Schenker Correspondence Project

Diary Entry by Schenker, dated April 23, 1907

Dienst. 23.[4.] [...] Grove’s Buch über “Beeth.'s Symph.”¹ erhalten. Abscheulich laie u. unkünstlerisch.²

Diary Entry by Schenker, dated April 23, 1907

Tuesday [April] 23 : [...] Grove's Book on "Beethoven's Symphonies"¹ received. Loathsomely unprofessional, and inartistic.²

COMMENTARY:
Format: diary entry

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Sir George Grove, Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies (London: Novello, 1896) in the Max Hehemann German translation (London: ?, 1906).

² This item is included because of its relevance to S's own Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie (Vienna: UE, 1912), and several references to the Grove work in S's correspondence with Hertzka.

SUMMARY:
Has received copy of Grove’s book Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Disapproves.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
Has received copy of Grove’s book Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Disapproves.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Grove, George; Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies; Beethoven; Fifth Symphony
Diary entry by Schenker, dated April 23, 1907
diary entry
OJ 1/5, p.38
1907-04-23
2005-04-01
Schenker diary
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Schenker, Heinrich (1907-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
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Vienna
1907