Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated May 27, 1908

[ in top margin, in pencil, not in Schenker's hand: ]
C. Bog[en?]
4 / 6 an Hildr Sohn,[?] abgeliefert
___________

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Ich höre, daß Dir. Hertzka, der meinen Fall in die Hand gerne zuhat, verreist ist. Daher teile ich es Ihnen mit, daß ich Bogen 4 u. 5¹ der 2ten Korrektur bei mir noch zurückbehalten muß, bis die nächsten Bogen aus der Druckerei einlangen. Es haben nämlich die Hr. Setzer, entgegen meiner vorsichtigeren Anordnung, die jenseitigen Fußnoten unmittelbar nach den § anzubringen, die üblichere Methode angewandt, die Fußnoten ganz unten laufen zu lassen. Ich fürchte ^aber, daß sie auf den nächsten Bogen damit Schwierigkeiten haben werden, u. will ^daher lieber abwarten, wie sich die Sache gestaltet, ehe ich die gegenwärtig mir vorliegenden Bg. 4 u. 5 zurücksende.

Hoffentlich gelange ich bald in den Besitz der nächsten Bogen, was im Interesse { verso } einer schleunigsten Fertigstellung erwünscht wäre.

Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Ihr ergb
[ sign'd: ] H Schenker
27. 5. 08

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated May 27, 1908

[ in top-left margin, in pencil, not in Schenker's hand: ]
C. gatherings 4/6 supplied to Hilder Sohn[?]
___________

Dear Director,

I hear that Director Hertzka, who likes to handle my case personally, is away. For this reason, I am letting you know that I have to hold on to gatherings 4 and 5¹ of the 2nd proofs until the next few gatherings arrive from the printers. This is because, contrary to my more prudent arrangement, which locates the footnotes for a given section immediately after that section, the type-setters have used the commoner method of locating the footnotes at the foot of the page. I fear^{, however,} that they will run into difficulties with this in the gatherings that follow. ^{Consequently,} I would prefer to wait and see how things work out before I send back gatherings 4 and 5, which are currently in my hands.

I hope that I will soon have the next few gatherings in my hands, which would be desirable, in the interests { verso } of the speediest possible completion.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker
May 27, 1908

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, single sheet recto and verso, holograph message and signature
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Gathering 4 = pp.25–32; gathering 5 = 34–40; the book is made up of nine regular quaternions plus a single leaf = 74pp.

SUMMARY:
[ Ornamentik:] Is retaining gatherings 4–5 of the second proofs because the printers have set the footnotes in the wrong place and he wants to see the remaining gatherings before returning 4–5.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ Ornamentik:] Is retaining gatherings 4–5 of the second proofs because the printers have set the footnotes in the wrong place and he wants to see the remaining gatherings before returning 4–5.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Ornamentik; Contribution to Ornamentation; 2nd edn; second proofs; footnotes
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated May 27, 1908
letter
Hertzka, Emil
WSLB 6
1908-05-27
2004-12-17
UE
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 (1908-1976)—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
1908