# Hartmeier 2017: Clues (or red herrings) to the Dorabella Cipher

> Daniel Hartmeier, 2017. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cross-check transcription and source for the location of the other documents.

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# Clues (or red herrings) to the Dorabella Cipher

Daniel Hartmeier, 2017. _benzedrine.ch_.

A letter transcription with an explicit orientation key, images of the 1920 exercise book and the 1886 Liszt fragment captioned as at the Elgar Birthplace Museum, and Jerrold Northrop Moore's account of the Liszt fragment and Thorley's reading.

**Dorabella cipher** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cross-check transcription and source for the location of the other documents.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Crystal Palace concert programme with 18 semicircle symbols (the Liszt fragment)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/artifacts/ART0CRZB0XC7YXW/crystal-palace-concert-programme-with-18-semicircle-symbols)

ART

[Elgar's exercise book with the semicircle alphabet and clock-face diagrams](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/artifacts/ART0CRZB1D045X5/elgars-exercise-book-with-the-semicircle-alphabet-and-clock)

ART

[The Liszt fragment has been read as 'GETS YOU TO JOY, AND HYSTERIOUS'.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/evidence/EVD0CRZAX0C2G3K/the-liszt-fragment-has-been-read-as-gets-you-to-joy-and)

Evidence

EVD

[Elgar pencils 18 semicircle symbols into a programme at a Liszt concert](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/events/EVT0CRZANXT5PXF/elgar-pencils-18-semicircle-symbols-into-a-programme-at-a)

EVT

[The Dorabella cipher](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher)

The mystery article

MYS

[Do Elgar's notebook pages give the key to his semicircle alphabet?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dorabella-cipher/questions/QST0CRZARKR73JN/do-elgars-notebook-pages-give-the-key-to-his-semicircle)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Hartmeier, D. (2017). Clues (or red herrings) to the Dorabella Cipher. benzedrine.ch. https://benzedrine.ch/dorabella.html
```

[Read it free at benzedrine.ch](https://benzedrine.ch/dorabella.html)

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**SRC** 0CRZAJR87G5P

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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