Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 24, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 24. Juni 09.

Herrn [/] Professor H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r ,
W i e n .

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Im Besitze Ihrer gesch. Zuschrift v. 23. ds.¹ bestätige ich Ihnen zunächst, daß wir uns dahin geeinigt haben, daß Sie für uns eine analytische Herausgabe² von 200 Kr.[ corr ] fertigstellen und bis zum Herbst dieses Jahres abliefern.³

Wir werden Ihnen die gewünschte Ausgabe aus den Verlägen Breitkopf & Härtel und Steingräber⁴ ehestens zugehen lassen u. sehen wir Ihrem freundlichen Besuch nach fertiggestellter Arbeit behufs Besprechung der Einteilung etc. mit Vergnügen entgegen.

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[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

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

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 24, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, June 24, 1909

Professor H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r ,
V i e n n a

Dear Professor,

In receipt of your est’d letter of the 23rd inst,¹ I confirm to you first that we have agreed that you will prepare for us an analytical edition² of Bach’s Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue for an honorarium of 200 Kr., and deliver it by Fall of this year.³

We will provide you with the editions that you need from the publishers Breitkopf & Härtel and Steingräber⁴ as soon as possible, and look forward with pleasure to a visit from you for the purpose of discussing the layout, etc. after the work is completed.

With best wishes,
and kindest regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. WSLB 39.

² "analytische Herausgabe" underlined in crayon by S. The phrase is not one generally used by S, hence probably coined by H. The contract for the edition of J. S. Bach, Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue is OC 52/423, October 17, 1909. UE took delivery of the edition from the printer on October 21, 1910.

³ S announced his readiness to hand over his MS of the edition on September 20, 1909 (WSLB 42); the hand-over must have happened during the week beginning September 27 (OC 52/38).

⁴ H supplied these two editions (and one other) on July 1, 1909: WSLB 41.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks WSLB 39, confirms agreement on edition and honorarium; promises to supply copies of other editions.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks WSLB 39, confirms agreement on edition and honorarium; promises to supply copies of other editions.
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; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; agreement; honorarium; editions; Breitkopf & Härtel; Steingräber; delivery; Fall; Autumn; meeting; publication; layout
Typed letter from Emil Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 24, 1909
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/422
1909-06-24
2006-02-14
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; holographic signature
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