Diary entry by Schenker, dated April 4?, 1913 4[?].IV. Vortrag v. Otto Erich Deutsch1 zugunsten der Schubert Nichte2; mit Fr. D.3 u. Lie-Lie.4 Aus dem Programm hervorzuheben blos: „Nachtviolen“ u. „Memnon“5; die Stücke für Männerchor „Nachtigall“ u. „Ständchen“6 übten ihre gewohnte Wirkung, während die übrigen Gesänge, wie z.B. „Uraniens Flucht“7, die ungleiche, immer aber unbekümmert naive Produktion Schuberts in allzu ungünstigem Sinne bloß stellten. Unter den Bildern ragte ein Jugendbildnis u. Schwind8 hervor. Nach dem Konzert mit Fr. D. zu Tisch. © In the public domain. |
Diary entry by Schenker, dated April 4?, 1913 April 4[?], [1913]. Lecture by Otto Erich Deutsch1 for the benefit of the Schubert neice2; with Mrs. Deutsch3 and Lie-Lie.4 Of the program, the only items to stand out [were]: “Dame’s Violets” and “Memnon”5. The pieces for male-voice chorus, “The Nightingale” and “Serenade,”6 made their customary effect, while the other songs, such as, e.g. “The Flight of Urania”7, merely showed off the unequal, but always light-heartedly naïve products of Schubert’s art in an all too unfavorable light. Among the pictures, a youthful portrait by Schwind8 stood out . After the concert, meal with Mrs. Deutsch. © Translation Ian Bent 2006. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 Otto Erich Deutsch [create biogfile and link]. Deutsch was Schubert’s principal 20th-century biographer, and was at this time engaged in his Franz Schubert: die Dokumente seines Lebens und Schaffens, vol. 2/1: Die Dokumente seines Lebens (Munich, 1914), and vol.3: Sein Leben in Bildern (Munich, 1913). Seven years later he produced his Die historischen Bildnisse Franz Schuberts in getreuen Nachbildungen (Vienna, 1922), which is clearly relevant to the reference later in this entry to Schubert iconography. 2 Schubert niece: identify. Perhaps a reference to Carolina Geisler-Schubert (1856-1951), a great niece of Schubert who had studied piano with Clara Schumann, and who later lived in England, and would have been aged 58 at the time. 3 Mrs. Sofie Deutsch, a pupil of S’s for more than fifteen years, and a benefactress of his work. She died on January 5, 1917, leaving a legacy, a pension, and funds for stipends to composers in his hands. She was apparently no relation to Otto Erich Deutsch. 4 S’s affectionate name for Jeanette Kornfeld, whom S would marry on November 10, 1919. 5 Schubert songs „Nachtviolen”, D752, „Memnon”, D541, both to poems by Mayrhofer. 6 Schubert male-voice choruses, “Die Nachtigall”, D724; “Ständchen,” perhaps an arrangement of either the song „Horch, Horch, die Lerch!” (Hark, hark the Lark!—Shakespeare), D889, or “Leise flehen meine Lieder” (Softly my Songs Plead—Rellstab), D957/4. 7 Schubert song “Uraniens Flucht”, D554, to poem by Mayrhofer. 8 Moritz von Schwind, Biedermeier artist, member of the Schubert circle and close personal friend of Schubert. Otto Erich Deutsch took an interest in Schwind’s work early in his career. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent 2006.
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