Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated October 21, 1910

[ faint, illeg writing in upper margin ]

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor !

Durch Zufall machte ich gestern früh die persönliche Bekanntschaft des H. Direktors Bopp. Bei dieser Gelegenheit habe ich Ihren, in unserer Unterredung von Freitag¹ ausgesprochenen Wunsch erfüllt u. bei ihm die Frage der Sonaten angeregt.² Mögen Sie nun, da Sie öfter mit ihm zusammentreten, von ihm selbst hören, was er dazu meint. Ich glaube mich nicht zu täuschen, wenn ich sage, daß ihm der 2. Teil des “Wohltemperierten Klaviers” noch mehr am Herzen liegt[corr]. Doch läßt sich darüber diskutieren.

Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Ir ergeb
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
21. 10. 10.

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

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated October 21, 1910

[ faint, illeg writing in upper margin ]

Dear Director,

By chance, I made the personal acquantaince of Director Bopp yesterday morning. I took the opportunity to comply with the wish that you expressed during our conversation on Friday¹, and raised with him the question of the Sonatas.² Might you, since you encounter him frequently, hear direct from him what he thinks about it? I don’t think I am mistaken in thinking that Book 2 of the Well-tempered Clavier is even closer to his heart. This certainly needs discussing.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
October 21, 1910

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

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

¹ presumably October 14.

² The first reference to what eventually becomes Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven (1913–20) had appeared in WSLB 66/67, October 19, 1910: “As I never tire of reiterating, the rescuing of the last sonatas of Beethoven is a necessary cultural act!”

SUMMARY:
Meeting with Wilhelm Bopp; late sonatas of Beethoven (and possibly Well-tempered Clavier Book II) discussed.

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

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
Meeting with Wilhelm Bopp; late sonatas of Beethoven (and possibly Well-tempered Clavier Book II) discussed.
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; Bopp, Wilhelm; Vienna Conservatory; Beethoven; Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven; Bach, J. S.; Well-tempered Clavier Book II;
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated October 21, 1910
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
WSLB 68
1910-10-21
2006-05-17
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