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OJ 13/26, [1] Handwritten postcard from Richard Robert to Schenker, dated January 10, 1902
Robert has only the first edition of C. P. E. Bach's Versuch; he offers keyboard
scores of Bach cantatas.
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OJ 14/11, [1] Handwritten calling card from Ferdinand Scherber to Schenker, dated January 17,
1906
The manuscript that Schenker has requested will not be available because of
the relocation of the Music Collection.
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OJ 11/35, 5 Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated July 2, 1917
Halm seeks advice on choice of edition for the Beethoven variations, and offers
advice in negotiating with publishers.
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OC 1B/10-11 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated February 22‒23, 1922
Schenker returns materials for the Fifth Symphony article, reports a delay in
providing information for the facsimile edition of the "Spring" Sonata, and complains that he
has futilely lavished time on the purification of the German language for the second edition of
Die letzten fünf Sonaten ... Op. 109. — He agrees in principle to Hertzka's idea of an
"Urlinie-Ausgabe" of the Beethoven sonatas, and agrees to announce it in Tonwille 2, but asks
how the first seventeen sonatas are to be done retrospectively, and rejects the suggestion that
his pupils might make the preparatory graphs.
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OJ 10/3, [30] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated April 8, 1922
Deutsch has learnt from Dr. [Greta] Kraus that Dr. Haas still does not want to allow them to
reproduce facsimiles of Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata Op. 24, because he feels bound to Drei Masken. When
Universal Edition have confirmed this to Deutsch, Deutsch will ask Schenker to propose a different Beethoven
manuscript.
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FS 40/27, [1] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated October 12, 1925
Weisse has come across a letter from Haydn to Carl Friedrich Zelter expressing
gratitude and admiration for Zelter's analysis of "The Representation of Chaos" from The
Creation, and thinks that it might be worth looking up Zelter's work in connection with
Schenker's forthcoming study of the same work.
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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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OC 54/137 Typed letter from Otto Erich Deutsch to Schenker, dated March 16, 1927
Deutsch returns part of the proofs of the second Meisterwerk Yearbook and
provides bibliographical details of a Haydn sketch-leaf to be reproduced for the essay on
“The Representation of Chaos.”
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OJ 9/3, [6] Typewritten letter from Guido Adler to Schenker, dated April 4, 1927
Schenker is asked to have his photograph taken as a collaborator in the
Beethoven Centennial Celebration.
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OJ 11/1, [1] Typewritten letter from Atelier Pietzner-Fayer to Schenker, dated May 10,
1927
Pietzner-Fayer extends the deadline for portrait photography to May
20.
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OJ 6/7, [34] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated June 30, 1927
Schenker answers Violin's birthday greetings letter philosophically. He is
able to work on the final version Der freie Satz at leisure and in good spirits. He reports
on the establishment of an archive of photographic reproductions of autograph and gives an
account of a visit from Violin's sister Fanny: in return for a picture of Karl Violin, he is
enclosing two pictures of himself and one of Jeanette. Finally, he urges his friend to spend
part of the summer in Galtür.
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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 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 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 9/34, [12] Handwritten letter from Cube to Schenker, dated May 24, 1928
Cube acknowledges receipt of the Hammer engravings and reports on the planned
Scheuermann exhibition; reports on a forthcoming lecture and seminar, and the growth of his
student numbers.
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OJ 10/3, [104] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated July 28, 1929
In a long letter, Deutsch thanks Schenker for encouraging him to apply for the
post of Head Archivist at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde following the death of the
previous postholder, Eusebius Mandyczewski, on July 13. He comments on the present state of
play at the Archive, above all on its insecure position. — He also expresses his regret that
Austrian Radio is no longer interested in his “Chamber Ensemble” broadcasts with professors
from the Vienna Academy, and that some of the players are no longer enthusiastic about them;
he hopes to start a new initiative of that sort in the autumn. — He is in good standing with
Hoboken, but the work on his private library is not bringing him rewards. — He enjoyed his
recent trip to Italy, and thinks that he might have become an art historian had he gotten to
know the country earlier.
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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 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 10/3, [139] Typewritten letter from Deutsch to Schenker, dated February 24, 1931
Deutsch has found the source of a letter, of interest to Schenker, which was
cited in a recent newspaper article by Richard Benz.
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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 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 9/10, [4] Printed invitation from the Photogrammarchiv to Jeanette Schenker, dated February
14, 1936
Invitation to celebrate the enlargement of the
Photogrammarchiv
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OJ 12/24, [12] Handwritten postcard from Kromer to Jeanette Schenker, dated September 18,
1939
Kromer thanks Jeanette for her call and card, reports that Ratz is not in
Vienna.