Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 20, 1910

[UE letterhead]
R
Wien, 20. Juni 1910

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r
W i e n
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Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Besten Dank für die pünktliche Ablieferung der zweiten Teil-Korrektur.¹ Die Sache geht sofort zum Zweck der Eintragung der Zusätze und Aenderungen an die Druckerei.

Nachdem² meine Bureau-Chefin³ augenblicklich nicht da ist, macht das Heraussuchen der Verträge für Niloff und die Chromatischen Fantasie⁴ umsomehr Ungelegenheiten, als ich knapp vor einer achttägigen Reise stehe.

Ich bin Anfang nächster Woche⁵ zurück und lasse Ihnen unmittelbar darauf die betreffenden Vertragskopien zugehen.

Ich bitte, die Verspätung frdl. zu entschuldigen und begrüsse Sie

hochachtungsvoll
ergebenst
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien, with kind permission.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2006.

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 20, 1910

[UE letterhead]
R
Vienna, June 20, 1910

Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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Dear Professor,

Many thanks for delivering the second batch of proofs on time.¹ The material is going off immediately to the printers so that the additions and changes can be made.

Since² my officer manageress³ is not in at the moment, searching for the contracts for Niloff [Instrumentations-Tabelle] and the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue|⁴ will put her to all the more trouble because I am on the brink of a week-long trip.

I am back at the beginning of next week,⁵ and shall let you have copies of the contracts concerned immediately after that.

Please kindly excuse the delay. I send my best wishes,

With kind regards,
Yours most truly,
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ In WSLB 62, June 10, S expressed hope that he would deliver the music and letterpress proofs of the Fugue, so this is perhaps what H is acknowledging.

² Nachdem: “since, as” (= da, weil) is a South German (and Austrian?) usage that Schenker uses constantly.

³ i.e. Barbara Rothe, who responds in OJ 52/53, July 4, 1910, and other letters.

⁴ S has evidently requested copies of these two contracts either in a covering note to the second batch of proofs or by word of mouth. The contracts are OC 52/421, June 30, 1908 (Niloff) and OC 52/423, October 17, 1909 (CF&F).

⁵ Monday is June 27.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks second batch of proofs; will look out requested contracts.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks second batch of proofs; will look out requested contracts.
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; office manageress; Rothe, Barbara; Schenker, Heinrich; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F; proofs; contracts; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; Instrumentation Table
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated June 20, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/52
1910-06-20
2006-05-12
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; holograph signature
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