Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritter letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated June 3, 1912

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Anbei mit Dank das durchgesehene u. korrigierte Exemplar zurück.¹ Ein Inhaltsverzeichnis liegt neu zum Drucke bei²: Wird es nach|³ der Vorrede oder zum Schluß des Werkes gesetzt ? Ich empfehle ersteres. (Die Wiederholung des Hauptteils zählt T. 424⁴) Außerdem schließe ich ein Blatt für den H. Setzer bei, worauf die gravamina|⁵ deutlich bezeichnet sind.

Machen Sie es, bitte, möglich, daß das Werk zu Festwoche⁶ erscheine. Es würde von größtem Vorteil sein.

Mit besten Grüßen
Ir [/] ergebener
[ signed: ] H Schenker
3. Juni 1912

© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritter letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated June 3, 1912

Dear Director,

Returned herewith, with thanks, the copy checked and corrected.¹ A Table of Contents is currently being printed²: Will it be placed after³ the Foreword or at the end of the book? I recommend the former. (The repetition of the Main Section runs to 424 bars.⁴) In addition, I enclose a sheet for the typesetter, on which the most serious items⁵ are clearly listed.

Please arrange if possible for the book to appear during Festival Week.⁶ It would be highly advantageous.

With best wishes,
Yours truly,
[ signed:] H. Schenker
June 3, 1912

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: single sheet recto, holograph message and signature
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Presumably the complete set of proofs requested in WSLB 113, § 2, May 18, 1912.

² Table of Contents: see WSLB 111, May 16, and WSLB 113, May 18, 1912.

³ nach canceled, but clearly intended: the underline presumably reinstates.

⁴ Reference is to the first section of mvt 2, the Scherzo, in its restatement after the Trio (Main Section: 425 bb—Trio: 117 bb—Main Section: 424 bb).

⁵ gravamina (plur. of gravamen ): S uses a Latin legal term, meaning in that context “grievances,” presumably to add import.

⁶ See also WSLB 98 and 113. Mahler’s Ninth Symphony received its first performance, under Bruno Walter (see WSLB 120, June 9), as part of the 1912 Vienna Musikfestwochen on June 26, 1912 (http://www.chronikverlag.de/tageschronik/0626.htm), and two “evenings of modern music” took place "within the framework of the Vienna Music Festival Weeks" on June 25 and 29, 1912 (http://www.musikerbriefe.at/schrift.asp?Nr=1066), hence presumably June 23–29 was one of the weeks.

SUMMARY:
[ Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie:] Returns copy corrected; asks about location of Table of Contents; suggests the Vienna Musikfestwochen as publication date.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie:] Returns copy corrected; asks about location of Table of Contents; suggests the Vienna Musikfestwochen as publication date.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2005.
Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie; Ninth Symphony; proofs; Inhaltsverzeichnis; Table of Contents; Vorwort; Foreword; publication date
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 3, 1912
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 117
1912-06-03
2005-11-16
UE
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
Universal Edition Archive (1912-1976)—on permanent loan to the Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Wien (1976-)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Image: Universal Edition, A.G.; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1912