Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated January 16, 1908
{recto}
Korrespondenz-Karte
Absender[:]
H Schenker
III Reisnerstr. [/] 38
Wien
[ sideways, not in Schenker’s hand: ] Schenker 16/1
[An:] Die J. G. Cotta’sche [/] Bchhd. Nfg.
Stuttgart
Deutschland
[ postmark: ] WIEN | 16. I. 08 | 3a || STUTTGART | 17. [ illeg ]
{verso}
Sehr geehrter Herr !
Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, ein Exemplar meiner „N. Th. u. Ph.“ [ sic ] auf meiner Rechnung an die Adresse: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni, Wien, Kärntnerring 1. Hotel Bristol, senden zu wollen, wenn möglich, umgehend!
Mit besten Dank u. ausgez. Hochachtung,
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
16. 1. 08
[ in another hand, in pencil: ]
ebd.[?] [/] 17/I 08
© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, with the permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005. |
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated January 16, 1908
{recto}
Postcard
Sender[:]
H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38
Vienna
[ sideways, not in Schenker’s hand: ] Schenker 16/1
[To:] The Heirs of the Cotta Bookdealership
Stuttgart
Germany
[ postmark: ] WIEN | 16. I. 08 | 3a || STUTTGART | 17. [ illeg ]
{verso}
Dear Sir,
Please would you be so kind as to send a copy of my New Theories and Fantasies [ sic ], to be charged to my account, to the address: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni, Vienna, Kärntnerring 1, Hotel Bristol, if possible by return?
With best wishes, and kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
January 16, 1908
[ in another hand, in pencil: ]
ebd.[?] [/] 17/I 08
© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, holograph addesses recto, message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38
Recipient address: Stuttgart
FOOTNOTES:
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SUMMARY:
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Requests complimentary copy to Ferruccio Busoni.
© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP I = Harmonielehre:] Requests complimentary copy to Ferruccio Busoni.
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.I; Harmonielehre; Harmony; complimentary copy; Busoni, Ferruccio
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated January 16, 1908
postcard
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 74
1908-01-16
2005-08-18
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 (1908-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
1908 |