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