Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger(?) & Emil Hertzka to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903

[Weinberger letterhead]

Wien/Leipzig am 6 Oktober 1903

Wolgeboren
Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Mitfolgend Tanz 3¹ mit Ausnahme der 1pmo Violinen, die in einer Stunde nachfolgen.

Erbitte diesen Tanz so rasch als möglich corrigirt retour worauf Nr 1, 2, 3, sofort an Busoni abgehen.

Nr 4. kommt Nachmittag und geht eventuell uncorrigirt an Busoni.

Hochachtungsvoll.
[ sign'd: ] Josef Weinberger(?)
Hertzka

© Josef Weinberger Ltd.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger(?) & Emil Hertzka to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903

[Weinberger letterhead]

Vienna/Leipzig, October 6, 1903

Professor H. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna
_______

Dear Professor,

Enclosed is Dance No. 3¹ with the exception of the first violins, which will follow in an hour’s time.

Please return this Dance corrected, as quickly as possible, after which Nos. 1, 2, and 3 will be dispatched to Busoni immediately.

No.4 is due to arrive this afternoon and will be sent to Busoni, probably uncorrected.

With kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] Josef Weinberger(?)
Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; Weinberger printed letterhead, body of letter handwritten by stenographer, holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna 1, Maximilianstrasse 11.
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Schenker's Syrische Tänze, originally for piano four hands, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg at the instigation of Ferruccio Busoni. The dances are No.1 Andante espressivo--Allegro scherzando, D minor; No.2 Allegro con fuoco, C minor; No.3 Allegretto [dolcissimo], G minor; No.4 Allegro molto passionate, D major. They were first performed in this orchestration on November 5, 1903 by the [Berlin] Philharmonic Orchestra in the Beethovensaal, Berlin.

SUMMARY:
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze, orch. Schoenberg] Encloses orchestral parts for No. 3 and requests corrections; discusses sending to Busoni.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef; Emil Hertzka
Encloses orchestral parts for No. 3 of Schenker's Syrische Tänze orch. Schoenberg, and requests corrections; discusses sending to Busoni.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ, reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Weinberger, Josef; Hertzka, Emil; Busoni, Ferruccio; Schenker, Heinrich; Syrische Tänze; Syrian Dances; Schoenberg, Arnold; orchestration; copying; orchestral parts; first performance, 1903-11-05 19:30; Beethovensaal; Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger and Emil Hertzka to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903
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Weinberger letterhead; handwritten stenographic letter; holograph signatures
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Vienna; Berlin
1903