Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated September 26, 1908
= CA 83|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 26. Septbr. 1908.

Herrn [/] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien.

Sehr geehrter Herr !

Wir sind im Besitz Ihrer gef. Postkarte vom 23. ds.² und können Ihnen mitteilen, daß das mit derselben avisierte Manuskript soeben bei uns eingetroffen ist. Wir erwarten nunmehr noch den angekündigten Brief mit dem Rest Ihrer Arbeit und werden Ihnen alsdann nähere Mitteilung zukommen lassen.

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

© In the public domain, 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 September 26, 1908
= CA 83|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, September 26, 1908

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna

Dear Sir,

We are in receipt of your postcard of the 23rd inst,² and can inform you that the manuscript, of the arrival of which your card notified us, has just reached us. We now still await the promised letter with the remainder of your work, and will let you have more detailed information when that arrives.

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Cotta letterhead, handwritten letter, holograph signature, single sheet recto
Sender address: Stuttgart
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy, with “141” in crayon in top margin.

² CA 82.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Ack CA 82 and receipt of MS; await letter and additional material.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt :] Ack CA 82 and receipt of MS; await letter and additional material.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Cotta, J. G.; NMTP; vol. II; Kontrapunkt; Counterpoint; MS
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated September 26, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 83
1908-09-26
2005-08-26
Cotta
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
letter; holograph message and signature
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (1908-c.1954); Cotta-Archiv, Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach a. N., Germany (c.1954-)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
Stuttgart
1908