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Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 20, 1914

[UE letterhead]
W
Wien 20. April 1914.

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
W i e n
_________

Hochgeehrter Herr Doktor !

Mitfolgend der Brief Kopfermann1.* Ich bitte höfl., zu entschuldigen, dass es einer neuerlichen Erinnerung bedürfte, aber ich war in den letzten Tagen so ausserordentlich überbürdet, dass die prompte Erledigung übersehen wurde.

Mit verbindlichsten Grüssen
Ihr in aufrichtiger Hochschätzung
ergebener
[ signed: ]Hertzka

[ handwritten in pencil or crayon: evidently not written by Hertzka, or a subordinate: it looks like Schenker’s hand: ]

bez. der IX Sinf. Otrt per.[?]
Hertzka erwähnt nicht mit einem Worte der Afferi[?]

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

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 20, 1914

[UE letterhead]
W
Vienna April 20, 1914

Prof. Heinrich Schenker, Esq.
V i e n n a
_________

Greatly honored Doctor,

The Kopfermann1 letter enclosed.* Please excuse my having to be reminded yet again, but in the last few days I have been so extraordinarily overburdened that I overlooked dealing with it promptly.

With grateful good wishes,
With kindest regards,
Yours truly,
[ signed: ] Hertzka

[ handwritten in pencil or crayon: evidently not written by Hertzka, or a subordinate: it looks like Schenker’s hand ]

re. the Ninth Symphony .........[?]
Hertzka does not mention with a word of the Afferi [?]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; typed by “W”; blue/black ink; H holograph signature in purple crayon]
Sender address: Vienna I, Reichsratsstraße 9
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 Click: Kopfermann, Albert

SUMMARY:
Returns Kopfermann letter with apologies.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
Returns Kopfermann letter with apologies.
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; Kopfermann, Albert; letter; Beethoven Ninth Symphony
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 20, 1914
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/441
1914-04-20
2004-11-17
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 (1914-1935)--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
1914

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