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Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated September 20, 1911

{recto}
[Absender:] H Schenker
III., Reisnerstr. / 38

[An:] Dr. Emil Hertzka
I., Wipplingerstr. 32
„Universal-Edition“

[postmarks:] || WIEN TELEGRAPHENZENTRALSTATION | 20.IX.11 3 40 ||
|| ¾ WIEN 128 | 20.IX.11 3 10 | [illeg] || [twice]

{verso}
Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Unsere Briefe haben sich gekreuzt1 u. ich beeile mich, den Empfang des Ihrigen zu bestätigen. Ich danke herzlichst für das offene Aussprachen des Sachverhaltes, wobei ich nur bedauern, daß H. Dir. Bopp,2 der, wie Ihr eigener Brief aus den J. 1908 bestätigt,3 der allererste Anreger der Bach - Ausgabe selbst gewesen, eben nicht schon im Vorjahre des ausxxxxxxx den Widerruf bekanntgegeben, u. mir damit einen Schaden an Geld zergeht erspart hat. Sie sind aber schlecht informiert worden, wenn Sie von einer “Textkritik” sprechen. Was es in Wahrheit ist, wird ja in absehbarer Zeit ganz genau zusehen sein. Für Ihre gute Meinung über meine Arbeiten danke ich ganz besonders, u. noch mehr für das Versprechen der Korrekturen für den Spätherbst!

Mit besten Grüßen
Ir ganz ergeb
[ sign'd: ] H Sch
20. 9. 1911.

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

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated September 20, 1911

{recto}
[From:] H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Dr. Emil Hertzka
[Vienna] I, Wipplingerstraße 32
Universal Edition

[postmarks:] || WIEN TELEGRAPHENZENTRALSTATION | 20.IX.11 3 40 ||
|| ¾ WIEN 128 | 20.IX.11 3 10 | [illeg] || [twice]

{verso}
Dear Director,

Our letters have crossed1 and I hasten to acknowledge receipt of yours. I thank you cordially for your candid views of the matter; I only regret that Director Bopp,2 who, as your own letter from the year 1908 confirms,3 was himself the very first to propose the Bach edition, did not last year make known his withdrawal and so avoid spare me some financial embarrassment. You are, however, badly informed when you speak of “text criticism.” What it is in reality will certainly become crystal clear in the foreseeable future. I thank you most especially for your good opinion of my works, and even more for the promise of proofs for the late Fall!

With best wishes,
Yours truly,
[ sign'd: ] H. Sch[enker]
September 20, 1911

© Translation Ian Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38
Recipient address: Vienna I, Wipplingerstraße 32

FOOTNOTES

1 OC 52/492, September 19, 1911 and WSLB 80, September 20, 1911.

2 Wilhelm Bopp, Director of the Akademie für Musik und Darstellende Kunst [create biogfile and link].

3 OC 52/399–401, December 18, 1908.

SUMMARY
Acks OC 52/492, regrets that Dir. Bopp did not make his withdrawal from the Bach project known earlier; corrects H on use of term "text criticism."

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent 2006.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Bopp, Wilhelm; Bach, J. S.; Textkritik; text criticism
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated September 20, 1911
WSLB 82
1911-09-20
2006-11-23
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.
Universal Edition Archive (1911-1976)—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 Bent.
Vienna
1911

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