Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated Tuesday November 24, 1908

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Dann muß es ja wohl sein,¹ u. die vor den Stunden zu erledigende eigene Arbeit muß weichen. Würden Sie mich Freitag [27. November] Vormittag sehen wollen, aber so, daß ich Ihr Bureau bereits um 10 ¼ h. verlassen könnte. (Ich rechne Tramway² u. Fußweg zusammen eine ½ Stunde, u. spätestens ¾11h. muß ich zu Hause sein, um die Schülerin in Empfang zu nehmen.) Sie wissen doch am besten den Tehalt des zu besprechenden u. verfügen Sie über mich bis 10 ¼.

Gef.³ Antwort erbeten an Ihrem

Hochachtungsvoll ergebenen
[ sign'd: ]H Schenker
24. 11. 08
© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated Tuesday November 24, 1908

Dear Director,

So be it,¹ and the work of my own that I do before lessons will have to give way. Would you like to see me on Friday morning [November 27], but so that I can leave your office no later than 10:15. (I reckon it [takes] a good half an hour by tram² and on foot, and must be back home by 10:45 at the latest to receive a female student.) You will best know the appropriate tram stop, and I will be at your disposal until 10:15.

The favor of³ an answer requested, to

Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ]H. Schenker
November 24, 1908

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ In reply to H's firm request in OC 52/29, November 23, for a meeting to discuss large new edn of Niloff. Surely there is a hint of "Muß es sein?—Es muß sein!" (Beethoven, Op.135).

² Tram = streetcar/trolley. We know that S disliked taking the Städtische Straßenbahn—part of his larger distaste for modern technology. He would presumably walk Reisnerstraße—Heumarkt—Johannisgaße, board the tram on the Kaiser-Wilhelm Ring, ride it round the Ringstraße, alight at the junction of the Schotten Ring and Wipplingerstraße, and walk down to UE's address in the latter. The tram fare per stage of the Ring in 1914 was 14 Heller.

³ i.e. Gefällige

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Re: OC 52/29: agrees to appointment on Friday November 27.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Re: OC 52/29: agrees to appointment on Friday November 27.
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; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; publication; large print-run; appointment; tramway; Strassenbahn; lesson schedule; female pupil
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated November 24, 1908
letter
Hertzka, Emil
WSLB 26
1908-11-24
2005-03-16
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 (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