WSLB-Hds 95664 Handwritten letter from Schenker to Seligmann, dated July 22, 1903
Schenker is sending Seligmann a copy of his Beitrag zur Ornamentik, which he
hopes will be grounds for receiving a letter of recommendation from Gustav Mahler (for a
post at the Vienna Conservatory). The writing of it has caused him great anguish, and there
are even more things he wants to say, which would require writing another book, but without
a professorship no one will pay attention to him. He also expresses his desire for female
companionship, to help with his work.
WSLB-Hds 95662 Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Seligmann, dated August 29, 1906
In this amusing message congratulating Seligmann on his latest feuilleton,
Schenker comments on the proper speed for the “little duet” between Giovanni and Zerlina and
notes the gulf separating the performance of Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival (the
conductor is not named) and the Mozart performances conducted by Mahler (at the Vienna State
Opera).
OJ 15/15,[D] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 20, [1910]
Weisse has ‒ unfairly, in his view ‒ been failed in Latin. He is spending the
summer in Ischl, and asks Schenker if he could visit him in the Dolomites, even if for a
short time, to prove that he is not as immature as some of his schoolteachers seem to
think.
OJ 14/23, [16] Handwritten lettercard from Seligmann to Schenker, postmarked June 1,
1911
Seligmann gives Schenker a revised version of his newspaper notice, which he
thinks will be published in the next two days.
OJ 15/15, [J] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 9, [1911]
On summer holiday with little in the way of fixed plans, Weisse will be working
on some new piano pieces and asks Schenker's advice about form in the Ballade, Fantasy, and
Rondo.
OJ 14/23, [17] Handwritten lettercard from Seligmann to Schenker, dated July 25, 1911
Seligmann has found a newspaper article that Schenker was looking for. He is
recuperating in Ischl.
OJ 15/16, [1] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 6, 1911
Weisse reports that he has reworked his fifth waltz and composed two other piano
pieces. He will now switch to composing songs, and asks a question about setting poems with more
than three stanzas.
OJ 15/6, [10] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated July 26, 1912
Fritz Wahle thanks Schenker profusely for sending him his book on Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony, which he will read through quickly. He has acquired a copy of the score of
the work.
OJ 15/16, [8] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 10, 1912
Weisse speaks of Schenker's monograph on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and progress
with his own string quintet; — reiterates his desire to transfer from Violin to Schenker for
piano lessons; — refers to lectures that he is about to take with Guido Adler, and quotes from
Florence May's biography of Brahms. — He will write to Lorle Meissner; — gives his address in
Pontresina.
OJ 15/6, [11] Handwritten letter from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated August 10, 1912
Fritz Wahle explains how he came to acquire Schenker’s book on Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony. He has read Moriz Violin’s pamphlet about the leadership of the Vienna
Academy and hopes that some good will come of it. In response to a letter from Schenker, he
expresses his agreement with what Schenker has to say about Wagner, and again praises his
friend for the serious intent of his writings.
OJ 15/16, [10] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 27, 1912
Weisse has been studying an example of rondo form in Mozart; he is enjoying the
culture of Basel; gives his return date to Bad Ischl.
OJ 15/16, [17] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 8, 1913
Weisse sends a copy of a book [unidentified] and thanks Schenker again for his
teaching.
OJ 15/16, [18] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 16, 1913
Weisse asks for guidance on technical questions in his rewriting of the first
movement of his string quintet.
OJ 15/15, [1] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated September 1, 1913
At the end of a relatively unproductive summer, Weisse is looking forward to
seeing his teacher.
OJ 15/16, [20] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated September 13, 1913
Weisse reports a conversation with Franz Steiner about Richard Strauss and his
alleged interest in Schenker's work. — Weisse looks forward to having three lessons a week with
Schenker.
OJ 15/16, [22] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 7, 1914
Weisse reports that he is engrossed in reading Jean-Paul, is resting, practising
piano, and studying Brahms's Second Symphony.
OJ 15/16, [23] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 16, 1914
Weisse thanks Schenker for clippings of two articles from the Münchener Zeitung.
Returning them, he critiques Alexander Berrsche's references there to the theory of the trill as
expounded in Schenker's Beitrag zur Ornamentik.
OJ 15/15, [7] Telegram from Weisse to Schenker, dated June 16, 1919
Weisse can arrive on the 25th.
OJ 15/16, [38] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 15, 1919
On hearing that Schenker is already on holiday, and being not far from him (In
Bad Ischl), Weisse inquires about the possibility of paying a visit.
OJ 15/16, [39] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 2, 1919
Weisse accepts Schenker's invitation to visit him while on
holiday.
OJ 15/16, [42] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 11, 1920
Weisse wishes Schenker an enjoyable summer holiday, and looks forward to visiting
him. He inquires about the possibility of moving into Reisnerstraße 38, in the event that the
Schenkers move elsewhere, and informs his teacher about the organization of a lecture series at
the Vienna Urania. He concludes with some remarks about literary works, Wedekind's Schloß
Wetterstein and Jean Paul's Levana.
OJ 15/16, [43] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated July 19, 1920
Weisse reports his arrival for the summer in Ischl, and the grave illness that
has befallen his grandfather there. He sends Schenker three excerpts from Jean Paul's review of
Mme. de Staël's "On Germany" (1810), which he expects his teacher will find useful as cultural
and political ammunition against the French.
OJ 15/15, [9] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, postmarked August 22, 1921
Weisse is taking a very late summer holiday and so cannot visit Schenker in
Galtür. He has finished composing a sonata and is writing out a fair copy.
OJ 15/15, [10] Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated September 12, 1921
Nearing the end of a two-week holiday in Bad Ischl, Weisse hopes to see Schenker
in Vienna the following Sunday.
OJ 15/16, [46] Handwritten letter from Hans and Hertha Weisse to Schenker, dated July 21, 1922
Weisse reports from Vienna that a sum of money has arrived, and will be paid to
its intended recipient (Kohn), and gives an account of his and Hertha Weisse's travels in
Vorarlberg following a visit to the Schenkers in Galtür.
OJ 15/16, [48] Handwritten letter from Hans and Hertha Weisse to Schenker, dated July 15, 1923
Weisse summarizes his recent travels in northern Italy and Switzerland, and
inquires about progress on Der freie Satz, a work which he thinks will be an indispensable
foundation for the analyses in Der Tonwille.
OJ 14/23, [25] Handwritten picture postcard from Seligmann to Schenker, postmarked July 17,
1931
Seligmann acknowledges the receipt of Schenker’s article about a lost Mozart
letter, published in Der Kunstwart. He was surprised to learn that some Mozart scholars
doubted its authenticity.
OJ 15/16, [80] Handwritten letter from Weisse to Schenker, dated August 25, 1931
Weisse, on holiday, will not be returning to Vienna before making his way ‒
via Nuremberg and Berlin ‒ to Hamburg, where his ship to America sets sail on September 17.
He gives Schenker the address of the Mannes Music School, and reports that he has heard
nothing of late from Furtwängler.
OJ 12/24, [7] Typewritten letter from Kromer to Schenker, dated May 27, 1933
Kromer gives details of an apartment in Bad Ischl.