http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/ The Correspondence, Diaries, and Lessonbooks of Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) en Copyright 2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:25:44 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wilhelm Fischer (1886–1962), Austrian musicologist who studied with Guido Adler at the University of Vienna, became an Assistant at the Musikhistorisches Institut there in 1912, Privatdozent in 1915, Professor in 1923, then in 1928 Professor of Music at Innsbruck University. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/fischer_wilhelm.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/fischer_wilhelm.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:25:44 +0000 Eduard Engel (1851–1938), author of a widely-used history of German literature. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Leipzig, 1906), Deutsche Stilkunst (Vienna: Ternsky & Freitag, 7/1911), Sprich Deutsch! Zum Hilfsdienst am Vaterland (Leipzig: Hesse & Becke, 1916), and other books. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/engel_eduard.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/engel_eduard.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:14:19 +0000 Frau Brünauer, apparently the mother of Schenker's pupil and friend Robert Brünauer. Prior to January 1918, she had been a pupil of Marianne Kahn. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/brunauer_frau.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/brunauer_frau.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:03:58 +0000 Herr Blum, pupil of Schenker from April 1, 1916 to May 31, 1918. He died in July 1918. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/blum_herr.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/blum_herr.html Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:01:12 +0000 Hermann Bischoff (1868–1938), German composer, studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and with Richard Strauss. Bischoff lived for a long time in St. Georgen bei Dießen, on the Ammersee. In Fall 1929, he moved to Berlin. Contributor: Marko Deisinger Source: Frank/Altmann, Kurzgefaßtes Tonkünstler-Lexikon (Leizig, 1936), p. 57 ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/bischoff_hermann.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/bischoff_hermann.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:58:10 +0000 Herr Bier, would-be pupil of Schenker. Bier originated from Premysl, and studied psychology in Vienna. On the recommendation of Guido Adler's Assistent Wilhelm Fischer, he approached Schenker in January 1918 for theory instruction. This approach, however, came to nothing. (OJ 2/10, p. 831, January 22, 1918) Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/bier_herr.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/bier_herr.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:52:58 +0000 Fräulein Alter, pupil of Guido Adler at Vienna University. She sought Schenker's help in October 1917. Contributor: Marko Deisinger Source: Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker nach Tagebüchern ... (Hildesheim: Olms, 1985), p. 50 ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/alter_fraulein.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/person/alter_fraulein.html Person Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:43:05 +0000 Münchner Neueste Nachrichten, daily newspaper (its title meaning "Munich Latest News") founded in 1848, one of the highest-circulation newspapers in Germany. In the late 19th century it was one of the leading liberal newspapers under the editorship of Georg Hirth, but during World War I it adopted more conservative views. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/title/munchner_neueste_nac.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/title/munchner_neueste_nac.html Title Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:39:16 +0000 Buczacz, town in Galicia with Jewish shtelt, located on the Strypa River, 135 km (85 miles) south-east of Lemberg (L'viv). In 1918 it became part of Western Ukraine, then in 1923 part of the Republic of Poland; absorbed into the Soviet Union, it was invaded by Nazi Germany in 1941 and its Jewish population exterminated; after World War II it was again part of the Soviet Union, and since 1991 part of independent Ukraine. Contributor: Marko Deisinger ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/buczacz.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/buczacz.html Place Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:52:58 +0000 Niedergang, work by Schenker, written between 1905 and c. 1909, originally intended as an Afterword (Nachwort) to his Harmonielehre (1906), but not published there, subsequently envisioned as volume 3 of his serial work Neue Musikalische Theorien und Phantasien, to be published after Kontrapunkt. The work remained unpublished, and survives in typescript (OC 31/28–153) under the provisional title of “Über den Niedergang der Kompositionskunst: eine technisch-kritische Untersuchung.” An edition and English translation with introduction, by William Drabkin, is available in Music Analysis 24/1–2 (March–July 2005), 3–232.]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/work/niedergang.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/work/niedergang.html Work Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:13:39 +0000 Auer, location on the train line between Bozen (Bolzano) and Trento, close to Neumarkt, in the South Tyrol, until 1919 part of the Austrian Empire, from that year ceded to Italy as the Trentino–Alto Adige.]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/auer.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/auer.html Place Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:17:37 +0000 Paneveggio, small town in the South Tyrol, in the province of Trento, until 1919 part of the Austrian Empire, in that year ceded to Italy as the Trentino–Alto Adige. Situated in the Dolomites, its features are the ancient Paneveggio Forest and the national park of Paneveggio and the Pale die San Martino, which, at 2,600 meters altitude, includes the Valle del Primiero, San Martino di Castrozza, Passo Rolle, and Passo Valles, with the high peaks of Vezzana (3,129 m) and Cimon de la Pala (3,194 m). Heinrich Schenker and Jeanette spent the summer there in 1919 (OJ 1/11, p. 205ff). ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/paneveggio.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/paneveggio.html Place Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:10:48 +0000 Fontane fredde (Ger.: Kaltenbrunn), village in the Adige Valley in the province of Bozen (Bolzano) in the South Tyrol, until 1919 part of the Austrian Empire, from 1919 ceded to Italy as the Trentino–Alto Adige. Heinrich Schenker and Jeanette planned to stay there in the summer of 1912, but had to move on to Paneveggio (OJ 1/11, p. 205, June 29, 1912). ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/fontane_fredde.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/fontane_fredde.html Place Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:53:51 +0000 Urania, the Wiener Urania, located on the Aspernplatz, Vienna I, commonly known as the “Sternwarte” (observatory). This featured popular scientific lectures by well-known writers and researchers “mit Experimental- und Skioptikondemonstrationen” (with experimental and magic-lantern demonstrations). Schenker is known to have visited it a number of times: e.g. diary, OJ 1/11, p. 284, November 23, 1912: “Visit to Urania-Sternwarte to observe stars, especially a double-star.” Source: Wien: Kleine Ausgabe 1914–1915, Griebens Reiseführer (Berlin: Albert Goldschmidt, [1914]), p. 55. ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/urania.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/urania.html Place Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:17:53 +0000 Teutoburg Forest (Ger: Teutoburger Wald; Lat.: saltus Teutoburgiensis), range of low, forested mountains in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) and north-Rhine Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen), scene of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, in which an alliance of German tribes led by Arminius ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. Source: Wikipedia ("Teutoburg Forest"; "Battle of the Teutoburg Forest") ]]> http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/teutoburg_forest.html http://mt.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/schenker/profile/place/teutoburg_forest.html Place Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:37:06 +0000