Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated October 14, 1910

[UE letterhead]
S
Wien, 14. Oktober 1910
Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r ,
W i e n .-
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Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Bezugnehmend auf die Unterredung¹ mit unserem Herren Direktor übersenden wir Ihnen per Postanweisung

K 100.–

als Nachzahlung² auf die “Chromatische Fantasie und Fuge”³ und senden Ihnen beigeschlossen Verlagsschein über Ihre Vorträge über die IX Symphonie⁴ von Beethoven,⁵ den wir unterschrieben zurückerbitten, worauf Sie Kopie erhalten.

Wir empfehlen uns
hochachtungsvoll
[ sign’d: ] Henda[?]

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

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated October 14, 1910

[UE letterhead]
S
Vienna, October 14, 1910
Prof. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a -
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Dear Professor,

Further to your discussion with our Director,¹we are sending you by postal money order:

100.– Kroner

as second payment² for the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue.³ We are also sending you, enclosed, the publication slip for your Lectures on the Ninth Symphony⁴ of Beethoven,⁵ and would ask you to return it to us signed, after which you will receive a copy.

We remain,
With kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] Henda(?)

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

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

*FOOTNOTES

¹ Meeting took place earlier the same day.

² “Nachzahlung”: underlined in crayon, probably by S.

³ The contract, OC 52/423, October 15/17, 1909, offers an honorarium of 200 Kroner, payable half on submission, half on publication.

⁴ “IX Symphonie”: underlined in crayon, probably by S.

⁵ This highly significant sentence heralds the eventual publication of his monograph, Beethovens neunte Sinfonie (Vienna: UE, 1912). Schenker had been invited, at the suggestion of Robert Hirschfeld, by the Vereinigung der Musikreferenten in Wien (Association of Music Critics in Vienna) to deliver “a cycle of lectures” (Vortragscyclus) “on the construction of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony” (letter of invitation, OJ 14/44, dated September 30, 1910, i.e. only 15 days before this letter). The Foreword to the monograph reports this; the lectures, he reports, were never given, but: “the invitation by my publisher to transform this work into a monograph has provided the opportunity to make it accessible in a significantly expanded and enriched form to a larger public.”

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Second half-honorarium paid. — [ Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie:] provisional contract enclosed for signature and return.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Second half-honorarium paid. — [ Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie:] provisional contract enclosed for signature and return.
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; honorarium; Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie; Beethoven; Ninth Symphony; contract
Typed letter from UE (sign illeg) to Schenker, dated October 14, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/425
1910-10-14
2006-05-15
UE
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; signature illeg
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