Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 19, 1910

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 19. April 1910

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

Ihre geschätzten Zeilen von vorgestern¹ höfl. bestätigend, bitte ich Sie versichert zu sein, dass Ihrer Arbeit die aktuelste Beachtung, die überhaupt möglich ist, gewidmet wird.

Sie werden hoffentlich recht bald den ersten Teil der Bürstenabzüge bekommen können.²

Mit den besten Grüssen
hochachtungsvoll ergeben
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft.
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien, reproduced here by kind permission.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2006.

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 19, 1910

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, April 19, 1910

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

In gratefully acknowledging your esteemed words of the day before yesterday,¹ I beg you to rest assured that the most vigorous attention humanly possible is devoted to your work.

Hopefully in the immediate future you will be able to get your hands on the first batch of galley proofs.²

With best wishes and kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. WSLB 59, April 16, 1910: vorgestern: actually three days previously: H probably dictated the letter the day before it was typed and signed, and the error was not corrected.

² Schenker was not to know that UE did not send the music text for engraving until May 14, as annotated on the printers copy, OC Scores/6: see Hedi Siegel, J. S. Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, critical edn with comm. (New York: Longman, 1984), p.71, fn1.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Assures S that his work is getting UE's full attention, and expects proofs soon.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Assures S that his work is getting UE's full attention, and expects proofs soon.
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 2006.
Hertzka, Emil; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F; proofs
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 19, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/50
1910-04-19
2006-05-10
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; stamped and holograph signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1910-1935)--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
1910