Diary entry by Schenker, dated May 27, 1907 Mont. 27. [...] Abends Kontroverse mit Dr. R.H.1 wegen der Adresse.2 © In public domain. |
Diary entry by Schenker, dated May 27, 1907 Monday 27. [...] Evening: dispute with Dr. R. H.1 regarding the open letter.2 © Translation Ian D. Bent, 2006. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 Presumably :Robert Hirschfeld, who had denounced the signatories to an open letter to Gustav Mahler in an article in the Illustrirtes Wiener Extrablatt of May 26, 1907. 2 This document, called an Adresse, was signed by 70 people, including Arnold Schoenberg, Julius Epstein, Anton Door, other musicians, and prominent figures in literature, the theater, and the visual arts. See Henry-Louis de la Grange, Gustav Mahler, vol. III, Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904–1907), Eng. trans. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999), pp. 646-47, for a translation. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006.
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