Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE) , dated and postmarked Friday November 27, 1908

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, mir ein Exemplar der Tabelle zuzuschicken: ich habe nämlich das älteste Ex. ohne Vorrede.¹

Wenn ich noch ein paar Bemerkungen machen soll,² muß d ich die letztere vor mir haben.

Mit besten dank,
Ir ergb
[ sign'd: ] H Schenker
27. 11. 08

[ overwritten: ] gesendet 28. XI. 08
[ UE stamp: ] 9452

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

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE) , dated and postmarked Friday November 27, 1908

Dear Director,
Would you be so kind as to send me a copy of the [ Instrumentations- ]Tabelle? This is because I have the oldest copy, without Foreword.¹

If I am to make a few remarks,² I need to have the latter.

With many thanks,
Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ]H. Schenker
Nov 27, 1908

[ overwritten: ] sent 28. XI. 08
[ UE stamp: ] 9452

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, addresses on recto, holograph message and signature on verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38
Recipient address: Vienna I, Wipplingerstraße 32

FOOTNOTES:

¹ S is presumably speaking of the "small edition," released on or before October 29, 1908 (OC 52/398). On November 23, H had reported that they were proceeding to a "large edition," (OC 52/29), and S is now evidently responding to a meeting that had happened that very morning, November 27 (WSLB 26, November 24). It is unclear precisely which edn S is referring to here, since he says it is not the first release, but it cannot be the "large edn," which would not be released until February 9, 1909, when it was deemed the "first edition." Had there been an intermediate release with Foreword?

² i.e. remarks for the "large edn," released on February 9, 1909 (see fn1.).

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Requests a copy of edn with Foreword.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Requests a copy of edn with Foreword.
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; Foreword; small edn
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Emil Hertzka (UE), dated and postmarked November 27, 1908
postcard
Hertzka, Emil
WSLB 27
1908-11-27
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.
postcard; 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