Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated November 9, 1905
= CA 3; = OJ 59/9, [1], p.2¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 9. Novbr. 1905

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker Wien III
Reisnerstr. 38

Sehr geehrter Herr !

Für das freundliche Angebot Ihres Buches ”Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien von einem Künstler”² sagen wir Ihnen besten Dank. Zu unserem Bedauern müssen wir Ihnen indessen mitteilen, dass wir nicht in der Lage sind, uns um den Verlag der Arbeit zu bewerben, weil wir bereits allzusehr mit zahlreichen anderweitigen Unternehmungen beschäftigt sind.

Hochachtungsvoll
[ sign’d: ] J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachf.

© In public domain; 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 November 9, 1905
= CA 3; = OJ 59/9, [1]¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, November 9, 1905

Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III,
Reisnerstrasse 38

Dear Sir,

Thank you very much for the kind proposal of your book New Musical Theories and Fantasies by an Artist² [contained] in your letter. We must however, with regret, inform you that we are not in a position to contend for the publication of the work because we are already over-extended with numerous other undertakings.

Respectfully yours
[ sign'd: ] Heirs of J. G. Cotta’s Bookdealership.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto, Cotta letterhead, stenographic body of letter, holographic signature
Sender address: Stuttgart and Berlin
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ CA 3: Cotta's carbon copy; OJ 59/9, [1]: typed transcript by Oswald Jonas.

² CA 1-2, November 8, 1905, containing a full proposal.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Regret that we are unable to publish.

Metadata : Cotta  Schenker

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Regret that we are unable to publish.
DE
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 2004.
Cotta, J. G.; Schenker, Heinrich; NMTP; Harmonielehre; publication; refusal
Handwritten letter from J. G. Cotta to Schenker, dated November 9, 1905
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [1]
CA 3
OJ 59/9, [1], p.2
1905-11-09
2005-05-19
Cotta

Cotta letterhead; handwritten body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1905-1935)--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; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
Stuttgart
1905