Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed postcard from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated Wednesday April 1, 1908

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[ postmark illegible ]
Bücherzettel.

An
Hochwohlgeboren
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinr. S C H E N K E R
in W I E N
III. Reisnerstrasse 38

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Hochwohlgeboren
Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker
W I E N .

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Sie wollten die Freundlichkeit haben, mir bis Montag oder Dienstag die Ornamentik mit dem Zusätzen einzuschicken.¹

Da die Herstellung dringend² ist, erlaube ich mir Sie daran zu erinnern und empfehle mich

hochachtungsvoll
ergebenst
Wien, am 1./ IV. 1908.
[ UE address ] [ sign’d: ] Hertzka

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

Typed postcard from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated Wednesday pril 1, 1908

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[ postmark illegible ]
Book Slip

To
Professor Heinr. S C H E N K E R, Esq.
in V I E N N A
III. Reisnerstrasse 38

{ verso }

Prof. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.
V I E N N A

Dear Professor,

You were kindly going to send me the additions for Ornamentik by Monday or Tuesday.¹

I take the liberty of reminding you of this, since it is urgent² that we go into production. I remain

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
Vienna, April 1, 1908
[ UE address ] [ sign’d: ] Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, address recto, message verso, typed on printed lines, holograph signature.
Sender address: Vienna
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ S had not in fact committed himself to those dates, merely enquired as to the deadline (WSLB 1, March 25) and been told "beginning of next week" (OC 52/384, March 26).

² "dringend" underlined by S.

SUMMARY:
[ Ornamentik:] Reminder concerning promised changes [for 2nd edition].

Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[ Ornamentik:] Reminder concerning promised changes [for 2nd edition]..
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; Ornamentik; Contribution to Ornamentation; 2nd edn; publication; revision; deadline
Typed postcard from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 1, 1908
postcard
Schenker, Heinrich
OC 52/385
1908-04-01
2004-12-16
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09 confirming UE's ownership of the intellectual rights.
postcard; typed address and message on printed lines; 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