Schenker Correspondence Project

Diary entry by Schenker, dated November 4, 1906

Sonntag, 4.11.06. [...] Verleger Herzmansky (Doblinger)¹ gesteht unumwunden den Gedankengang Drt. Stritzko’s,² wie auch den eigenen ^ein, der in seiner nackten Borniertheit u. Unzweckmäßigkeit die gemeinsame³ Herausgabe der Instrumententabelle vereitelt hat. So behielt mein Instinkt,⁴ selbst in der angeblich praktischeren Welt des Kaufmannes, vollauf ihr Recht!

© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Diary entry by Schenker, dated November 4, 1906

Sunday November 4, 1906 : [...] Publisher Herzmansky (of Doblinger)¹ openly admits Director Stritzko’s,² and also his ^own, line of thought, which in its unvarnished narrowmindedness and inappropriateness has thwarted the joint³ edition of the Table of Instruments. So my instinct was⁴ absolutely right, even in the allegedly more practical world of the businessman.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: holograph diary entry; Schenker altered the syntax in two passages, leaving the agreement in the first incorrect.

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Bernhard Herzmansky had been head of the music publishing firm of Ludwig Doblinger since 1876, and was one of the three prime movers (along with Josef Weinberger and Adolf Robitschek) in creating UE in 1901, and a founding shareholder of the new company.

² Stritzko & Co., Vienna I, Hoher Markt 3, Director Josef Stritzko, existed c.1890–1929, from 1912 on under the proprietorship of Carl Sutter: first mentioned in the diary entries for September 11 and 13, 1906 (OJ 1/5, p.19), and then again September 16, 18, 22, and 24, 1906 (OJ 1/5, p.20), in connection with the Instrumentations-Tabelle, and is later referred to in a draft and final letter to Hertzka, OJ 5/16, [4], December 25, 1908, and WSLB 33, January 1?, 1909.

³ Presumably joint between Stritzko and Doblinger. S first wrote "der gemeinsamen" ("of the joint"), then altered "der" to "die," leaving "gemeinsamen" unchanged.

⁴ S first wrote "behalten meine Instinkte" ("So my instincts are absolutely right ..."), then changed them.

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Plans thwarted by the attitudes of Herzmansky (Doblinger) and Stritzko.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Plans thwarted by the attitudes of Herzmansky (Doblinger) and Stritzko.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Stritzko; Herzmansky, Bernhard; UE; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; Table of Instrumentation
Diary entry by Schenker, dated November 4, 1906
diary entry
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 1/5, p.25
1906-11-04
2005-02-15
Schenker diary
Stritzko
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holograph diary entry
Schenker, Heinrich (1906-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
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Vienna
1906