Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated October 15, 1908
= CA 88|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 15. Oktober 1908.

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien.

Sehr geehrter Herr!

Ihrem gefl. Briefe vom 13 d.M.² entnehmen wir gern, daß Sie sich unserer Ansicht über den Erscheinungsmodus- und Termin des zweiten Teiles Ihres Musikwerks (Kontrapunkt), wie wir sie in unserem Schreiben vom 9. ds.³ geäußert haben, anschließen. Es bleibt also dabei, daß dieser Teil in einem Bande etwa im März oder April nächsten Jahres herauskommt, rechtzeitige Lieferung des noch fehlenden dritten Abschnittes vorausgesetzt. Ihrem gefl. Brief zufolge dürfen wir denselben ja innerhalb der nächsten Wochen erwarten.

{verso} Für den Verlag des zweiten Teiles sind die Bestimmungen unseres Vortrages vom Dezember 1905⁴ maßgebend, der ja eine Textsetzung des Werkes unter den für den ersten Teil vereinbarten Bedingungen vorsieht. Der Ordnung halber bitten wir Sie, uns dies freundl. bestätigen zu wollen.⁵

Alsdann lassen wir, Ihrem Wunsche entsprechend, mit dem Satz des vorliegenden Manuscripts baldigst beginnen und Ihnen, wie 1. Zt. beim ersten Teil, die Correcturen in Fahnen zugehen.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
Ihre ergebenen
[ sign’d: ] J.G.Cottasche Buchandlung 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 October 15, 1908
= CA 88|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, October 15, 1908
Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna

Dear Sir,

We are happy to learn from your letter of the 13th inst² that you concur with our view as to the procedure and date for the publication of Part II of your book on music ( Counterpoint ), as we presented them in our letter of the 9th inst.³ It is thus settled that this Part will be published in a single volume in about March or April of next year, provided that Section 3, which is still lacking, is delivered on time. According to your est’d letter, we may expect the latter certainly within the next few weeks.

{verso} The terms of our contract of December 1905,⁴ which provide for a single text type-setting of the book under the conditions agreed for Part I, remain in force for the publicaton of Part II. For formality’s sake, we ask you please kindly to confirm this.⁵

Once this is done, we will, in accordance with your wishes, embark as soon as possible on the type-setting of the manuscript already in our hands, and will supply you, as previously with Part I, with proofs in galleys.

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Cotta letterhead, handwritten letter, holograph signature, 2pp
Sender address: Stuttgart
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy.

² CA 87.

³ OJ 12/27, [9] = CA 86.

⁴ CA [205], December 5, 1905.

⁵ In the carbon copy, this sentence is marked with a bracket in pencil.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Ack CA 87; publication in single volume agreed; terms of contract for vol. I still apply; will begin type-setting of material in hand.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Ack CA 87; publication in single volume agreed; terms of contract for vol. I still apply; will begin type-setting of material in hand.
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. II; Kontrapunkt; Counterpoint; single volume; publication date; contract; galley-proofs
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated October 15, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [20]
CA 88
1908-10-15
2005-08-30
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