Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated July 7, 1909

{recto}
[Absender:]
H Schenker
Steinach i. Tirol

An die
J. G. Cotta’sche Bchg. Nf.
Stuttgart
Deutschland
[ postmark: ] STEINACH [/] 7.VII.09 [/] IN TIROL

{verso}
Sehr geehrter Herr! Ich erlaube mir hiemit, die Adresse meines Sommeraufenthaltes bekanntzugeben,¹ u. Sie zu ersuchen, mir hierher Fahnen, Revisionen u.s.w. gelangen zu lassen.

Mit bestem Dank u. ausgezeichneter
Hochachtung
[ sign’d: ] Heinrich Schenker
7. 7. 09 Steinach a/ Brenner [/] in Tirol

© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated July 7, 1909

{recto}
[Sender:]
H. Schenker
Steinach in the Tyrol

To the:
Heirs of the J. G. Cotta Bookdealership
Stuttgart
Germany
[postmark:] STEINACH [/] 7.VII.09 [/] IN THE TYROL

{verso}
Dear Sir, I take the liberty herewith of letting you have the address of my Summer residence,¹ and of asking you to have galley-proofs, revised proofs, etc. sent to me here.

With many thanks and
Kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] Heinrich Schenker
July 7, 1909 Steinach on Brenner [/] in the Tyrol

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: handwritten postcard, addresses recto, message and signature verso
Sender address: Steinach in Tirol
Recipient address: Stuttgart

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Schenker traveled to Steinach on July 6, 1909 (OJ 1/5, p.102), and was back in Vienna by August 30 (CA 104).

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP I/1 = Kontrapunkt I:] Gives Summer address and asks for proofs to be sent there.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP I/1 = Kontrapunkt I:] Gives Summer address and asks for proofs to be sent there.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Cotta, J. G.; NMTP; vol.II; Kontrapunkt I; Counterpoint I; proofs; Summer address
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated July 7, 1909
postcard
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 103
1909-07-07
2005-08-10
Cotta
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
postcard; holograph message and signature
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (1909-c.1954); Cotta-Archiv, Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach a. N., Germany (c.1954-)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
Stuttgart
1909