Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated September 28, 1908

[ UE stamp: ]
Eingegangen: ……………………
Beantwortet: 29/9/08 Popper [ UE stamp: ] 7815

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

H. Prof. Röntgen (Amsterdam)¹ bittet mich, ihm meine Bach-Ausgabe selbst — d.i.: U.E. No.548 — zu vermitteln. Wie er d [ del ] mir mitteilt, ist er mit der Bülow-Ausg. (bei Peters) stets unzufrieden gewesen, u.[,] da meine ich, wäre es angesichts dieser Stimmung, ratsam, zu versuchen, ob Prof. Röntgen nicht die Ausgabe der "U.E." an die Stelle der Bülow_’schen setzen würde, mindestens im _Konservatorium zu Amsterdam.

Im Guttman’schen Geschäft² sah ich nämlich [ del] neulich ein Exemplar m. Orn. (II.Aufl.) ohne jenes Blatt, das Sie beizulegen vorhatten. Haben Sie es unterlassen, oder war es nur eim Versehen?

Nur bei dieser Gelegenheit: wird die Tabelle wirklich im Oktober auszugeben werden können?

Mit besten Dank u. vorzüglicher Hochachtung
Ihren[?] ergeb.
[ signed: ] H. Schenker
28.9.08

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated September 28, 1908

[ UE stamp: ]
Received: ……………………
Answered: 29/9/08 Popper [ UE stamp: ] 7815

Dear Director,

Prof. Röntgen (Amsterdam)¹ has asked me personally to arrange for him to receive [a copy of] my [C.P.E.] Bach edition—i.e. U.E. No. 548—for him. He tells me that he has been constantly dissatisfied with the Bülow edition (Peters), and I think it would be prudent, in the light of this dissatisfaction, to see whether Prof. Röntgen would replace the Bülow edition by the UE edition, at least at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

I recently saw a copy of my Ornamentik (2nd edition) in the Guttmann [ sic ] Music Shop² without the [ corrigenda ] sheet that you had intended to insert. Have you abandoned it, or was this merely an oversight?

Just while I am writing: Will it really be possible to release the [ Instrumentation ] Table in October?

With grateful thanks, and kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker
September 28, 1908

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto, holograph message and signature
Sender address: —
Recipient address: —

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Click on Julius Röntgen.

² Albert J. Gutmann, GmbH, music retailer whose shop was situated in the Vienna Opera House. The company was later bought out by UE, and acted as nominal publisher for Schenker's Der Tonwille (1921-24) as a cover for UE.

SUMMARY:
[C. P. E. Bach: Keyboard Works:] Julius Röntgen has requested a copy; S hopes it will replace Bülow’s at the Amsterdam Conservatory. — [ Beitrag zur Ornamentik:] S saw a copy in Gutmann’s lacking corrigendum sheet. — [Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Inquires as to likely release date.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[C. P. E. Bach: Keyboard Works:] Julius Röntgen has requested a copy; S hopes it will replace Bülow’s at the Amsterdam Conservatory. — [ Beitrag zur Ornamentik:] S saw a copy in Gutmann’s lacking corrigendum sheet. — [Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Inquires as to likely release 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; Gutmann, Albert J.; Röntgen, Julius; Amsterdam Conservatory of Music; Ornamentik; 2nd edn; C. P. E. Bach Keyboard Works; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; publication date
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated September 28, 1908
letter
Hertzka, Emil
WSLB 20
1908-09-28
2005-03-09
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 (1908-1976)—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
1908