Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated Monday December 21, 1908

[Universal Edition letterhead]
W i e n, 21. Dezember 08

Hochwohlgeboren
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
W i e n.
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Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Ich vermute, dass der mitfolgende Brief und das kleine Instrumentationsbüchlein von VICTOR MAHILLON¹ Sie interessi^eren wird.

Ich bitte Sie daher, von deren Inhalt genauest Kenntnis zu nehmen und mir dann beides freundlichst zu retournieren. Wenn Sie das eine oder andere in dem Werke finden, was zur Komplettierung Ihrer Instrumental–Tabelle in der gegenwärtigen Form dienen kann, ohne dass wir einen Umsturz vorzunehmen haben, so wäre das ja immerhin ganz erwünscht.

In aller Eile, mit den besten Grüssen

Ihr ganz ergebener
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition Actiengesellschaft
[ sign’d: ] Hertzka.

P.S. Für alle Fälle teile ich Ihnen mit, dass ich Mittwoch Abend auf 8–10 Tage verreise und erst am 2. Jänner wieder in Wien sein werde.

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated Monday December 21, 1908

[Universal Edition letterhead]
Vienna, December 21, 1908

Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.
V i e n n a
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Dear Professor,

I imagine that the letter and the small book on instrumentation by Victor Mahillon¹ that we are sending under separate cover will be of interest to you.

I should be grateful if you would take careful note of their contents, and then very kindly let me have them both back. If you find something or other in the work pertinent to the completion of your Instrumentations-Tabelle in its present form, without our having an upheaval on our hands, that would be very welcome.

In great haste, and with best wishes,

Yours very truly,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d: ] Hertzka

P.S. In case you need to know, I can tell you that I shall be away from Wednesday evening for 8–10 days, and shall not be back in Vienna until January 2.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1p letter, UE letterhead, typed body, holograph signature
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Victor-Charles Mahillon (1841–1924): Le matériel sonore des orchestres de symphonie, d’harmonie et de fanfares, ou vade mecum du compositeur (Brussels: publr?, 1889, 5/1920). See Schenker’s response, WSLB 33, c. Jan 1, 1909.

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Is sending letter and copy of instrumentation book by Mahillon re: completion of Tabelle.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Is sending letter and copy of instrumentation book by Mahillon re: completion of Tabelle.
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 2005.
Hertzka, Emil; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Mahillon, Victor; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; absence
Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 21, 1908
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Schenker, Heinrich
OC 52/31
1908-12-21
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UE letterhead; typed body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1908-1935)--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
1908