Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Hermann Bahr to Schenker, dated July 25, 1895

[ Letterhead: ] „Die Zeit“ [/] Wiener Wochenschrift [/] [ etc. ]

Wien, den 25. Juli 1895

Geehrter Herr Dr!

Ich bedaure aufrichtig, Sie anscheinend misverstanden zu haben.¹ Aber wenn schon ich Sie misverstehe, der doch genauer u. nachdenklicher liest als der gewöhnliche Leser, wie würde erst das Publikum Sie misverstehen! Also nichts für ungut und senden Sie mir nur bald musikalische Erziehung.²

Bestens grüßt
[ sign’d: ] Hermann Bahr

Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker

© IPR under investigation
© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2006

Handwritten letter from Hermann Bahr to Schenker, dated July 25, 1895

[ Letterhead: ] „Die Zeit“ [/] Wiener Wochenschrift [/] [ etc. ]

Vienna, July 25, 1895

Dear Doctor,

I sincerely regret that I have apparently misunderstood you.¹ But if even I, who after all read you more closely and thoughtfully than the average reader, can misunderstand you, how will you be misunderstood when the public sees it?'? So I mean no offence, and do send me your “Musical Education”² very soon.

With best wishes,
[ sign’d: ] Hermann Bahr

© Translation Geoffrey A. Chew 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, printed letterhead, holograph message and signature
Sender address: Vienna IX/3, Günthergasse 1
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ In response to a letter from S that apparently does not survive.

² Heinrich Schenker, „Zur musikalischen Erziehung“, Die Zeit, 4/51–2 (September 21 and 28, 1895), pp. 185–6, 200–02; Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist … (Hildesheim: Olms, 1990), pp. 154–66.

SUMMARY:
Apologizes for misunderstanding S, and requests an article by S on music education.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Martin Eybl, 2006

Eybl, Martin
Chew, Geoffrey A.
Bahr, Hermann
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Bahr, Hermann; Schenker, Heinrich; misunderstanding; Zur musikalischen Erziehung
Handwritten letter from Bahr to Schenker, dated July 25, 1895
OJ 9/10a, [2]
1895-07-25
2006-08-25
Bahr
Vienna critics
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Schenker, Heinrich (1895-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: under investigation; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Footnotes, Commentary: Martin Eybl; Translation: Geoffrey A. Chew.
Vienna
1895