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Diary entry by Schenker, dated February 11, 1908

Dienst. 11.2. [:] bei Kp.1 mit Floriz2. Luster fällt herunter, alle Tulpen[corr] gehen in Scherben – nach Gesetzen des Aberglaubens günstigste Vorbedeutung. Inhalt: ich muß nun[?] selbst zum Hofrat Wiener.3

Auch Fl. winkt Glück.

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Diary entry by Schenker, dated February 11, 1908

Tuesday February 11[, 1908] : With Floriz2 at Karpath’s1 place. Chandelier comes crashing down, all the globes dashed to smithereens—by the laws of superstition, a most propitious omen. Meaning: I must now go and see Hofrat Wiener3 myself.

For Floriz, too, things are looking good.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: diary entry

FOOTNOTES:

1 Click on Ludwig Karpath [insert biogfile link]

2 Click on Moriz Violin.

3 Official of the Austrian Ministry of Culture and Education, who was currently on the Board of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde to oversee developments in the Conservatory, and who was to become President of the newly state-owned Conservatory, the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, on January 1, 1909, and serve until ousted in 1919. Schenker’s interview with him, regarding a possible appointment for Schenker as Professor of Music Theory at the Akademie, took place on February 15, 1908: see OJ 1/7, p.78. Hofrat = Privy-Counsellor.

*SUMMARY:
[Professorship in Music Theory:] Propitious omen.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[Professorship in Music Theory:] Propitious omen.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Karpath, Ludwig; Violin, Moriz; Wiener, Karl von; chandelier; propitious omen
Diary entry by Schenker, dated February 11, 1908
diary entry
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 1/7, p.74
1908-02-11
2006-02-11
Schenker diary
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
holograph diary entry
Schenker, Heinrich (1908-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1908

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