Schenker Correspondence Project

Weisse, Hans (1892–1940). Austrian music theorist, composer; pupil of Schenker’s. In 1931 he moved to New York specifically to teach Schenker’s theory at the David Mannes School of Music. Weisse also took a PhD in music with Guido Adler at Vienna University, writing a dissertation on the waltz.

His correspondence with Schenker survives as OJ 5/45 (Schenker to Weisse), OJ 15/15-16 (Weisse to Schenker), OJ 71/40 (Weisse to O. Vrieslander re: a Schenker Festschrift), OJ 72/24 (portraits)

He is mentioned in (not all of these documents may yet be available on the website):

WSLB 116, June 2, 1912 (Schenker to Hertzka)

OC 52/427, June 3, 1912 (Hertzka to Schenker)

WSLB 118, June 4, 1912 (Schenker to Hertzka)
OC 52/493, June 8, 1912 (Hertzka to Schenker)

WSLB 120, June 9, 1912 (Schenker to Hertzka)

OC 52/105, November 9, 1912 (Hertzka to Schenker)
WSLB 235, December 29, 1914 (Schenker to Hertzka)
OC 52/505, January 2, 1915 (Hertzka to Schenker)
OC 52/166, January 9, 1915 (Hertzka to Schenker)

OJ 1/16, p. 577, January 27?, 1917 (Diary entry)

OJ 1/16, p. 577, January 28, 1917 (Diary entry)

OC 52/563recto, April 3, 1922 (Hertzka to Schenker)

OJ 12/6, [1], February 1, 1928 (Jonas to Schenker)

OJ 5/18, [G]. February 14, 1928 (Schenker to Jonas)

OJ 12/6, [3], March 3, 1928 (Jonas to Schenker)

OJ 9/34, [19], July 18, 1929 (Cube to Schenker)

vC 26, July 22, 1929 (Schenker to Cube)

vC 31, November 1, 1930 (Schenker to Cube)

vC 32, November 7, 1930 (Schenker to Cube)

vC 33, November 10, 1930 (Schenker to Cube)

OJ 9/34, [22], November 22, 1930 (Cube to Schenker)

OJ 5/18, 2, November 26, 1930 (Schenker to Jonas)

OJ 12/6, [5], November 28, 1930 (Jonas to Schenker)

vC 34, December 5, 1930 (Schenker to Cube)

OJ 5/18, 3[b], December 9, 1930 (Schenker to Jonas)

OJ 9/34, [23], February 10, 1931 (Cube to Schenker)

OJ 12/6, [31], April 15, 1931 (Jonas to Schenker)

OJ 70/11, [2], undated (April 1931) (Cube to Violin)

WSLB 431, April 17, 1931 (Schenker to Hertzka)

OJ 12/6, [9], April 17, 1931 (Jonas to Schenker)

OJ 5/18, 5, April 19, 1931 (Schenker to Jonas)

vC 37, June 12, 1931 (Schenker to Cube)

vC 38, June 30, 1931 (Schenker to Cube)

WSLB 442, November 1, 1931 (Schenker to Hertzka)
OJ 5/18, 24, March 22, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas)

OJ 5/18, 41, April 23, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas)

OJ 5/18, 59, October 16, 1934 (Schenker to Jonas)

Also mentioned in:

OC 3/1, Lesson Book, February 22, 1912 (performance)

[ Baker's (1971), Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, communication from John Rothgeb, and other sources]