Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 1, 1911

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 1. Dezember 1911

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

Die Firma Breitkopf & Härtel, bei welcher Ihr Werk “Beethoven IX.Sinfonie” gedruckt wird schreibt uns wie folgt: “Bei dieser Gelegenheit möchten wir nicht unterlassen Sie darauf aufmerksam zu machen, dass bei den Notenbeispielen in dem Werke die Vorzeichnungen fehlen. Diese Vorzeichnungen sind vielleicht mit Absicht weggelassen worden, es wäre aber doch wohl gut, wenn Sie den Herrn Verfasser einmal darauf hinweisen würden.”¹

Wir ersuchen Sie höflichst uns ehebaldigst Ihre Rückäusserung zukommen zu lassen und zeichnen

hochachtungsvoll
[stamp:] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[sign’d:] Hertzka

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien, published here with kind permission, 2004.
© Transcription Ian Bent 2006.

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 1, 1911

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, December 1, 1911

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

The firm of Breitkopf & Härtel, by whom your book Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is being printed, has written to us as follows: “We should not let this opportunity go by without making you aware that there are no key-signatures in the music examples in this work. These key-signatures may well have been omitted deliberately, but it would perhaps be as well if you were just to draw this to the attention of the author.”¹

We respectfully request your answer at the earliest opportunity, and remain,

With kind regards,
[stamp:] Universal Edition & Co.
[sign’d:] Hertzka

© Translation Ian Bent 2006.

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

FOOTNOTES

¹ Examples such as those on pp.21–23 do not have key-signatures because they are transcribed from Beethoven’s sketchbooks, which generally lacks signatures. See S’s response, WSLB 87, Dercember 3, 1911.

SUMMARY
The printer reports that music examples for Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie lack signatures.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Hertzka, Emil; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Beethoven; Ninth Symphony; Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie; Breitkopf & Härtel; music examples; signatures
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated December 1, 1911
OC 52/68
1911-12-01
2006-12-02
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.
Schenker, Heinrich (1911-1935)--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 Bent.
Vienna
1911