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[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, February 6, 1960]

Zuckerkandl addresses Fröbe-Kapteyn’s recent poor health and asks if she can recommend a medical center for Zuckerkandl’s wife [Marianne]. He is concerned that his title [for the 1960 conference] might be vague or misleading, so he proposes an alternative [“Tongestalt als Selbsterkenntnis”]. On the back, handwritten on February 7, he proposes two more titles [“Musik: die hörbare Gestalt der Welt und der Menschen,” “Die Tongestalt als Hörbild der Welt und der Menschen”].

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, March 11, 1960]

Zuckerkandl discusses another clinic Fröbe-Kapteyn recommended, which he and his wife Marianne will not visit. He goes on to express his excitement with the program and lecturers at the upcoming Eranos conference [August 1960]. Zuckerkandl has learned that the Végh quartet will be performing two concerts and asks if he can know their program beforehand, so that he may make connections to it during his own lecture. Indicates the title of his lecture will be “Die Tongestalt.”

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, August 30, 1960]

Zuckerkandl thanks Fröbe-Kapteyn for her generosity and trust, for appointing him to the new committee [unspecified, possibly a program committee for the Eranos conferences], and for founding and maintaining the Eranos conferences. Zuckerkandl’s wife [Marianne] is at a sanatorium in Tegernsee, but still in poor health.

Canadian Brass : [photograph]

Item is a promotional photograph of the Canadian Brass quintet: Ronald Romm and Frederic Mills, trumpets; David Ohanian, French horn; Eugen Watts, trombone; and Charles Daellenbach, tuba. The Canadian Brass Quintet was an ensemble-in-residence at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music from 1998 to 2003.

Christian Wahnschaffe

Essay on the novel Christian Wahnschaffe by Jakob Wasserman. Zuckerkandl summarizes the qualities of the main character, Christian, and his search to understand social injustice by understanding and experiencing the suffering of the oppressed. Presents portraits of several secondary characters, the abstract ideals that they represent, and the roles that they play in Christian's journey. Zuckerkandl concludes that the novel is advocating for a new world order, as the current model is unsustainable; the solution is not in a single formula such as communism, but instead presents the character Ruth as the ideal for humanity. Minor edits in pen correcting typos.

Agreement of Sale

Document of sale of Zuckerkandl's property in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to William H. Russell for $23,000.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, September 24, 1960]

Zuckerkandl reports his wife's [Marianne] improving health, and states that they may be ready for the trip to Ascona soon. He asks if October 10 will be a timely date to arrive. He also asks if it will be possible to make use of Fröbe-Kapteyn’s telephone and if she can arrange to have a cleaning maid helping daily during their stay.

[Letter from Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn to Viktor Zuckerkandl, September 30, 1960]

Fröbe-Kapteyn discusses possibilities for Zuckerkandl’s request for a cleaning maid. She recommends her own, Corinna, who will be occupied mornings until November 10, but will otherwise be at Zuckerkandl’s service. She describes the living facilities and the heating system and says Zuckerkandl will be able to telephone if he needs anything. She mentions being recently indisposed by a case of neuritis.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, June 1961]

Zuckerkandl informs Fröbe-Kapteyn that he has heard about Carl Jung’s passing. He reflects on Jung’s role and significance at Eranos. Writing now from Tegernsee, he explains the four-day journey was very arduous. Zuckerkandl is excited about re-establishing contact at Eranos and sends Fröbe-Kapteyn the address for Dr. Wladimir Weidlé so she can invite him to Eranos.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, June 30, 1961]

Zuckerkandl expresses concern based on not having heard from Fröbe-Kapteyn in some time. He informs her that his lecture is developing well [“Der singende und der sprechende Mensch,” for Eranos 1961] in which he will talk about space and complementarity. Zuckerkandl relates a dinner shared with [Emil] Preetorius, and [Wladimir] Weidlé and his wife. Zuckerkandl is convinced Weidlé is an ideal candidate for Eranos, he cites a passage from an article on the reconciliation of spiritual and natural sciences titled “Biologie de l’art” published in Diogène April 1957. Preetorius is busy with his project and will be bringing many materials to Eranos. The postscript mentions a cookbook that Zuckerkandl will return to Fröbe-Kapteyn.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, August 10, 1961]

Zuckerkandl is aware of Katzenstein’s [?] passing. He tries to console Fröbe-Kapteyn who is dealing with seasonal depression [Winterschatten]. Although it leaves a gap in the conference program, it has been decided that letting Sir Hubert [?] go was best, since his work did not relate well to the work of Zuckerkandl, [Alfred] Portmann, [Gershom] Scholem, [Henry] Corbin, and [Erich] Neumann on man and sound. Zuckerkandl will arrive at Ascona in a week.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, September 8, 1961]

Zuckerkandl thanks Fröbe-Kapteyn for an offer of accommodation. Explains that his wife [Marianne] is very weak as a result of a lung infection and its treatment, so her recovery is very slow. Due to the state of her health and need for someone to care for her, Zuckerkandl decides he cannot accept Fröbe-Kapteyn’s offer of accommodation at Eranos. He alludes to a 1-2 week stay in Germany in late fall, during which Zuckerkandl’s sister will care for his wife.

[Letter from Viktor Zuckerkandl to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, September 12, 1961]

Zuckerkandl mentions a letter Fröbe-Kapteyn wrote to [Emil] Preetorius and that he [Zuckerkandl] is glad that Preetorius’s participation was a success. He offers to write to [Wladimir] Weidlé about Eranos, should Fröbe-Kapteyn wish that he does. Zuckerkandl mentions that after they parted ways, his wife [Marianne] fell and hurt her arm, requiring a brief hospitalization. They will be flying out on Saturday [September 16]. After some uncertainty, Zuckerkandl confirms that they will be moving permanently back to Europe in the summer of the following year, and that she can count on his presence at the next Eranos conference. He explains that certain signs [unspecified] indicate to him that he should leave America.

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