Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated June 27, 1906
= CA 30|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 27. Juni. 1906.

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien IX. [sic]

Sehr geehrter Herr!

Wir bestätigen dankend den Empfang Ihrer gefl. Zuschrift vom 25. d. M.|² und bitten höfl. um recht baldige Erledigung und Rücksendung der noch in Ihren Händen befindlichen Korrekturen, damit durch den Druck der Bogen Schrift frei wird.³

Was die Lieferung der Notenbeispiele betrifft, so hat es sich gezeigt, daß der Satz derselben noch einige Wochen in Anspruch nehmen wird, da die Schwierigkeit der Arbeit leider etwas unterschätzt wurde. Auch empfiehlt es sich nicht, den nicht großen Vorrat an Notenschrift⁴ im Satz der sämtlichen Notenbeispiele festzulegen, da sonst der Fall eintreten könnte, daß nachträgliche Einfügungen von Noten {verso} in der Korrekturen mangels Schrift nicht ausgeführt werden könnten, wodurch das Fortschreiten der Drucklegung unangenehm unterbrochen würde.

Wir werden bemüht sein, den Satz nach Möglichkeit zu fördern und zeichnen

mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ sign’d: ] J. G. Cottasche Buchhandlung Nachf.

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

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated June 27, 1906
= CA 30|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, June 27, 1906

Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna IX [sic]

Dear Sir,

We gratefully acknowledge receipt of your est’d letter of the 25th inst² and request you kindly to deal with the proofs still in your hands and return them at the earliest possible opportunity so that as the gatherings are printed, type will be freed up.³

As regards the supplying of music examples, the setting of these has proved to require a further few weeks, since the difficulty of the work was unfortunately somewhat underestimated. Moreover, it is inadvisable to tie up our relatively small stock of note type-forms⁴ by setting the music examples in their entirety, since otherwise a situation could arise in which subsequent additions of notes {verso} in the proofs could not be made for lack of type-forms, and this might result in the progress of the printing process being disrupted.

We will be at pains to hasten the setting as much as possible, and remain

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: handwritten letter, holograph signature, oblong format, 2pp left-right
Sender address: Stuttgart and Berlin
Recipient address: Vienna IX [ sic ]

FOOTNOTES:

¹ = Cotta’s carbon copy, marked "[?]/467" in crayon a top LH corner.

² CA 29.

³ See note to CA 29: it is likely that Cotta are referring here to page proofs with letterpress and music examples intermingled, in which case “type” (Schrift) probably refers to the music examples.

⁴ The music examples in Harmonielehre are set in single-process moveable type, not engraved; hence, they are made up of numerous minute components (Notenschrift) fitted together, of which a printer had only a finite stock.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Acks CA 29 and asks for proofs to be returned. Discusses difficulties in tying up too much of Cotta's limited musical type stock.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Acks CA 29 and asks for proofs to be returned. Discusses difficulties in tying up too much of Cotta's limited musical type stock.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: In public domain; 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.
Cotta, J. G.; Schenker, Heinrich; NMTP; vol.1; Harmonielehre; Harmony; proofs; music examples; music type; shortage
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated June 27, 1906
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [10]
CA 30
1906-06-27
2005-06-01
Cotta

Cotta letterhead; handwritten body of letter; holographic signature
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--)
IPR: In public domain; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, 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
1906