Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 22, 1906 [ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker [ in Schenker’s hand:] Sie dürften bereits im Besitze der laut Rechnung vom 10. d.M. auszge..enen[?] Summe sein, u. somit wäre dann Alles zu bestem Abschluß gediehen!1 Ich danke für die Einsendung der Exemplare, deren Ausstattung eine ganz würdige [i]st.2 Ohne daß ich sonst in Ihren Plan, die Rezensionsexemplare zu versenden, eingreifen wollte, würde ich nur für folgende Rezen[sions]leuten in Wien je ein Exemplar erbitten, u. zw. H. Dr. Robert Hirschfeld, I., Canovagasse 33 [ the above five lines sidelined to right, with, not in Schenker’s hand:] ja! Mit besten Dank u. vorzüglicher Hochachtung © Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; reproduced here by kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar. |
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 22, 1906 [ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker [ in Schenker’s hand:] You should by now be in possession of the sum due according to your invoice of the 10th inst., and with that everything should be satisfactorily settled.1 Thank you for sending the copies, the finished appearance of which is worthy indeed.2 Without otherwise wishing to interfere with your plan to send out copies for review, I would like to ask just for one copy each for the following reviewers in Vienna, viz.: Dr. Robert Hirschfeld, Vienna I., Canovagasse 33 [ the above five lines sidelined to right, with, not in Schenker’s hand:] Agreed! With many thanks, and kind regards, © Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 The sum of 4,300.30 Marks: see invoice CA 54–55 (November 10) and diary entries OJ 1/5, p.27 (November 20, 22). 2 i.e. twelve free copies, two hard-bound, ten paperbound, as per CA 54–55. 3 Click on: Robert Hirschfeld. 4 Julius Korngold (1860–1945), eminent Austrian music critic, Hanslick’s successor at the Neue Freie Presse, conservative in outlook. 5 Max Kalbeck (), biographer of Brahms and member of Brahms circle. S had consulted him in October or November on obtaining a publisher for Harmonielehre: see OJ 12/7 = Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, p.22 November 4, 1905). 6 Hans Liebstöckl (), critic for the Illustriertes Wiener Extrablatt. 7 Ludwig Karpath (1866–1936): Schenker pupil (diary September 4, 1906: “Karpath to his first lesson of the term.”; September 5: “At Kp’s house for a meal.”), Ed. of Der Merker and Das Neue Wiener Tagblatt, and Viennese Court Counsellor—Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, pp.40f.] A copy of the second edition of Ornamentik was sent to him at his request: WSLB 19 (September 16, 1908). 8 See Cotta’s letter, CA 59 (November 26). SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
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