Schenker Correspondence Project

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

[illegible handwriting in upper margin]

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Sie würden mich sehr verpflichten, wenn Sie mir statt am 14^ten, schon ein oder zwei Tage vorher, ein einziges, sage u. schreibe: 1¹ Exemplar der “chrom-fant.’ zur Verfügung stellen wollten ! So dringend habe ich eines nötig.

Mit besten Dank an Vorhinein.
Ir ergeb
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
10 Oktob. 10.

[illegible handwriting in lower margin, faint]

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

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

[illegible handwriting in upper margin]

Dear Director,

I would be much obliged if, rather than on the 14th, you would make available to me one or two days earlier, one single (I repeat, 1)¹ copy of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue! That’s how urgently I need one.

With grateful thanks in anticipation,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
October 10, 1910

[illegible handwriting in lower margin, faint]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, holograph message and signature, illegible writing in upper and lower margins
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ sage und schreibe: form used in contracts and agreements, with numerals given before it then the numbers spelt out as words after it (e.g. “1, in words: one”) , as Schenker himself does on occasion; here it is the other way round (“one, in numbers: 1”), giving a faintly comic formality.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] S requests a copy urgently.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] S requests a copy urgently.
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; copy
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated October 10, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 64
1910-10-10
2006-05-15
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