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 Machen Sie es, bitte, möglich, daß das Werk zu Festwoche6 erscheine. Es würde von größtem Vorteil sein. Mit besten Grüßen © Heirs of Heinrich Schenker. |
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, © Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
COMMENTARY: 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: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.
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