Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated June 2, 1908
= CA 78|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 2. Juni 1908.

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

Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor!

Wir erhielten beifolgende Karte des Herrn Rudolf M. Breithausen|² in Charlottenburg U...tebeckstraße[?] 88III und bitten Sie uns freundliche Mitteilung, ob wir in diesem und etwaigen künftigen Fällen Ihren Namen bekannt geben dürfen.³ Dies ist ja bereits in der Besprechung Ihres Buches geschehen, welche das Neue Wiener Tagblatt am 18. d.M.⁴ brachte; doch ist uns nicht bekannt, ob dies in Ihrem Sinne war, weshalb wir uns die obige Anfrage erlauben.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ 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 June 2, 1908
= CA 78|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, June 2, 1908

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III. Reisnerstr.38.

Dear Doctor!

We have received the enclosed postcard from Mr. Rudolf M. Breithausen² in Charlottenburg, U...tebeckstraße 88III and should be glad to know from you whether in this and possible future cases we ought to divulge your name.³ This has in fact already happened in the review of your book published in the Neue Wiener Tagblatt on the 18th of the month;⁴ but we are unclear whether you had this in mind, hence we take the liberty of making the above inquiry.

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy, with canceled and illegible pencil annotation in top margin.

² Schenker underlines “Breithausen” and writes in the margin “soll ....[?] Breithaupt”: Rudolf Maria Breithaupt, pupil of Liszt, piano professor at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.

³ Harmonielehre was first published anonymously in 1906, as “by an artist”; S's name appeared on the title-page for the 1910 edition, after Kontrapunkt had been published with his name.

⁴ i.e. May 18, 1908 (unsigned): preserved in OC 2/p.20–21. To view the German text of this review:Click here.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Inquiry as to whether Cotta should divulge S's name to Rudolf Breithaupt.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Inquiry as to whether Cotta should divulge S's name to Rudolf Breithaupt.
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; Breithaupt, Rudolf Maria; Neues Wiener Tagblatt authorship
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated June 2, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [19]
CA 78
1908-06-02
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