Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 21, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 21. Dezember 1909

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
W i e n.
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Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Leider ist Ihr Wunsch,¹ die Korrekturen der Chromatischen Phantasie über Weihnachten zu lesen, nicht erfüllbar, nachdem infolge ausserordentlicher Ueberbürdung der Druckerei der Stich nicht einmal in Angriff genommen werden konnte.

Sollten Sie in den Weihnachtsferien doch eine Viertelstunde Zeit finden und mir das Vergnügen Ihres gesch. Besuches machen, so wäre ich Ihnen im Interesse der Herausgabe Ihrer Arbeit sehr dankbar. Vielleicht wird es Ihnen jetzt doch etwas leichter werden, abzukommen, als dies im Spätherbst der Fall war.

Mit den besten Empfehlungen
Ihr in Hochachtung ergebener
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

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

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 21, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, December 21, 1909

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

Unfortunately it will not be possible to meet your wish¹ to read proofs of the Chromatic Fantasy [& Fugue] over Christmas, because a start has not yet been made on the engraving, on account of an exceptional backlog at the printers.

If you can spare just a quarter of an hour during the Christmas holidays, and can give me the pleasure of a visit, I should be most grateful to you, in the interests of the publication of your work. Perhaps it will be just a little easier for you to get away now than was the case in the late Fall.

With very best wishes,
Yours truly with kind regards,
[ 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 as expressed in WLSB 49, December 20, 1909.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue: ] Re WSLB 49, will be unable to supply proofs over Christmas; asks for a 1/4-hour meeting.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue: ] Re WSLB 49, will be unable to supply proofs over Christmas; asks for a 1/4-hour 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; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; proofs; Christmas; printers; backlong; meeting
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 21, 1909
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/44
1909-12-21
2006-02-17
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 (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