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Letters from Schoenberg (arranged by correspondent)
Letters to Schoenberg (arranged by date; arranged by correspondent)


Letters from Schoenberg: 1944

Date

Recipient

Recipient's Company

First line of letter

[1944?.??.??] ASCAP An article by Larry Thompson in your issue from Se
[1944].??.?? Hollywood Citizen News For ten years I have been your subscriber.
[1944?.??.??] UCLA I would like to discuss this matter of having the
[1944.??.??] Who's Who A volume: Style and Idea (selected articles and le
19[44?].??.?? Berlstein, Alfred NY Public Library [not seen]
19[44?].??.?? Polnauer, Josef Geburtstags-Canon und Brain & Heart
1944.??.?? Powell, Lawrence Clark UCLA I have to inform you, that because of recently[!]
[1944?.??.??] Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ You know, I consider the former contract between m
1944.01.13 American Mercury Enclosed my check of $2.75 for the next 12 months.
1944.01.29 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib Will you kindly excuse my failure to answer your k
1944.01.30 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I am glad to hear that in Mr. Harroll you seem to
1944.01.30 Rodzinski, Artur Philh Sym Soc of NY I was sorry to hear today over the radio, that you
1944.02.04 Small, Arnold I don't think I can finish the "Fundamentals of Co
1944.02.06 Steuermann, Edward Brilliant performance you surpassed yourself
1944.02.08 Carter, John British Info Services Your letter from January 18, 1944 was mailed to Un
1944.02.08 Russell, Thomas LPO The above letter to Mr. Carter is supposed to expl
1944.02.08 Stokowski, Leopold I do not know where you live. You need not hide --
[1944.02.08] Stokowski, Leopold NBC Very enthusiastic about excellent performance and
1944.02.12 Taylor, Deems ASCAP I herewith apply for reclassification into a highe
1944.02.13 Brunswick, Mark ISCM Thank you very much for informing me about the spl
1944.02.18 Steuermann, Edward Ich habe dir schon von Miss Silvers erzählt.
1944.02.20 Ryan, Wm. B. Earle C. Anthony, Inc We, Arthur Lange, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Tan
1944.02.22 Yates, Peter Evenings on the Roof I [am] greatly pleased by your plans to present ne
1944.03.02 Rachmaninoff Fund Glad to join artists advisory committee if honorin
1944.03.07 Greissle, Felix When will you answer my letter and telegram?
1944.03.11 Nichols, C.A. Biog Ency of the World Enclosed you find on two sheets data of mine, a co
1944.03.23 LA Philharmonic We, Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Tansman and Arthu
1944.04.07 Engel, Carl Schirmer For almost seven weeks I am suffering from a flu-o
1944.04.07 Greissle, Gertrud I don't know what Mrs. Eisler wrote to you, but sh
1944.04.07 Koussevitzky, Serge Many thanks for awarding to me grant[!] of Koussev
1944.04.10 Engel, Carl Schirmer Only to answer briefly your just arrived letter fr
1944.04.10 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib I was sick for about seven weeks and am starting n
1944.04.12 Broder, Nathan Schirmer I wanted to revise and correct the whole biography
1944.04.14 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I return today the transparent sheets of the two p
1944.04.14 Wang, Fred Y. G. Schirmer, Inc. 3 East 43rd Street, New York 17,
1944.04.15 Gray, Donald H. H.W. Gray Company I am glad you want to publish my Variations on a R
1944.04.15 Steuermann, Edward Thank you for your kind letter informing me about
1944.04.18 Toldi, Julius Would you be kind enough to accept the enclosed ch
1944.04.19 Ency Britannica Enclosed Year Book Coupon No. 7 and my check of $1
1944.04.22 Engel, Carl Schirmer Unfortunately the "Variations on a Recitative for
1944.04.22 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Have no time to break asunder book like bound tran
1944.04.25 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Upon your request, about a year ago I have sent yo
1944.04.27 Koussevitzky, Serge Wire which compositions Koussevitzky has conduct
1944.04.28 Greissle, Gertrud Better postpone visit until conditions improve gr
1944.04.30 McKay, Francis Howard I have sent your letter to the Music Department of
1944.04.30 Rubsamen, Walter H. UCLA I will not be there when this man will come to stu
1944.05.01 Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ As my seventieth birthday approaches the feeling g
1944.05.02 Engel, Carl Schirmer I did, in the case of Koussevitzky, what you sugg
1944.05.02 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib Slowly recovering from quite a long illness, I use
1944.05.02 Thorner, Maurice Enclosed a copy of my letter to Associated Music P
1944.05.03 Greissle, Gertrud You promised to keep me informed about Arnold and
1944.05.03 Ryan, Wm. B. Earle C. Anthony, Inc You remember, I could not attend the dinner and br
1944.05.04 Allen, Bennet M. UCLA I would certainly not vote against conferring an h
1944.05.08 Kallir, Otto Galerie St. Etienne Thank you for inviting me to the Sponsoring Commit
1944.05.12 Urbach, [?] Mrs. Urbach is a very talented musician.
1944.05.15 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Don't destroy fineness by unauthorized corrections
1944.05.15 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I am the last to pretend I make no mistakes.
1944.05.16 Weinrich, Carl Princeton Univ So many people have written me about your playing
1944.05.30 Carpenter, Patricia I am gladly ready to teach you and to tell you abo
1944.05.30 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I have no copy of the "Full-Orchestra Version" of
1944.06?.?? Broder, Nathan Schirmer There are too many wrong data. I am not opposed o
1944.06.03 Thorner, Maurice Enclosed a copy of my letter to Associated Music P
1944.06.05 Greissle, Felix Schirmer In 69 to 70 it should be [quarter note equals dott
1944.06.08 Carter, John British Info Services In answering your letter from January 18, 1944, er
1944.06.08 Copland, Aaron I assume you know that I asked Mr. Koussevitzky
1944.06.09 Knudsen, Vern O. UCLA I want to apologize for my missing the meeting of
1944.06.09 Trimble, Lester American Red Cross Though I am very busy, but[!] because your letter
1944.06.09 Weber, Ben Dr. Rubsamen sent me your letter. My lecture on "C
1944.06.11 Frankenberg, Bobbe UCLA I would love to participate this year in the Sprin
1944.06.15 Glasser, Lee Philosophical Lib Enclosed is a recent snapshot. I have at pr
1944[?].06.17 Rossi, Heddy Playhouse, The May I be brief in order to answer at once?
1944.06.17 Smith, Moses I am very sorry, I could not do, what you want.
1944.06.22 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib Can send rest of material only next week stop
1944.06.26 Schoen, Max Am Soc for Aesthetics I am at present on sabbatical leave absence and af
1944.06.27 Adams, Robert D.W. Univ of Kansas City Perhaps a week before your letter arrived I wanted
1944.06.27 Munro, Thomas I expect to attend the meeting of the American Soc
1944.06.29 Reese, Gustave Schirmer In my last letter to Mr. Greissle I have already e
1944.07.?? Greissle, Arnold I received your letter from June 30, 1944, and we
[1944.07?.??] Trimble, Lester American Red Cross I am sorry I can only answer you today. I have bee
1944.07.01 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib I am sorry I can send you the rest of the material
1944.07.10 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I received the 2 piano version of the Piano Concer
1944.07.15 Reiner, Fritz Pittsburgh SO I have been informed by Mr. Felix Greissle and by
1944.07.15 Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ Enclosed a letter to Mr. Reiner which I would like
1944.07.17 Gassmann, Remi Univ of Chicago I thank you very much for your kind invitation for
1944.07.17 Greissle, Felix Enclosed you find my statement that I do not ask a
1944.07.17 Greissle, Felix Schirmer This telegram was telephoned to me today.
1944.07.17 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Though my letter to Mr. Reese, by naming only the
1944.07.17 Greissle, Hermann It is true, I am not a very industrious writer of
1944.07.17 List, Kurt Listen Magazine I hoped I might be able to send you a better pictu
1944.07.22 Greissle, Felix Schirmer It seems my retirement from UCLA, in September, mu
1944.07.25 Glasser, Lee Philosophical Lib "Music of Tomorrow" does not fit to my book.[!]
1944.07.29 Twa, Andrew J. May I confess (1) that I resent your statements ab
[1944].08.01 Bach, David Josef Yesterday I said to my wife: Dr. Bach must have al
1944.08.04 Stokowski, Leopold The duration of my Second Chamber Symphony must, a
1944.08.08 Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ If you are ready to make a contract about reprinti
1944.08.09 Burgin, Richard Very pleased about program and Mrs. Sprague Coolid
[1944?.08.09? Greissle, Felix Schirmer Above is my answer to the following telegram: "Pla
1944.08.16 Wolfsohn, Georg It is really wonderful that you were remembering m
1944.08.18 Adams, Robert D.W. Univ of Kansas City (1) Unfortunately the greater part of my answers t
1944.08.18 Khuner, Felix I received your letter from August seventh already
1944.10.23 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I have heard Koussevitzky's performance of my
1944.08.21 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Miss Dika Newlin (626 M.C. Avenue, East Lansing, M
1944.08.23 Benedict, H.H. UC I am to retire this year, and, according to the ad
1944.08.26 Gassmann, Remi Illness obstructs definitive acceptance though dat
1944.08.27 Downes, Olin I would like to have this suggestion printed in
1944.08.29 Nachod, Hans At first let me thank you cordially for your congr
1944.08.31 Munro, Thomas Am Soc for Aesthetics I am sorry, I must cancel my lecture. I intended t
1944.09?.?? Greissle, Felix Schirmer Accept Los Angeles. Only Chicago spring whether
1944.09.04 Benedict, H.H. UC Thank you very much for your kind reply to my lett
1944.09.06 Powell, Lawrence Clark UCLA I am very pleased about your intention of preserva
1944.09.19 Greissle, Felix Schirmer As I have not yet received the following items, I
1944.09.20 This is to certify that I have asked Robert D. W.
1944.09.20 Glasser, Lee Philosophical Lib Since I sent you the rest of the essays for the bo
1944.09.23 Brentano's Booksellers to the World Upon the order of Mr. Hans Eisler, 689 S. Amalfi D
1944.09.24 Mahler, Alma seit zehn Tagen plage ich mich damit, einen Brief
1944.09.28 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I hope in November the weather will still be good
1944.09.28 Schirmer, Gustave Schirmer I have made plans for founding a "Record of the Mo
1944.09.29 Lundberg, O. UC Berkeley I do not understand why I should pay much more tax
1944.10.03 Adler, Oskar For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Greissle, Gertrud For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Hanna, Irene For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Harrison, Lou Modern Music Your congratulation to my anniversary[!] was one o
1944.10.03 Hilb, Emil For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Mahler, Alma For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Nachod, Hans For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Newlin, Dika For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Partos, Ödön For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Reich, Willi [not seen]
1944.10.03 Slonimsky, Nicolas Eine sehr geistreiche Idee, Ihre Kanons über die M
1944.10.03 Stein, Erwin For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Steuermann, Clara For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.03 Stiedry, Fritz I am sorry to say, that all the letters I received
1944.10.03 Strang, Gerald When will you come again to Los Angeles?
1944.10.03 Thomson, Virgil NY Herald Tribune I feel I must finally do, what I intended long ago
1944.10.03 Weiss, Adolph ich darf nicht vergessen, dir auch für Deine Tätig
1944.10.03 [various] For more than a week I tried composing a letter of
1944.10.08 Gradenwitz, Peter I just see that I have to answer some points of yo
1944.10.09 Lederman, Minna Modern Music I could not write this earlier. I hope it arrives
1944.10.11 Mann, Thomas The great delay of this letter and of my thanks is
1944.10.12 Korngold, Julius Es ist schade, daß mein Vortrag "Komposition with
1944.10.13 Adams, Robert D.W. Excuse the delay--this letter was mixed among many
1944.10.16 Davenport, Frank At present I am not teaching classes, but I consid
1944.10.16 Steuermann, Edward Thanks for your congratulations. There will be soo
1944.10.17 Hoffmann, Richard, Sr. Excuse me for calling you "uncle" - the title whic
1944.10.22 Koussevitzky, Serge Excellently played Variations found it very beauti
1944.10.23 Gassmann, Remi Univ of Chicago As my health--knock on wood--has improved during r
1944.10.23 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I have heard Koussevitzky's performance of my Vari
1944.10.23 Kolisch, Rudolf Today I dared order railroad tickets for our trip
1944.10.24 McKelvey, Raymond G. Sou Cal Cncl of Inter-Am Aff I am glad to accept your kind invitation to serve
1944.10.26 Greissle, Felix Schirmer At least the order in which Mr. Wallenstein tells
1944.10.28 Gassmann, Remi Univ of Chicago It is only a few days since I wrote you I feel I c
1944.10.28 Greissle, Felix Schirmer First, I have to tell you that I can not come to N
1944.10.28 Kolisch, Rudolf This morning I decided I cannot make these trips,
1944.10.29 Reiner, Fritz Pittsburgh SO You are perfectly all right with your criticism ab
1944.10.30 Greissle, Felix Schirmer This is promising, the interest of the OWI in my "
1944.11.01 Miles, Russell H. Univ of Illinois It seems to me your question can not be answered w
1944.11.03 Sparr, Reba Philosophical Lib I am sorry I could not answer you earlier.
1944.11.06 Greissle, Felix I can not see anything wrong with the sample page
1944.11.13 Greissle, Felix Schirmer I long to see the Full Orchestra Version, opus 43B
1944.11.13 Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ I received your birthday congratulations and you r
19[4?]4.11.14? Bird, Remsen D. Occidental College [ilg.]
1944.12.01 Greissle, Felix Schirmer Enclosed a) six sheets containing the voice part f
1944.12.02 Frankenstein, Alfred V. SF Symphony Thank you for informing me about Mr. Monteux's per
1944.12.03 Moe, Henry Allen Guggenheim Foundation Miss Dika Newlin has attended at[!] University of
1944.12.03 Reese, Gustave Schirmer As my check did not arrive today, I wonder whether
1944.12.03 Sessions, Roger You would not believe how fast time passes when yo
1944.12.04 Lederman, Minna Modern Music I wonder whether your December issue has already b
1944.12.08 Czernin, Ferdinand Austrian Action ich bin mit großem Vergnügen bereit, alles was in
1944.12.09 Dyer, Joseph H. SF Symphony Thanks for invitation-accepting for fee of dollar
1944.12.21 Fischer, Gottfried Bermann It seems I started a little too late--Ihnen kann i
1944.12.21 Fischer, Gottfried Bermann It seems I started a little too late--Ihnen kann i
1944.12.22 Winter, Hugo Assoc Music Publ I am terribly busy and working very hard.
1944.12.28 Glière, Reinhold Congratulating and wishing you many more years of
1944.12.28 Glière, Reinhold This year I was as young as you are now and I know
1944.12.31 Thorner, Maurice I want to write a letter to this retirement Dept.


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Letters from Schoenberg (arranged by correspondent)
Letters to Schoenberg (arranged by date; arranged by correspondent)