Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated April 25, 1908
= CA 77|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 25. April 1908.

Herrn [/] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstr. 38

Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor!

Infolge Ihres gef. Schreibens vom 24. ds.² haben wir ein Exemplar der “Neuen musikalischen Theorien und Phantasien” für Ihre Rechnung an das Archiv der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien gesandt.

Mit Interesse vernehmen wir, daß wir dem Manuskript für den zweiten Band Ihres Werkes in einige Zeit entgegensehen dürfen, nachdem Ihre Arbeit an demselben in den letzten Monaten eine Unterbrechung erfahren hatte.³

Wir halten den vorherigen Abdruck eines {verso} Abschnitts aus dem zweiten Band in dem Beethoven-Jahrbuch für empfehlenswert in der Annahme, daß die Wiedergabe in Verbindung mit einem Hinweis auf die bevorstehende Publikation erfolgen wird.

In vorzüglicher Hochachtung verbleiben wir
Ihre ergebenen
[ sign’d: ] J.G.Cotta’sche Buchhdlg. Nachf.

© 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 April 25, 1908
= CA 77|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, April 25, 1908

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III.
Reisnerstraße 38

Dear Doctor,

In accordance with your letter of the 24th inst² we have sent a copy of your New Musical Theories and Fantasies to the archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, to be charged to your account.

We learn with interest that we may expect the manuscript of vol. II of your work in a short while, work on this having been interrupted in recent months.³

We consider the pre-release publication of a {verso} selection from your vol. II in the Beethoven-Jahrbuch to be worth doing on the assumption that the material quoted will be accompanied by an announcement of the forthcoming publication.

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

COMMENTARY:
Format: Handwritten letter, holograph signature, 2pp
Sender address: Stuttgart
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy, with “[cut off]/567” in the top margin recto in pencil.

² = CA 76.

³ i.e.work on vol. II ( Kontrapunkt ) of the Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien, while S was revising his Beitrag zur Ornamentik for its 2nd edn between March 24 and the end of the first week of April, and subsequently with proofs of the latter until late June: see CA 76, fn2.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Acks CA 76; complimentary copy sent to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. —[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Notes imminent arrival of MS; conditional approval of pre-published excerpts in Beethoven-Jahrbuch.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Acks CA 76; complimentary copy sent to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. —[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Notes imminent arrival of MS; conditional approval of pre-published excerpts in Beethoven-Jahrbuch.
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. I; Harmonielehre; Harmony; complimentary copy; Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; vol. II; Kontrapunkt; Counterpoint; manuscript; Beethoven-Jahrbuch; excerpts
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated April 25, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [18]
CA 77
1908-04-25
2005-08-22
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