[Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated December 22, 1908
[Excerpt from 5-page, 8-paragraph letter concerning revisions to the Instrumentation Table, and plans to edit J. S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier for UE, of which this is part of paragraph 7]
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Ist das allein schon ein Grund, weshalb ich dem ehrenden Antrag nicht entsprechen kann, so tritt als ein noch wichtigerer hiezu, da[ß, wi]e ich Ihnen schon sagte, die Korrekturen meines Bd. II augenblicklich im Vordergrunde stehen. Cotta stürmt, u. dennoch werden wir Mühe haben, zu Ostern den Bd. II herauszubringen. Mit diesem Band aber hoffe ich mich um die Lehrer u. Schüler auch unserer Akademie hinreichend verdient zu machen, um mir den Seitensprung zum “Wohltp.Klv.” ersparen zu dürfen, der für mich selbst ja kaum irgendwie lohnend sein kann.–
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© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2005. |
[Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated December 22, 1908
[Excerpt from 5-page, 8-paragraph letter concerning revisions to the Instrumentation Table, and plans to edit J. S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier for UE, of which this is part of paragraph 7]
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If that in itself is one reason why I cannot accommodate your honorable proposal, then there is another, more important one, namely that, as I have already told you, the proofs of my vol. II are currently in the forefront of my mind. Cotta is harrying [me], and even so we will have trouble getting vol. II out at Easter [1909]. It is with this volume, however, that I hope to do a sufficiently great service to the teachers and students even of our Academy to spare myself the lateral move to the Well-tempered Clavier, which is hardly in any way profitable for me. [ ... ]
© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |