Letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated December 10, 1905
[ in another hand:] Schenker
Wien, 10. Dezember, 1905.
Sehr geehrter Herr !
Ich erlaube mir hiemit den von Ihnen mir zugesandten Verlagsvertrag mit meiner Unterschrift versehen einzusenden, nur danke bei dieser Gelegenheit für die liebenswürdige Übernahme meines Buches.
Wollen Sie die Güte haben, mir bei Einsendung Ihres Vertragsexemplares mitzuteilen, wie lange (beiläufig) der Druck dauern, u. wann das Erscheinen des Buches zu erwarten sein wird.
Ich werde mich beeilen, das Nachwort {verso} in der neuen Fassung einzusenden.
In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
zeichne ergebenst
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
© 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. |
Letter from Schenker to Cotta, dated December 10, 1905
[ in another hand:] Schenker
Vienna, December 10, 1905
Dear Sir,
I hereby take the liberty of forwarding to you with my signature the author–publisher contract that you sent me. Let me take this opportunity to thank you for so kindly taking on my book.
When sending me your copy of the contract, would you so good as to let me know me how long (roughly) publication will take, and when I can expect the book to appear[?]
I will {verso} send you the Afterword as soon as possible in the new version.
With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY:
Format: Holograh letter and signature, single sheet recto and verso
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --
FOOTNOTES:
SUMMARY:
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Returns contract signed; asks for likely timing of publication; promises Afterword soon.
© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ NMTP = Harmonielehre:] Returns contract signed; asks for likely timing of publication; promises Afterword soon.
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; contract; signature; timing; Afterword
Handwritten letter from Schenker to J. G. Cotta, dated December10, 1905
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
CA 9
1905-12-10
2005-05-25
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 (1905-c1954), Cotta-Archiv, Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach a. N., Germany (c.1954-)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
Stuttgart
1905 |