Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta for Schenker, dated September 18, 1908
= CA 81|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 18. September 1908.

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien. III
Reisnerstr. 38

Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor !

Ihrer gefl. Zuschrift vom 13. ds. Mts. haben wir gerne entnommen, daß wir das Manuskript des zweiten Teils Ihres Neuen musikalischen Theorien bis etwa zum 25 ds. Mts. erwarten dürfen. Auf Ihre Frage bezüglich des Zeitpunkts, an welchem dieser zweite Band erscheinen kann, werden wir nach Einsichtnahme in das Manuskript zurückkommen.

Ihre gefl. Bestellung haben wir bestens erledigt indem wir ein Exemplar des ersten Bandes an Frau Dr. Sophie Guttmann in Sereth Bukowina für Ihre Rechnung abgesandt haben.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] ppa. J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger
[ sign’d: ] K Kurz

verte

{verso}
P. S. Soeben traf Ihre gefl. Postkarte vom 17. ds. ein, in deren Erledigung wir ein weiteres Exemplar der Neuen musikalischen Theorien und Phantasien an Herrn Professor Ernst Rudorff d.z. in Lauenstein ( Hannover ) absandten.
d. O.

© 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 for Schenker, dated September 18, 1908
= CA 81|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, September 18, 1908

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstr. 38

Dear Doctor,

We are pleased to learn from your est’d letter of the 13th inst² that we should expect the manuscript of Part II of your New Musical Theories by about the 25th of the month. On your question as to the time by which vol. 2 can appear, we will get back to you after inspecting the manuscript.

We have taken care of your request to the best of our ability, in that we have dispatched a copy of your first volume to Dr. Sophie Guttmann in Sereth, Bokowina, charged to your account.

With kind regards,
[ stamp: ] pp. Heirs of J. G. Cotta’s Bookdealership
[ sign’d: ] K Kurz

PTO
{verso}

P. S. You postcard of the 17th inst has just arrived, in compliance with which he have dispatched a further copy of your New Musical Theories and Fantasies, to Professor Ernst Rudorff, currently in Lauenstein (Hanover).³

as per above signatory

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Handwritten letter, holograph signature, single sheet recto and verso
Sender address: Stuttgart
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy.

² CA 80, September 13&17, 1908.

³ Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916), German pianist, teacher and composer, member of the Brahms circle. S and he corresponded between January 1908 and November 1910. See Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, pp.199–210. Rudorff, in thanking S, remarks: “When I put together what you have told me of your plans as a whole with what I have now read in your Harmonielehre, I believe and hope that you are the long-awaited one destined to hurl the burning torch into the Tower of Babel [i.e. Wagner’s world]. “ (OJ 3/37, 3).

SUMMARY:

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Acks CA 80, September 13&17, 1908; can determine publication date only upon inspection of MS. [ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Complimentary copies sent to Sophie Guttmann and Ernst Rudorff.

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Acks CA 80, September 13&17, 1908; can determine publication date only upon inspection of MS. [ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Complimentary copies sent to Sophie Guttmann and Ernst Rudorff.
DE
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. II; Kontrapunkt; Counterpoint; deadline; vol. I; Harmonielehre; Harmony; complimentary copy; Guttmann, Sophie; Sereth; Bukovian; Rudorff, Ernst; Lauenstein; Hannover
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated September 18, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 12/27, [7]
CA 81
1908-09-18
2005-08-25
Cotta

Cotta letterhead; handwritten body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1908-1935)--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
1908