Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 11, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 11. Jänner 1909

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

Herzlichen Dank für Ihre Anregungen betreffend des ”Wohltemperierte Klavier”.¹ Ich glaube aber, ich werde mich dennoch weder an Max Reger,² Wolfrum,³ ja nicht einmal an Prof. Mandyczewski⁴ wenden müssen. Ich bin nämlich noch immer so optimistisch zu glauben, dass wir in dieser Sache doch noch zusammenkommen werden.

Vor meiner Abreise zu überbürdet, um auf Ihr interessantes Schreiben detailliert zurückzukommen, behalte ich mir sofort nach meiner Rückkehr eine ausführliche Besprechung mit Ihnen vor und werde dann alles daran setzen um Sie von Ihrem Pessimismus gegenüber der Universal Edition zu befreien.⁶

Inzwischen begrüsse ich Sie herzlichst, als Ihr Sie

hochschätzender und ergebener
[ sign’d: ] Emil Hertzka

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

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 11, 1909

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, January 11, 1909

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

Many thanks for your suggestions concerning the Well-tempered Clavier.¹ Nevertheless, I do not believe that I will have to turn to either Max Reger,² or to Wolfrum,³ or even to Professor Mandyczewski.⁴ You see, I am so eternally optimistic as to think that we will be still able to reach agreement on this topic.

Too overburdened as I am with work prior to my trip to respond to your interesting letter in any detail, I shall defer a thorough-going discussion with you until immediately after my return, and shall do everything in my power to rid you of your pessimism regarding Universal Edition.⁵

In the meantime, I send you my warmest greetings,

With kind regards, Yours truly,
[ 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 in WSLB 35, January 8, 1909, in which S, having declined the proposal of editing Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier, Book II, for the Conservatory via UE, in WSLB 31, December 22, 1908, makes suggestions (partly ironic) as to alternative editors. “Wohltemperierte Klavier” underlined in crayon by S.

² Click on: Max Reger [insert biogfile]

³ Philipp Wolfrum (1854–1919), friend of Max Reger, and German organist, pianist, conductor, etc., who had founded the Heidelberg Bachverein in 1885, revived many Bach works, including cantatas and oratorios. [ NGDM ]

⁴ Click on: Eusebius Mandyczewski

⁵ “Ihrem Pessimismus gegenüber der Universal Edition zu befreien“ underlined in crayon by S.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II:] H, optimistic at reaching agreement with S, disregards S's alternative names.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II:] H, optimistic at reaching agreement with S, disregards S's alternative names.
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.; Well-tempered Clavier; Book II; Reger, Max; Wolfrum, Philipp; Mandyczewski, Eusebius; travel; pessimism
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated January 11, 1909
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/919
1909-01-11
2006-01-20
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