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Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 12, 1912

[slightly smudged ink, and faint in places]

[UE letterhead]
N
Wien, 12.Jänner 1912

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof.Dr.Heinrich S c h e n k e r
W i e n III.
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.

Mit gleicher Post gehen an Sie Druckbogen 3 & 4 umbrochen zur ^[handwritten:] 3.resp.^ 2.Korrektur ab.1

Ihr gesch.Schreiben vom 11.ds.2 haben wir zur Kenntnis genommen und werden dasselbe entsprechend erledigen. Wollen Sie für den zweiten, dritten und vierten Satz auch je einen Plan anfertigen, wie für den ersten Satz? In diesem Falle könnte man die Pläne auf die Rückseite der Titelblätter der einzelnen Sätze drucken.3

Wir erbitten uns diesbezüglich Ihre gesch. umgehende Mitteilung und zeichnen

hochachtungsvoll [in H’s hand:] ergeben
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[ signed: ] Hertzka
[ initialed: ] N

[overwritten in pen or pencil:]
Redaktion, Die Quelle
(............... l....)
Wien II
Kron Prinz–Rudolfstrasse 74

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

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 12, 1912

[slightly smudged ink, and faint in places]

[UE letterhead]
N
Vienna, January 12, 1912

Prof. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.
V i e n n a III.
.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.--.

Page-proofs of gatherings 3 and 4 are on their way to you by the same post for correcting a ^[handwritten:] third or^ second time.1

We have taken note of your est’d letter of the 11th inst.,2 and will deal with it accordingly. Would you be willing to make individual structural diagrams for the second, third, and fourth movements like that for the first? If so, then these diagrams could be printed on the reverse sides of the title-pages for the individual movements.3

We look forward to your est’d response on this by return, and remain

With kind regards, [in H’s hand:] Yours truly,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ signed: ] Hertzka
[ initialed: ] N

[overwritten in pen or pencil:]
Editorial Department, the Source
(............... l....)
Vienna II
Kron Prinz–Rudolfstrasse 74

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006.

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

FOOTNOTES

1 Of S’s Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie: gathering 3 = pp. 33–48; gathering 4 = pp. 49–64.

2 WSLB 93, January 11, 1912.

3 This proposal was implemented.

SUMMARY
H is sends gatherings 3 and 4 (second or third proofs); acks WSLB 93; proposes structural diagrams for mvts 2-4.

© 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’s Ninth Symphony; Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie; page-proofs; structural diagrams
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 12, 1912
OC 52/76
1912-01-12
2006-12-05
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 (1912-1935)--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
1912

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