Diary entry, dated September 13, 1906 Donnstg. 13/9[:] [...] Bei Director Stritzko:1 mündliche Vorabledigung2 des Vertrages betriffs der Tabelle. (auf 5 Jahre, mit Doblinger, 33⅓ von einer 1.20 Kr. = [.]20 Kr per Exempl[ar)] Ausbedingen als Nebengeschenk Partiturren [ sic ] von Bruckner, Mahler,3 (der Erweiterung der Bibliothek halber.)4 – Um Ergänzung der Tabelle in Hinsicht möglicher u. unmöglicher “Triller”5 von Str. angegangen. © Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005. |
Diary entry, dated September 13, 1906 Thursday September 13, [1906]: [...] At Director Stritzko’s1: preliminary word-of-mouth dealings2 over the contract re: the [Instrumentations-]Tabelle. (over[?] five years, with Doblinger, 33⅓ of a [?] 1.20 Kr. = [.]20 Kr per copy[)] on condition of gratis scores by Bruckner and Mahler3 (for the expansion of my library.)4 – Approached by Stritzko for extension of the Tabelle with respect to possible and impossible “Trills”5.] © Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 Stritzko & Co., Vienna I, Hoher Markt 3, Director Josef Stritzko, existed c.1890–1929, from 1912 on under the proprietorship of Carl Sutter. It is clear from this that Schenker has been approached by Stritzko about either creating or (more likely) modifying a table of instrumentation. 2 Vorabledigung: unusual formation, presumably a compound of "Vorab-" (prior; pre-) + "Erledigung" (dealings; settlement). 3 UE brought out study scores of Mahler's first four symphonies in 1906; the release dates were: I: June 2 (UE 946: 200 copies); II: April 23 (UE 948: 200 copies); III: April 9 (UE 950: 1,000 copies)); IV: November 10 (UE 952: 250 copies). I am grateful to Dr. Paul Banks for this information, which comes from the UE Verlagsdruckbücher. 4 Dr. Paul Banks points out that if S had foregone one half of his one-third (33⅓) royalty in return for free scores, then 1.20 ÷ 33⅓ ÷ 2 = 0.20 Kroner, or 20 Heller. 5 Possible and impossible trills are an important component of the entries on wind instruments in Berlioz's treatise on instrumentation. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
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