Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated November 5, 1910

[UE letterhead]
R
Wien, 5. Nov. 1910.

Hochwohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r
W i e n
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Sehr verehrter Herr Professor !

Aus Berlin zurückgekehrt, finde ich Ihre frdl. Zuschrift¹ vor und lasse nunmehr an alle in Betracht kommenden musikalischen Blätter Rezensionsexemplare Ihrer Bach-Bearbeitung² mit der von Ihnen verfassten Notiz³ abegehen.

Mit grosser Freude habe ich aus Ihren Bemerungen [sic] ersehen, dass Ihre Besprechung mit Direktor Bopp⁴ aussichtsvoll verlaufen ist. Auch Ihre Aeusserung, dass Sie sich mit meiner Anregung, je eine Beethoven-Sonate und eine Bach-Lieferung jährlich herauszugebeⁿ befreunden wollen, erscheint mir recht erwünscht.

Ueber die formellen Festlegungen werden wir uns ja mündlich leicht verständigen können. Ich lasse Ihnen gleichzeitig den neuen Vertragsentwurf über die Neunte zugehen und hoffe, dass derselbe nunmehr Ihren Wünschen entspricht.

Sie bald wieder bei sich begrüssen zu können, hofft

Ihr Sie hochschätzender
[ sign’d: ] Hertzka

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2006.

Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated November 5, 1910

[UE letterhead]
R
Vienna, Nov. 5, 1910

Prof. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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Greatly revered Professor,

Hotfoot from Berlin, I have your kind letter¹ before me and shall arrange for review copies of your Bach edition² from now on to go out to all the musical periodicals in question with the notice worded by you.³

I was delighted to see from your remarks that your conversation with Director Bopp⁴ has gone promisingly. Also your comment that you wish to associate yourself with my suggestion that one Beethoven sonata and one installment of Bach be published each year strikes me as most welcome.

We will surely be able to reach agreement easily on the formal terms when we talk. Simultaneously, I am having the new draft contract for the Ninth Symphony sent to you, and I hope that the latter will meet with your wishes.

Looking forward to being able to greet you soon at my office,

Yours with kind regards,
[ sign’d: ] Hertzka

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, UE letterhead, typed message and holograph signature
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES

¹ WSLB 69/71, November 1, 1910.

² i.e. of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, just published.

³ i.e. the copy for the blurb supplied by S on November 1 and enclosed with WSLB 69/71.

⁴ Wilhelm Bopp [create biogfile and link].

SUMMARY
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] UE will send review copies out with S's blurb. — [ Beethoven's Ninth Symphony:] H hopes to reach agreement on terms by word of mouth and is sending new draft to S.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] UE will send review copies out with S's blurb. — [ Beethoven's Ninth Symphony:] H hopes to reach agreement on terms by word of mouth and is sending new draft to S.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Universal Edition A.G., reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2006.
Hertzka, Emil; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Berlin; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F; blurb; music periodicals; music journals; Bopp, Wilhelm; Beethoven; late piano sonatas; Well-tempered Clavier Book II; Ninth Symphony; monograph; contract; draft
Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated November 5, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/60
1910-11-05
2006-05-19
UE
Hertzka
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website.
UE letterhead; typed body of letter; holograph signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1910-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)
IPR: Universal Edition, A.G.; Image: New York Public Library, New York; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1910