Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 3, 1906

[ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker

[ in Schenker’s hand:]
Sehr geehrter Herr !

Beim Umbrechen der S. VII u. VIII (Vorwort)¹ ist eine Zeile an unrichter Stelle zu stehen gekommen. Ich habe das[corr?] Inprimatur dennoch darauf gesetzt, weil ich nicht zweifle, daß der Herr Setzer – zumal ich hier darauf noch einmal aufmerksam mache² – das Richtige finden wird.

Auch schien es mir optisch befriedigender, wenn auf dem Titelblatt die beiden [ del] „von einem Künstler“ umrahmende Parallelstriche wegfielen.³

Somit wäre dann meine Korrekturarbeit glücklich beendet!⁴

Mit ausgez. Hochachtung
Ir ergb
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
3. 11. 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 letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 3, 1906

[ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker

[ in Schenker’s hand:]
Dear Sir,

With the page make-up of pp. VII and VIII (Foreword),¹ one line has ended up in the wrong place. Despite this, I have put my imprimatur to it, since I have no doubt that the type-setter will get it right—all the more so since I draw it to his attention once more here.²

One other thing: it seemed to me that it would be visually more pleasing if the parallel rule-frame surrounding “by an artist” were removed.³

Once these are done, my proof-correcting labors will, happily, be at an end!⁴

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
November 3, 1906

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: holograph letter and signature, 1p
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. the last two pages of the four-page Foreword. The pelims gathering comprises: [I] blank, [II] series title-page, [III] volume title-page, [IV] reverse title-page, [V]-VIII Foreword, IX-XVI Table of Contents.

² S presumably means that he has already marked the error on the proof, and assumes that, in addition, the type-setter will read this letter.

³ [Supply note on title-page of first edition.]

⁴ See OJ 1/5, p.22, November 3, for comparable wording.

SUMMARY:
[ NMTP [1] = Harmonielehre:] Corrections and imprimatur to prelims gathering.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP [1] = Harmonielehre:] Corrections and imprimatur to prelims gathering.
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; Vorwort; Foreword; title-page; author signature; artist
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 3, 1906
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academic; musicology; music theory
CA 50
1906-11-03
2005-07-05
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.
letter; holograph message and signature
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (1906-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
1906