Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated December 30, 1908
= CA 90|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 30. Dez. 1908.

Herrn Dr. H. Schenker Wien III
Reisnergasse[ sic ] 38

Hochgeehrter Herr !

Von den seit Anfang November in Partien an Sie gesandten Fahnen 1–89 von Band II Ihres Werkes haben wir bisher noch nichts von Ihnen zurückerhalten, so daß die Druckerei wegen Schriftmangels nicht weiter setzen kann. Wir bitten Sie deshalb, freundlichst recht bald einen möglichst großen Teil der Fahnen korrigiert an uns zurückzusenden, damit Revisionsbogen formiert und nach deren Durchsicht eine Reihe Bogen gedruckt werden können. {verso} Mit der dadurch frei werdenden Schrift würde der Satz dann wieder aufgenommen werden.²

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] p.p.J.G.Cotta’sche Buchhandlung Nachf. [ near illeg. ]
[ sign’d: ] Plieackes[?].

© 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 December 30, 1908
= CA 90|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, December 30, 1908

Dr. H. Schenker Vienna III
Reisnergasse[ sic ] 38

Most honored Sir,

We have so far still not received back from you any of galley-proofs 1–89 of vol. II of your book that we have been sending you in batches since the beginning of November, as a result of which the printers can, for lack of type, go no further with type-setting. We therefore ask you very kindly to send us back urgently as large as possible a proportion of the galleys corrected, so that the pages can be made up for gatherings of revised proofs, and after being checked can be printed off as a run of gatherings. {verso} With the type freed up in so doing, type-setting would then be resumed.²

Respectfully yours,
[ stamp: ] p.p. Heirs of J.G.Cotta’s Bookdealership [ near illeg. ]
[ sign’d: ] Plieackes[?].

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Cotta letterhead, handwritten letter, holograph signature, 2pp
Sender address: Stuttgart
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnergasse[ sic_ ] 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy.

² That is, the type-setters’ stocks of elements of metal type (individual letters) have run low, and only once the galley-proofs have been approved and pages made up as plates can the galleys be dismantled and the type-elements be reused for the next set of galley-proofs.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Corrected galley-proofs 1-89 urgently needed to as to free up type for further galleys.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP II = Kontrapunkt:] Corrected galley-proofs 1-89 urgently needed to as to free up type for further galleys.
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; galley-proofs; page make-up
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated December 30, 1908
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [21]
CA 90
1908-12-30
2005-08-31
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