Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka to Schenker, dated March 29, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 29. März 1909

Wohlgeboren / Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker
W i e n .
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Verehrter Herr Professor!

Mit bestem Dank bestätige ich Ihre geschätzten Zeilen vom 28. d.¹ und wird es mir ein grosses Vergnügen sein, wenn wir einen Abend bei Dr. Brünauer² zusammenfinden und ^{[H’s hand:] mit Ihnen} in Ruhe[ corr ] gewisse schwebende Dinge besprechen können.

Ich erwarte nun Ihre ^{[H’s hand:] und Dr. B’s} weiteres Nachrichten und zeichne

hochachtungsvoll
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[ sign’d:] Emil Hertzka

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

Typed letter from Hertzka to Schenker, dated March 29, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, March 29, 1909

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

I confirm with grateful thanks your est’d letter of the 28th inst.¹ I will be absolutely delighted if we can find a mutually convenient evening at Dr. Brünauer’s,² and [if I] can discuss certain undecided matters ^{[H’s hand:] with you} in an atmosphere of calm.

I await further word from you ^{[H’s hand: and Dr. B[rünauer]}, and remain,

With kind regards,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, UE letterhead, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. WSLB 37, March 28, 1909.

² Click on Dr. Brünauer. The meeting evidently took place on April 1, and is recorded in OC 52/920, April 1.
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SUMMARY:
Acks WSLB 37; looks forward to meeting.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
Acks WSLB 37; looks forward to meeting.
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; Brünauer, Dr.; meeting
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated March 29, 1909
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/36
1909-03-29
2006-01-25
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; stamped and holographic signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1909-1935)--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
1909