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Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 22, 1906

[ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker

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

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
Dr Julius Korngold, IV., Paniglgasse 19.4
Max Kalbeck, XVIII., Karl Ludwigstr. 765
Hans Liebstöckl, IX., Berggasse 306
Ludwig Karpath, IV., Frankenberggasse 37

[ the above five lines sidelined to right, with, not in Schenker’s hand:] ja!

Mit besten Dank u. vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
22. 11. 06.
[ not in Schenker’s hand: ] 26.11.06.gef.8

© 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 22, 1906

[ not in Schenker’s hand:] Schenker

[ in Schenker’s hand:]
Dear Sir,

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
Dr Julius Korngold, Vienna IV., Paniglgasse 19.4
Max Kalbeck, Vienna XVIII., Karl Ludwigstr. 765
Hans Liebstöckl, Vienna IX., Berggasse 306
Ludwig Karpath, Vienna IV., Frankenberggasse 3.7

[ the above five lines sidelined to right, with, not in Schenker’s hand:] Agreed!

With many thanks, and kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
22. 11. 06.
[ not in Schenker’s hand: ] 26.11.06. dealt with.8

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

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:
[ NMTP [I] = Harmonielehre:] Payment settled. Lists five critics to whom review copies should be sent.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP [I] = Harmonielehre:] Payment settled. Lists five critics to whom review copies should be sent.
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; payment; account; review copies; Hirschfeld, Robert; Korngold, Julius; Kalbeck, Max; Liebstöckl, Hans; Karpath, Ludwig
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated November 22, 1906
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 56
1906-11-22
2005-07-07
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.
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

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