Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 8, 1910

[ UE date-stamp: ] 10. AUG. 1910
[ UE document-stamp: ] 0003

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Die II Revision¹ ist auf dem Wege nach Wien. Ich glaube, daß es dabei sein Bewenden haben darf u. eine III Revision [ü]berflüssig ist. H. von Wöß|² weiß ja im Notfalle bescheid. Immerhin sei Ihnen mitgeteilt, daß ich auf dem Karerpass bis etwa 20^ten, höchstens 22^ten d.M. bleibe u. ^daß mich hier eine Frage Ihrerseits bis eben dahin wohl noch erreichen kann.³ Später gehe ich nach Stuttgart, um mit Cotta eine uns beiden sehr am Herzen liegende “Handbibliothek”⁴ zu besprechen, so daß ich erst September in Wien ankomme.

Die “chrom. f.” ist wohl kaum vor Ende Sept. zu erwarten? Jedenfalls will ich ein paar Adressen dem Verlag beistellen, an die das Werkchen zu gehen hätte.

Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Ir ergeb
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
8. 8. 1910.

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

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 8, 1910

[ UE date-stamp: ] 10. AUG. 1910
[ UE document-stamp: ] 0003

Dear Director,

The second proof¹ is on its way to Vienna. I believe that the matter may rest at that, and that a third proof is unnecessary. In an emergency, Mr. von Wöß² is on top of the situation. Even so, let me tell you that I shall remain at the Karerpass until around the 20th of this month, the 22nd at the latest, and ^that any question you may have will still safely reach me here up to that time.³ After that, I travel to Stuttgart to discuss with Cotta a “reference library”⁴ that is very dear to the hearts of both of us, so that I shall not arrive in Vienna until September.

The Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue is not really expected before the end of September, is it? In any event, I will let the press have a few addresses on hand, to which the little work should be sent.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
August 8, 1910.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, holograph message and signature
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FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue.

² Click on Josef Venantius von Wöß.

³ One might argue that this letter precedes the letter from Schenker to which Cotta’s incompletely dated OJ 9/31, [26] is a reply, on the grounds that Schenker would be unlikely to plan to stay at the hotel if there had been a fire there.

⁴ Handbibliothek: the project later to become the Kleine Bibliothek, but for which the monograph on the Ninth Symphony was originally intended to be the first volume.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] The second proofs are in the mail. Inquires as to likely publication date. S is to discuss the "Reference Library" with Cotta.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] The second proofs are in the mail. Inquires as to likely publication date. S is to discuss the "Little Library" with Cotta.
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
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Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F; proofs; Wöß, Josef Venantius von; Karerpass; travel arrangements; dates; Stuttgart; Cotta, J. G.; Handbibliothek; Reference Library; Kleine Bibliothek; Little Library; Vienna; publication date; addresses; complimentary copies
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated August 8, 1910
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academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 63
1910-08-08
2006-05-13
UE
Hertzka
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Vienna
1910