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Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated January 29, 1909

Eingetragen: .........................
Beantwortet: .........30. I. 09 ......
[ UE No. ] 0621

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Ich nehme an, daß Sie bereits zu Hause, u. bitte Sie, falls Niloffs Tabelle,1 die neu redigierte, bereits erschienen, mir davon 2 Exemplare zuschicken zu lassen : eines für mich selbst, u. ein zweites als Geburtstagscadeau für meinen ehemaligen langjährigen Schüler H. Baron Alphons v. Rothschild.2 Des letzteren Geburtstag ist Mitte Februar3 u. da möchte ich wohl noch Zeit gewinnen, das ihm zugedachte Exemplar schön binden zu lassen ; besitzt er doch als Erbe des Baron Nathaniel|4 eine der merkwürdigsten u. schönsten Instrumentensammlungen in Österreich.5

Indem ich Ihnen für Ihre Liebenswürdigkeit im Vorhinein6 aufs herzlichste danke zeichne

Ir hochachtungsvoll ergebener
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
29. 1. 09
© Heirs of Heinrich Schenker.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005.

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated January 29, 1909

Received: .........................
Answered: .........30. I. 09 ......
[ UE No. ] 0621

Dear Director,

I assume that you are back by now, and should like to ask if, in the event that Niloff’s Table,1 the new edition, is already out, you would arrange to have two copies of it sent to me: one for myself, and a second as a birthday present for my erstwhile student of many years’ standing, Baron Alphons von Rothschild.2 The latter’s birthday is middle of February,3 and I should like to have plenty of time to have the intended copy elegantly bound. As heir to Baron Nathaniel,4 he possesses one of the most remarkable and most beautiful collections of instruments in Austria.5

In thanking you most cordially in advance6 for your kindness, I remain

With kind regards, Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker
January 29, 1909

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

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

FOOTNOTES:

1 i.e. Artur Niloff, Instrumentations-Tabelle (UE 1999), first released in a small trial edition distributed to schools on or just before October 29, 1908 (OC 52/398). UE’s intention to produce it in a longer print-run was communicated on November 23, 1908 (OC 52/29), but Schenker submitted too much supplementary material and the latter was eventually excluded by UE and the new edition (officially called the “first edition”) released on or about February 6, 1909. Schenker’s supplementary material was included in the subsequent edition, of 1912.

2 Click on: Alphons von Rothschild [insert biogfile]

3 Alphons’s birthday was February 15.

4 The lineage of Alphons is: Mayer Amschel (1744–1812)-->Salomon Mayer (1774–1855)-->Anselm Salomon (1803–74)-->Solomon Albert (1844–1911)-->Alphons Mayer. Nathaniel Mayer (1836–1905) (an uncle?) had no offspring, hence presumably Alphons was his heir.

5 For an inventory of Alphons’s collection comprising 3,444 items in all, see Sophie Lillie, Was einmal war: Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens (Vienna: Czernin, 2003). His instruments are listed on pp. 1,384–1,409. One wonders whether S was ever able to view the collection, and if so whether it had any impact on his interest in reviving use of Baroque and Classical instruments in live performance.

6 im Vorhinein: a particularly Austrian usage.

SUMMARY:
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Requests two copies of new edition, one to bind and present to Alphons Rothschild for his birthday. Mentions the latter's instrument collection.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[Niloff: Instrumentations-Tabelle:] Requests two copies of new edition, one to bind and present to Alphons Rothschild for his birthday. Mentions the latter's instrument collection.
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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, Artur; Instrumentations-Tabelle; Instrumentation Table; new edition; Rothschild, Alphons; student; birthday; Rothschild, Nathaniel; instrument collection; Austria
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated January 29, 1909
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academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 36
1909-01-29
2006-01-21
UE
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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 (1909-1976)—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
1909

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