Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 29, 1908

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 29. Oktober 1908

Wohlgeboren
Herrn professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
W i e n.
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Sehr geehrter Herr professor !

Wie Sie ersehen haben, ist Ihre Instrumental Tabelle bereits erschienen und haben wir also den Novembertermin doch noch einhalten können.¹

Ich hoffe, dass Sie mit der Ausstattung zufrieden sind.

Ich war jetzt 8 – 10 Tage verreist und fand erst nach meiner Rückkehr Ihr letztes Schreiben vor. Von Wichtigkeit ist eine Besprechung absolute nicht;² wenn Sie aber Zeit finden , so wird es mich sehr freuen, Sie hier begrüssen zu können. Ich könnte Ihnen dann berichten, dass ich wegen einer einglischen Uebersetzung Ihrer Ornamentik unterhandle u. s. w.

Mit besten Grüssen
hochachtungsvoll
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

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

Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 29, 1908

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, October 29, 1908

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

As you will have seen, your Instrumentation-Tabelle has by now appeared, so we have been able to adhere to the November deadline.¹

I hope that you are happy with the way it has turned out.

I have been away for 8–10 days, and found your last letter only upon my return. It is of no great importance for us to speak in person;² but if you can find the time I would be delighted to be able to welcome you here. I could then report to you that I am negotiating an English translation of your Ornamentik, etc.

With best wishes,
and kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ This is the first "small" edition, presumably to test out the market, especially in schools. UE then went to a "larger edition," of 2,000 copies, and this was delivered on February 6, 1909 (Verlagsdruckbuch UE 1999), and was deemed the "first" edition. (See discussion of edition numbers in later letter.)

² H first requested a meeting in OC 52/27, October 1, 1908. In WSLB 23, October 14, S stated that he was unavailable, and questioned the need for a meeting, asking whether whatever it concerned could not be dealt with in writing.

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Has now appeared. — [Ornamentik, etc.] Is negotiating English translation.

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

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Has now appeared. — [Ornamentik, etc.] Is negotiating English translation.
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; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; Ornamentik; English translation; appointment
Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 29, 1908
letter
Schenker, Heinrich
OC 52/398
1908-10-29
2005-03-10
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website
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