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

[Weinberger letterhead]

Wien/Leipzig am 6. Oktober 1903

Wolgeboren
Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien
------

Euer Wolgeboren !

Durch unvorhergesehene Zwischenfälle und zwar Erkrankung zweier Copisten und anderweitige Überbürdung eines dritten ist eine Verlangsamung von 1–2 Tagen in der Fertigstellung der Copiatur1 eingetreten die übrigends von keiner Bedeutung sein dürfte, nachdem Sie mir ausdrücklich bemerkten, daß die Stimmen spätestens am 8. d.M. an Busoni abgehen müßen, welchen Termin auch trotz der unliebsamen Zwischenfälle pünktlich eingehalten wird.

Nr 1 2 3 mit sämmtlichen Neublatten(?) werden heute Abend, spätestens { right } morgen zeitlich2 früh fertig, Nr 4 im Laufe des morgigen Tages.

Hochachtungsvoll
[ signed: ] Josef Weinberger(?) Hertzka

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

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

[Weinberger letterhead]

Vienna/Leipzig, October 6, 1903

Professor H. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna
------

Esteemed Sir!

Owing to unforeseen eventualities, viz. that two copyists have fallen ill and a third is behindhand with other work, the completion of the copying1 has been set back by 1–2 days. This should be of no consequence, however, since you expressly told me that the parts must be sent off to Busoni at the latest on the 8th inst., and this deadline should be met despite the disagreeable circumstances.

Nos. 1, 2, and 3 with all the new pages will be ready this evening or at the latest { right } first thing2 tomorrow morning, no.4 in the course of tomorrow.

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

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, single sheet folded vertically, written left and right; Weinberger printed letterhead; body of letter handwritten by stenographer, holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna, 1, Maximilianstrasse 11.
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 i.e. of 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.

2 zeitlich, Austrian colloquial for zeitig, “early.”

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

SUMMARY:
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze, orch. Schoenberg] There has been a delay in the copying of parts, but the deadline of the 8th for sending to Busoni should be met.

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef; Emil Hertzka
There has been a delay in the copying of parts of Schenker's Syrische Tänze, orch. Schoenberg, but the deadline of the 8th for sending to Busoni should be met.
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
Schenker, Heinrich (1903-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ; image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna; Berlin
1903

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