Letter Wobisch February 1975
A letter from Helmut Wobisch discussing details for the planned conducting course in Ossiach in 1975, together with an annoucement of the course. Swarowsky could not participate in Ossiach due to his declining condition: he thought at a course in Vienna in July and was admitted to hospital on the last day of the course:



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Wiener Meisterkurse 1975
A draft program of the Vienna Masterclasses from 1975 with Swarowsky's annotations.
This was Swarowskys last course as he had to cancel his participation in Ossiach that summer.
Swarowsky was admitted to hospital on the last day of the course, his cancer has become incurable:



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Ernst von Siemens Foundation 1974
In this letter from June 1974, the Siemens Foundation confirms a grant of SFR 15.000 for Swarowskys students at the Vienna Music Academy, which Swarowsky is invited to distribute according to his own assessment:



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La Scala invitation  for the 1975-76 season
Claudio Abbado wanted to invite Swarowsky to conduct a concert at La Scala in the 1975 - 1976 season,
and suggested following program:
Schoenberg: 1st psalm, Kol Nidrei, violin concerto (with Accardo as soloist)
and extracts from Schumann's Genoveva.



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ORF October 1974
A letter from ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Station) confirming an invitation of Swarowsky for a concert in March 1976. The full planned program is unknown but Swarowsky has suggested Heinrich Schiff for the Monn Cello Concerto in Schoenbergs arrangement:




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Letter Willi Reich
Swarowsky knew Willi Reich since the 1920s, when rivaling for Julia Laszky's love. It's Willi Reich who introduces Swarowsky to Siegmund Freud. In this very friendly letter, Reich asks about a Mahler article Swarowsky wrote, mentions that his Schoenberg book has just been translated into Japanese and offers to review Swarowsky's recordings for the Neue Zuercher Zeitung, signing off as his 'old and commensurately senile friend'.



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Leipzig 1972
In this note from September 1972, the administration of the Leipzig Gewandhaus congratulates Swarowsky to the high critical acclaim for his last concert with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and enquires his availability for the 1974/75 season for a concert with a planned program of Mathis the Painter and Bruckners symphony No. 7: Swarowsky conducted a program with Mathis the Painter and Bruckners symphony No. 5 on December 5 and 6, 1974



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