Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated January 27, 1906
= CA 11|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, den 27. Januar 1906.

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III. Reisnerstr. 38.

Hochgeehrter Herr Doktor !

Wir beehren uns, Ihnen die höfliche Mitteilung zu machen, daß in dem Manuskript Ihres Buches ”Phantasien und Theorien” die folgenden Notenbeispiele fehlen:

08.987 Brahms op.62 Nr.7.[2]
“ .988 Brahms, Liebeslieder Walzer No: [ ] amoll
“ .996 Walküre II Akt 1 Scene
“ .997 Chopin op.41 Nr.1 Mazurka
09.000 Schumann op.11 Sonate fismoll
“ .016 Mozart, Streichquartett I Satz C dur
{2}
09.018 Mozart, Streichquartett C dur Andante
“ .035 Berlioz Symphonie phantastique Payne Ausg. Nr. 22 S.156
“ .155 Bach, Matth. Passion Aria. Part. S.30 T.1–12
“ .156 [Bach, Matth. Passion] Part. S.168 T.1–4
“ .379a. Bach, Fuge Cismoll

Wollen Sie die Güte haben, uns dieselben baldigst zu senden, damit der Satz schellstens fertiggestellt worden kann. – Sollten Sie zur Feststellung der Beispiele des Manuskriptes bedürfen, bitten wir um freundliche umgehende Nachricht, wir werden Ihnen dann die betreffenden Seiten übersenden.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
Ihre sehr ergebener
[ sign’d: ] J. G. Cottasche 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 January 27, 1906
= CA 11|¹

[Cotta letterhead]
STUTTGART, January 27, 1906

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III. Reisnerstr. 38.

Most Honored Doctor,

We have the honor of informing you that the following music examples are lacking in the manuscript of your book “Fantasies and Theories”:

08.987 Brahms Op.62 N0.7.² [=Fig.57]
" .988 Brahms, Liebeslieder Walzer No: [ ] in A minor [=??]
" .996 Walküre, Act II Scene 1 [=Fig.58]
" .997 Chopin, Mazurka, Op.41 No.1 [=Fig.60]
09.000 Schumann, Sonata in F# minor, Op.11 [=Fig.61]
" .016 Mozart, String Quartet in C major, mvt 1 [=Fig.89]
{2}
" .018 Mozart, String Quartet in C major, Andante [=??]
" .035 Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Payne edn., No. 22, p.156 [=Fig.102]
" .155 Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Aria, score p.30, bars 1–12 [=Fig.176]
" .156 [Bach, St. Matthew Passion], score p.168, bars 1–4 [=Fig.177]
" .379a. Bach, Fugue in C# minor [=Fig.258]

Please would you be so kind as to send us these at the earliest opportunity, so that the setting can be completed as quickly as possible[?] – Should you have need of the manuscript in order to complete the examples, we ask you kindly to let us know by return, [and] we will then send over to you the pages in question.

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Handwritten letter, holograph signature, oblong format, 2pp, right-left
Sender address: Stuttgart and Berlin
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Cotta’s carbon copy.

² In the main copy, all but the final two items in this list have been crossed through, probably by S; in the carbon copy, they are not crossed through.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Lists music examples lacking from S's MS, and requests them as soon as possible.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Cotta, J. G.
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Lists music examples lacking from S's MS, and requests them as soon as possible.
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 2005.
Cotta, J. G.; Schenker, Heinrich; NMTP; Harmonielehre; music examples; Bach, J.S.; Berlioz, H.; Brahms, J.; Chopin, F.; Mozart, W.A.; Schumann, R.; Wagner, R.; MS
Handwritten letter from Cotta to Schenker, dated January 27, 1906
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 9/31, [6]
CA 11
1906-01-27
2005-05-25
Cotta

Cotta letterhead; handwritten body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1906-1935)--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
1906