Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated September 19, 1906

{ recto }
Absender: H. Schenker, | III., Reisnerstr. 38.
Korrespondenz-Karte
An J. G. Cotta’sche Bchhdlg Nfg.
in Stuttgart
Deutschland

[ postmark illeg. ]

{ verso }
Sehr geehrter Herr !

Auf Bg. 19 müßten die Ordnungszahlen der Notenb[ei]sp[ie]le um 1 erhöht werden, da 253 zweimal auf S. 289 u. 291 gesetzt war.¹ Dagegen weist merkwürdigerweise Bog. 20 die Ordnungszahlen ganz richtig, wovon ich Sie hiermit, um Misverständ[n]issen u. etwaigen irrtümlichen Ordnungen vorzubeugen, in Kenntnis setze.

Gleichzeitig folgen Bg. 19 u. 21.²

Mit ausgez. Hochachtung
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
19. 9. 06

© 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 September 19, 1906

{ recto }
Sender: H. Schenker, | III., Reisnerstr. 38.
Postcard
To: J. G. Cotta’sche Bchhdlg Nfg.
in: Stuttgart
Germany

[ postmark illeg. ]

{ verso }
Dear Sir,

The numbers of the music examples in gathering 19 will have to be increased by 1, since [the number] 253 has been allocated twice: on pp. 289 and 291.¹ By contrast, strangely enough, gathering 20 gives the numbers quite correctly. I herewith draw this to your attention in order to forestall any misunderstanding or possible incorrect numbering.

Gatherings 19 and 21 will follow shortly.²

With kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] H, Schenker
September 19, 1906

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard with holograph addresses on recto and message and signature on verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38
Recipient address:* Stuttgart

FOOTNOTES:

¹ In the finished volume, Ex. 253 appears on p.289, and Ex. 254 on p.291. Gathering 19 runs from p.289 to p.304, hence presumably Exx. 254–262 were all originally lower by one.

² S’s diary tells us that he finished these, and gathering 22, the next day (OJ 1/5, p.20).

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Asks for numbering of music examples in gathering 19 to be corrected.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre :] Asks for numbering of music examples in gathering 19 to be corrected.
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.1; Harmonielehre; Harmony; proofs; music examples; numbering; gatherings 19, 20
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated September 19, 1906
postcard
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 39
1906-09-19
2005-06-07
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 addresses, message, and signature
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (1906-c1.954); 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
1906