Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 7, 1914

[UE letterhead]
W
- Pneumatisch !
Wien 7. Jänner 1914.

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
W i e n

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor !

Wenn es Ihnen möglich wäre, heute Mittwoch abends um 8 Uhr im Café Landmann (vis-à-vis dem Hofburgtheater) mit mir zusammenzukommen,¹ werde ich mich sehr freuen. Ich bin jedenfalls um 8 Uhr dort. Sollten Sie aber zufolge der etwas verspäteten Verständigung nicht kommen können,² so bitte ich Sie, sich deswegen keinerlei Skrupeln zu machen.

Mit besten Grüssen Ihr in Hochschätzung.
ergebener
[ signed: ] Hertzka

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 7, 1914

[UE letterhead]
W
- By telegraph !
Vienna, January 7, 1914

Prof. Heinrich Schenker, Esq.
V i e n n a

Honored Doctor,

I should be delighted if it were possible for you to meet me this evening, Wednesday, at 8 o’clock in Café Landmann (opposite the Hofburg Theatre).¹ At any rate, I shall be there at 8 o’clock. Should you be unable to come, however, on account of the somewhat delayed communication,² I beg you to have no scruples on that account.

With best wishes, and with kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ signed: ] Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto, “pneumatic”; typed “W”; green ink; H signature in blue crayon
Sender address: Vienna I, Reichratsstraße 9
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES

¹ in response to S's letter WSLB 198, January 6, 1914.

² this proves to have been the case: see WSLB 199, January 7, 1914, when Saturday January 10 is proposed as the alternative date.

SUMMARY:
[Ninth Symphony score:] Proposes meeting same day, 8 pm, Café Landmann.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[Ninth Symphony score:] Proposes meeting same day, 8 pm, Café Landmann.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Universal Edition A.G., reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Hertzka, Emil; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Beethoven; Ninth Symphony; score; Payne edition; Eulenburg; Cafe Landsmann; meeting; Hofburg Theater
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 7, 1914
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OC 52/139
1914-01-07
2004-11-17
UE
Hertzka
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website.
UE letterhead; typed body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1914-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)
IPR: Universal Edition, A.G.; Image: New York Public Library, New York; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1914