OJ 11/2, [1] Handwritten letter from Emma Fischer to Schenker, dated February 15, 1923
Baroness Fischer responds to Schenker's plan for distribution of issues of Der
Tonwille by suggesting contacts in the Vienna music schools and professional
association.
OJ 12/31, [1] Typewritten letter from Ernst Lamberg to Schenker, dated December 7, 1923
Concerning the Sofie Deutsch estate, Lamberg now has 2M Kronen to remit to
Schenker, and also 1.5M Kronen for the January 1924 disbursement of the Deutsch stipends. He
also sets out the arrangement that has been made for the event that the Verein zur Speisung
is dissolved.
UMdK Z 312 D/1924, [2] Typewritten internal memorandum of the Akademie für Musik, dated June 27,
1924
Records receipt of UMdK Z 312 D/1924, [1] and includes the texts of letters to
be sent to attorney Ernst Lambert and the Ministry of Education.
UMdK Z 312 D/1924, [3] Typewritten letter from Lamberg to Julius Zappert (Verein zur Speisung), dated June
30, 1924
The letter quotes that of the Akademie für Musik to the Verein zur Speisung,
and requests transfer of sum of money tothe Akademie.
OJ 12/31, [2] Typewritten letter from Ernst Lamberg to Schenker, dated July 1, 1924
Ernst Lamberg informs Schenker that the Association for Feeding ... has
resolved to dissolve itself, and to make over a proportion of its capital to the Academy for
Music and Performing Arts.
OJ 5/24, [1] Handwritten draft letter from Schenker to Ernst Lamberg, dated July 8,
1924
Draft letter in which Schenker contends that Sofie Deutsch's intentions for
the administration of the stipends for composers that she created through her will are being
disregarded with the passing of the capital sum to the Academy for Music and Performing
Arts, and instructs Dr. Lamberg to write to Josef Marx, Director of the Academy, in these
terms.
OJ 12/31, [3] Typewritten letter from Ernst Lamberg to Schenker, dated July 11, 1924
Ernst Lamberg declines to write, as requested, to Josef Marx.
DLA 69.930/13 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Halm, dated October 6, 1924
Asks Halm to send some of his chamber music to Rudolf Pollak, with prospect of
performance of the A major string quartet. —Deplores current situation over Sofie Deutsch
stipends. —Reports difficulties with UE and intention to change publisher.
UMdK Z 641 D/1924, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Joseph Marx (Akademie für Musik) to Schenker,
dated December 3, 1924
Schenker appeals to Marx that the full conditions laid down by Sofie Deutsch
for the stipends be honored.
OJ 12/51, [1] Typewritten letter from Joseph Marx (Akademie für Musik) to Schenker, dated December
13, 1924
Marx has submitted the form of award of the Sophie Deutsch stipends to the
Ministry of Education.
UMdK Z 767 D/1927, [2] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hans Waizmann (Akademie für Musik) to
Schenker, dated January 11, 1927
Waizmann reports the amount of the interest on the Sophie Deutsch
stipend.
OJ 9/4, [3] Typewritten letter from Joseph Marx and Alexander Wunderer (Akademie für Musik) to
Schenker, dated February 3, 1927
Schenker is asked to give the Federal Ministry of Education his opinion as to
how the Sofie Deutsch stipends should be adjudicated after his death.
OJ 6/7, [32] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated February 16, 1927, with postscript
from Fanny Violin
Replying to Violin's previous letter, Schenker expresses surprise about (Egon)
Pollak's enthusiasm for C. P. E. Bach's Double Concerto. He also expresses uncertainty about
whether to accept an honor from the Academy of Arts and Science in Vienna. A translation and
adaptation of part of his Counterpoint, vol. 2, has been prepared; and Herman Roth's book on
counterpoint has also been published. He sends little Karl a picture of himself, and leaves
space for Violin's sister Fanny to add a short greeting.
OJ 5/18, 7 Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Jonas, undated [c.April 2,
1931(?)]
Schenker asks for reprint of essay.
OJ 8/5, [7] Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated November 27,
1931
Inquiring about Violin’s difficulties at the Schenker Institute in Hamburg,
Schenker observes that there are many fewer conservatory students in Vienna, and also in
Berlin, because music teachers earn so little.
OJ 8/5, [12] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated November 7, 1932
Schenker reports that Joseph Marx wants to adopt a revised version of his
Harmonielehre for the students at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in
Vienna.
OJ 89/5, [9] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated November 7, 1932
Schenker reports that the [Vienna] Akademie wishes to introduce his Harmonielehre
into its curriculum in an abridged version. — The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde has granted
consent.
OC 44/22 Typewritten letter from Jonas to Schenker, dated November 10, 1932
Jonas acknowledges letter from Schenker and gives initial list of subscribers
with number of copies; he reports on two of his latest publications.
OJ 89/5, [10] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated November 11,
1932
Hoboken welcomes the Akademie's acceptance of Schenker's Harmonielehre,
abridged, for teaching purposes; — He has started his cure at the spa.
OC 18/32-33 Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated November 28, 1932
Weisse is uneasy about disparity among translations of Schenker's writings
into English, and suggests that he work with potential translators to arrive at an agreed
set of technical terms. He has renewed contact with Vrieslander, who has sent him a copy of
his recently published songs and Ländler. His work in New York is going well and his family
is thriving, but he sees and hears about a great deal of suffering, on account of the
economic collapse in America.
OJ 5/18, 17 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, incorrectly dated September 1932 [recte:
December 1, 1932]
Schenker discusses likely sales for Jonas's Das Wesen, and will himself help
promote the book; warns Jonas against Hoboken.
OC 38/341v Handwritten letter from Moriz and Fanny Violin to Schenker, dated December 24,
1932
Violin asks Schenker’s opinion about a reply to a letter he sent to Joseph
Marx, who had been in Constantinople (Istanbul) for the purpose of regenerating a music
conservatory there; he encloses a copy of Marx’s reply, which mentions Schenker in
particular.
OJ 6/8, [15] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated December 25, 1932
In this letter, much of it written in a bitter and sarcastic tone, Schenker
urges Violin not to appeal to Anthony van Hoboken for financial help. He has sought
assistance for his friend from Ludwig Karpath and Josef Marx.
OeNB H Autogr.856/20-1 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Josef Marx, dated December 25, 1932
Schenker has read articles by Marx in a newspaper expressing disatisfaction at
musical life in Vienna; Schenker asks urgently to have a face-to-face meeting with Marx to
discuss these matters and probably others concerning Moriz Violin.
OJ 6/8, [16] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated December 29, 1932
Schenker advises Violin to keep up the pressure on Josef Marx regarding a
possible position at the Vienna Akademie; he will do the same. He again discourages his
friend from approaching Anthony van Hoboken with an appeal for financial
assistance.
OC 18/43 Typewritten letter from Karpath to Schenker, dated December 31, 1932
Karpath answers Schenker's accusations against Joseph Marx among others, in a
placatory manner. — He encourages Schenker to ask Furtwängler for the awaited letter. — He
will contact Marx and Franz Schmidt.
OC 18/15 Typewritten letter from Josef Marx to Schenker, dated January 2, 1933
Marx welcomes Schenker's views, and will visit him upon his return from the
Graz region.
OeNB H Autogr.856/20-2 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Josef Marx, dated January 12, 1933
Schenker invites Marx to tea at the Schenkers' apartment.
OC 18/18 Typewritten postcard from Marx to Schenker, dated January 14, 1933
Marx will visit Schenker on January 16 at 5.30 p.m.
OC 18/19 Typewritten postcard from Marx to Schenker, dated January 15, 1933
Marx changes his visit from January 16 to January 18.
OC 38/340v Handwritten letter from Moriz Violin to Fanny Violin, dated January 15,
1933
Moriz Violin reports to his sister Fanny on the use of money for Karl; adjures
her to be steadfast; says the doctor holds out possibility for recovery; asks for any news
on discussions between Schenker and Josef Marx; and wishes he could be in Vienna and with
little Karl. [This letter was passed to Heinrich Schenker.]
OJ 6/8, [20] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated January 19, 1933
Schenker gives Violin an account of a three-hour meeting he had with Joseph
Marx, who expressed his highest regard for Schenker's theories; he expects that his writings
will be adopted by the Vienna Akademie and that Violin will also profit from Marx’s interest
and goodwill.
OeNB H Autogr.856/20-3 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Josef Marx, dated January 19, 1933
Schenker urges Marx to advocate on behalf of Moriz Violin as a candidate for a
post at the Akademie für Musik, extolling his qualities as musician and
colleague.
OJ 89/6, [1] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated January 20, 1933
Schenker reports (1) discussion with Joseph Marx of a school version of his
Harmonielehre for the Akademie curriculum; (2) proposal from New York for an English
translation of Harmonielehre.
OC 18/44 Typewritten letter from Karpath to Schenker, dated January 23, 1933
Karpath reports that Joseph Marx is a candidate again for the Directorship of
the Academy. — He will advocate to Marx and to Karl Kobald that Schenker be appointed as a
professor at the Academy. — He says that he will write a letter to
Furtwängler.
Sbb 55 Nachl. 13, [8] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Furtwängler, dated January 24, 1933
Schenker has received a letter from Karpath, and alerts Furtwängler that he will
be hearing from him about the proposed letter to the newspaper; Schenker reports on recent visit
by Joseph Marx re the adaptation of Harmonielehre; Schenker would now be willing to associate
with the Akademie, but appointments there come about only by intrigue.
OJ 5/18, 22 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Jonas, dated January 26, 1933
Josef Marx has expressed interest in class-use of the planned school edition
of Schenker's Harmonielehre; Schenker suggests Jonas's Einführung be placed before Marx; a
second proposal for an English translation of Harmonielehre has come in.
OJ 8/5, [15] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated February 15, 1933
Schenker reports reading a newspaper article in which Arnold Schoenberg was
not offered a post at the Vienna Academy, and draws from it a parallel with Violin and
himself.
OJ 89/6, [2] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated February 15,
1933
Miss Boy has had an angina attack — they are to be married; — The number of
subscriptions for Jonas's book is disappointing; — Hoboken is weighing up his financial
support for it with that for Schenker's Freier Satz.
OJ 89/6, [3] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated February 17, 1933
Congratulating Hoboken on his forthcoming marriage to Frl. Boy, Schenker
reports that Kalmus is playing a devious financial game over Oktaven u. Quinten (which is in
press) and Der freie Satz (which he thinks will take two years to publish) that may yet see
the latter revert to Cotta. — He speaks of Marx's naiveté over the proposed school version
of Harmonielehre. — He reports on the remaining stocks of Das Meisterwerk in der
Musik.
OC 18/54 Handwritten letter from Karpath to Schenker, dated February 24, 1933
Karpath reports a conversation with Academy President Karl Kobald about a
position for Schenker, and regrets being unsuccessful. Kobald and Marx would have
recommended Schenker for a newly established "Austro-American course." Karpath asks for a
meeting with Schenker.
OJ 8/5, [16] Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated February 26, 1933
Schenker reports on Hans Weisse’s phenomenal success as a teacher in New York,
and complains about Joseph Marx’s duplicitous behavior.
OC 18/23 Typewritten letter from Josef Marx to Schenker, dated February 28, 1933
Marx thanks Schenker for hospitality on January 18. He lacks the influence at
the Vienna Akademie to introduce Schenker's theoretical system, but has advocated for the
inclusion of Schenker's name on the list of publications to be taken into account in its
teaching. He has had Violin's name put down for a forthcoming teaching position, but cannot
say how the Ministry of Education will judge that name.
OeNB H Autogr.856/20-4 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Josef Marx, dated March 4, 1933
Schenker speaks of his work having been proscribed in Vienna for 25 years, and
also allusively about a certain father and son. He compares the situation in Vienna
adversely with the size of Hans Weisse's lecture audience and his remuneration in New York.
Schenker asks for another meeting.
OJ 5/18, 24 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated March 22, 1933
Schenker recounts Joseph Marx's requirements for adapting his Harmonielehre
for teaching purposes, and the involvement of Alfred Kalmus at UE. — Refers to Vrieslander's
adaptation of Kontrapunkt and Jonas's of Harmonielehre. — Reports Hans Weisse's success;
alludes to the Handel-Schenker Saul project.
OJ 89/6, [4] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated March 22, 1933
Schenker thanks Hoboken for money transferred, for contact with Dlabač, and
for information about Jonas. — Oktaven u. Quinten may be published within three weeks. —
Schenker has warned Kalmus about paper quality and lithographer. — He expresses reservations
about Joseph Marx for inability to understand his work. — Weisse has 90 students enrolled
for his course [at Mannes School]; and Furtwängler deems Schenker the "great music
theorist."
OC 18/30 Typewritten letter from Frederick E. Auslander to Schenker, dated April 8,
1933
Auslander and Weisse plan to wait for clarity over the Marx Harmonielehre plan. —
Meanwhile, Auslander will publish extracts from Schenker's works in a magazine, with a view to
complete translations later.
OeNB H Autogr.856/20-5 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Josef Marx, dated July 8, 1933
Schenker asks Marx to intercede with Oswald Kabasta on behalf of Carl
Bamberger for the latter to be relayed on Radio Wien.
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.
OJ 6/8, [25] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Violin, dated September 23, 1933
Schenker arranges a time for Violin and his sister to have supper with him:
not too late in the evening. He does not intend to teach Hans Wolf for less than two hours a
week, on account of the substance of the theoretical material, but is willing to lower his
hourly rate for him.
OJ 89/7, [10] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated July 12, 1934
8-page letter: Schenker thanks Hoboken for his support for Jonas's new book. — He
reminds Hoboken of his earlier promise to support Der freie Satz financially, and predicts that
costs will be high. — Otto Erich Deutsch has been granted a course at the Vienna Academy for
Music and Performing Arts.