Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 10, 1910

[ UE date-stamp: ] 11. Juni 1910
[ UE document-stamp: ] 0004

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Das schöne Wetter hat seine Schuldigkeit, u. [m]ehr Schüler verreisen schon, als ich es erwartet habe. Somit gehe ich an die Arbeit u. will spätestens den 15^dm. Ihnen den ersten Theil,¹ umfassend Noten + Erläuterung an der Phantasie selbst, übersenden. Und Anfang der zweitnächsten Woche, gegen 20^dm. kann ich vielleicht die Fuge: Noten + Text liefern.

Wenn die Druckerei frei wäre, so gienge es, in Anbetracht dessen, daß der erste Theil nur wenig Korrekturen hat, vielleicht zu erreichen, daß die II. Korrektur inzwischen gemacht würde, während ich die Fuge korrigiere. Bei glattem Ablauf stelle ich mir als möglich vor, daß wir bis {2} Ende des Monats Alles, das Inprimatur inbegriffen, fertig kriegen. Wenigstens will ich es meinerseits so fleißig machen, daß ich es nun mehr auf das Inprimatur ankommen lassen Worte u. Ihnen die vielen Ausgaben retournieren könnte.

Mit ausgez. Hochachtung
Ir ergb
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
10. 6. 10

© In the public domain.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2006.

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 10, 1910

[ UE date-stamp: ] June 11, 1910
[ UE document-stamp: ] 0004

Dear Director,

The fine weather must takes its share of the blame, and more pupils are already leaving town than I was expecting. As a result, I am getting on with the work, and will send you by the 15th of the month at the latest the first batch,¹ comprising music + elucidations just of the Fantasy. And at the beginning of the week after next, around the 20th of the month, I may perhaps be able to produce the Fugue: music + text.

If the printers were free, it might perhaps be possible, in view of the fact that the first batch has only a few corrections, for the second proofs to be made in the meantime, while I am correcting the Fugue. If everything goes smoothly, I imagine it is possible we will have it all done by the {2} end of the month, including the imprimatur. At least, for my part I will work so hard to make it possible for me to arrive at the imprimatur stage, and could return to you the many editions.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
June 10, 1910

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, oblong format, holograph message and signature
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. of proofs of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, received on June 2 or 3. S is to leave for the summer on July 3, so is under pressure of time.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] S is making headway on proofs, and hopes to reach imprimatur stage by end-June.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] S is making headway on proofs, and hopes to reach imprimatur stage by end-June.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: in public domain; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2006.
Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F; proofs; imprimatur
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 10, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 62
1910-06-10
2006-05-12
UE
Hertzka
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. Any claim to intellectual rights 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 (1910-1976)—on permanent loan to the Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Wien (1976-)
IPR: In the public domain; Image: Universal Edition, A.G.; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1910