Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated November 11, 1908 [Universal Edition letterhead] Wohlgeboren Sehr geehrter Herr Professor ! Die Exemplare der Instrumentationstabelle1 sind an die Herren Violin2 und Gärtner3 abgegangen. Falls Sie weitere Wünsche in dieser Beziehung haben , so soll denselben mit grösstem Vergnügen entsprochen werden . Dass Sie die Ornamentik selbst bei Gutzmann [ sic ]4 gekauft haben, bekundet eine Seelengrösse, wie sie wenige Autoren haben; nehmen Sie hiefür den schönsten Dank der Universal Edition entgegen. Ich bitte Sie aber in Zukunft derartiges doch nicht mehr zu tun und mir ruhig die Namen jener Freunde oder Kollegen (was ja doch nicht immer dasselbe ist) mitzuteilen, denen die Universal Edition dann ohne Weiteres Dedikationsexemplare in Ihrem Namen übersenden wird. Mit den besten Empfehlungen © Universal Edition A.G., Wien. |
Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated November 11, 1908 [Universal Edition letterhead] Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq. Dear Professor, The copies of the Instrumentations-Tabelle1 to Messrs. Violin2 and Gärtner3 have gone off. Should you have any further wishes in this connection, we will take the greatest pleasure in complying with them. The fact that you purchased Ornamentik yourself at [the] Gutmann [Music Store]4 bespeaks a magnanimity possessed by few authors. Please accept the most cordial thanks of UE for doing so. However, I ask you please not to do such a thing in future, but merely to let me know the names of those friends and colleagues (not always the same thing!) to whom UE will then without further ado send dedicatory copies in your name. With kindest regards, © Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 In response to S's request in WSLB 25, November 9, 1908. 2 Moriz Violin (1879-1956; affectionately known as "Floriz"), concert pianist, member of the Brahms circle, who won the Brahms Prize at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1894, and taught at the Gesellschaft and the Vienna Conservatory, later in Hamburg 1922-33. Schoenberg thought highly of him. He was S's closest personal friend from 1896, with whom S frequently played piano four hands, including the first performance of S's Syrische Tänze (January 26, 1900). "Niloff" is thought to be a humorous anagram of his last name. In 1907, S approached Guido Adler regarding a stipendium for Violin. Violin emigrated (with the help of Schoenberg) to the US in the early 1930s. His papers are preserved in the Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection at the University of Riverside, California, including extensive correspondence with S 1896-1935. 3 Eduard Gärtner (), bass singer with whom S had frequently worked as accompanist and chamber peformer. It was at a Lieder evening given by Gärtner on January 26, 1900 that S and Violin first performed S's Syrische Tänze. Gärtner performed some of S's songs. 4 Albert J. Gutmann, GmbH, music retailer whose shop was situated in the Vienna Opera House. The company was later bought out by UE, and acted as nominal publisher for Schenker's Der Tonwille (1921-24) as a cover for UE. S probably did not lose financially on this, because UE would have billed him for copies supplied. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
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