Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated April 2, 1907

2. April [190]7.¹

Herrn Dr. H. Schenker Wien III

Sehr geehrter Herr !

Auf Ihre werten Zeilen vom 30. d. M.² beehren wir uns zu erwidern, daß wir am 27. Februar ein Exemplar Ihres Buches an die Redaktion der Österreischen Rundschau auf deren Wunsch gesandt haben. Wir dürfen Sie vielleicht bitten, Herrn Dr. Graf|³ hiervon zu verständigen, damit er sich in der Redaktion nach dem Verbleib des Exemplars erkundigen kann. Sollte sich hierbei zeigen, daß dasselbe nicht aufzufinden ist, so sind wir evtl. gerne bereit, ein zweites Exemplar zu senden.

Hochachtungsvoll
Ihre ergebensten
[ sign’d: ] J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhdlg Nachf

© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, with the permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated April 2, 1907

April 2, [190]7¹

Dr. H. Schenker Vienna III

Dear Sir,

In response to your est’d missive of the 30th inst² we are pleased to inform you that we sent a copy of your book to the editorial office of the Österreische Rundschau at their request on February 27. We would ask you please to advise Dr. Graf³ of this fact so that he can inquire of the editorial staff as to the whereabouts of the copy. Should it turn out that the latter is not to be found, then we will be happy if necessary to send a second copy.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] Heirs of the J. G. Cotta bookdealership
© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: carbon copy of handwritten letter and holograph signature, single sheet recto
Sender address: --
Recipient address: Vienna III

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy does not show the printed letterhead of dateline. The original seems not to survive in OJMC.

² CA 66.

³ Max Graf (1873–1958), influential Austrian music critic who, as part of his degree at the University of Vienna had, like S, studied harmony there with Bruckner, and from 1902 taught music aesthetics at the Vienna Conservatory, serving also as music critic for several prominent journals and newspapers. He was an advocate of Mahler, Schoenberg, and other young composers. Only two letters (undated) from him to S survived.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Review copy already sent to Max Graf.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Review copy already sent to Max Graf.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: In public domain; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Cotta, J. G.; Schenker, Heinrich; NMTP; vol.I; Harmonielehre; Harmony; review copy; Graf, Max; Österreichische Rundschau
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated April 2, 1907
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academic; musicology; music theory
CA 67
1907-04-02
2005-08-14
Cotta

Cotta letterhead; handwritten body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1907-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: In public domain, reproduced here with kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
Stuttgart
1907