
library.
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OJ 89/7, [12] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 31,
1934
Hoboken assures Schenker that he will support him in his work. — He outlines
the restrictions that he has placed on Otto Erich Deutsch, and expresses irritation that
Deutsch has been offered a course at the Vienna Academy. — He is annoyed at the political
views expressed by E. F. Schmid, who has been appointed at the University of
Graz.
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OJ 10/3, [215] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated August 6, 1934
Deutsch has decided not to give his planned course at the Vienna Academy,
citing Hoboken’s insistence that his collection of first editions is off-limits and the fact
that remuneration will not be great. -- He will be in Salzburg in the second half of August;
Hoboken will probably return to Vienna in mid-September, without visiting Salzburg this
year.
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OJ 12/6, [37] Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated August 23, 1934
Jonas seeks advice on what to include in the first issue of the planned
elucidatory editions; — distribution of his book is delayed until September; — Jonas is
correcting proofs of two articles.
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OJ 10/3, [218] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated October 14, 1934
Deutsch hopes that a planned journal associated with the Photogram Archive
might still see the light of day, and hopes that Schenker can use his influence to dissuade
Hoboken from giving his wife [Eva] an editorial role; he [Deutsch] would be willing to serve
without additional remuneration. He would like Oswald Jonas to write something on Schubert’s
Der Lindenbaum, comparing Schubert’s original setting [in Die Winterreise] with Friedrich
Silcher’s simplified arrangement for four-voice male chorus and piano.
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OJ 5/18, 59 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated October 16, 1934
Schenker cautions Jonas that he detects "something afoot" with Hoboken and his
wife. — Mentions Hans Wolf's reentry problems and reports on German students coming to him.
—An article on Schenker has been included in Spanish Enciclopedia universale. —Reports on
Zuckerkandl, Breisach, von Cube, and Weisse.
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OJ 5/18, 60 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated October 25, 1934
Schenker thanks Jonas for the assistance he has given Hans Wolf, and reports
that Furtwängler has intervened on Wolf's behalf, and also helped von Cube obtain a position
in Hamburg; Hoboken "doesn't want to drop" Jonas.
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OC 44/9 Handwritten letter from Jonas to Schenker dated October 27, 1934
Jonas acknowledges OJ 5/18, 59 and 60; Hoboken has no reason to complain about
his behaviour. — As a result of Hoboken's distribution of complimentary copies, Jonas has
received letters of appreciation. —Reacts critically to Willi Reich and his magazine 23. —
Describes plans for forthcoming events in Hamburg.
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OJ 89/7, [15] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated December 25, 1934
Schenker and Jeanette thank Hoboken for their Christmas gifts; Shenker alludes to
the forthcoming publication of Der freie Satz as the "summit" of his career, and reports that he
has been invited to inspect the new accommodation for the Photogramarchiv.
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OJ 11/54, [41]-[42] Handwritten letter, with envelope, from Hoboken to Schenker, dated January 1,
1935
Hoboken wishes Schenker good health, and strength to complete Der freie Satz.
— He discusses the furniture in the new premises of the Photogram Archive, and gives his
travel plans for January.
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OJ 15/16, [99] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Jeanette Schenker, dated July 14,
1935
Weisse thanks Jeanette Schenker for her letter and copy of Der freie Satz
which he has read through and is about to study carefully. His initial impressions are that
its conception and content are impressive, but that there are a lot of misprints; and he
regrets that the foreword does not mention the financial help Schenker received from [Paul]
Khuner. He approves Jeanette's idea of depositing Schenker's Nachlass in the
Photogramm-Archiv in the Austrian National Library.
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OJ 15/16, [100] Handwritten letter from Hans Weisse to Jeanette Schenker, dated September 18,
1935
Weisse thanks Jeanette for sending a photograph of her late husband’s
death-mask, and other photographs. — He offers her advice about what to do with Heinrich's
library of books, and with his sketches and other unpublished analyses. The bulk of the
letter is a critique of Der freie Satz, about which he has serious misgivings, partly
concerning the title and subtitle, partly concerning its status as a textbook
(Lehrbuch).
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OJ 9/10, [4] Printed invitation from the Photogrammarchiv to Jeanette Schenker, dated February
14, 1936
Invitation to celebrate the enlargement of the
Photogrammarchiv