Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated March 28, 1909 [ Excerpt from 2-page letter, of which this is part of the opening paragraph, concerning changes to the Niloff Instrumentations-Tabelle] Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor ! [...] Da ich augenblicklich, (trotzdem der Druck am 1. Octob. begonnen hat) erst bei S.150 des Kontrapunktbandes bin,– nämlich laut dem _Imprimatur_–, u. nebst dieser so viel Zeit in Anspruch nehmenden Arbeit auch noch, wie Sie ja wissen, Stünden (leider!) zu geben habe, um eine Zeit, wo es sonst einschießen wäre Unterredungen zu pflegen, so schlage ich vor, [...] © Heirs of Heinrich Schenker. |
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka, dated March 28, 1909 [ Excerpt from 2-page letter, of which this is part of the opening paragraph, concerning changes to the Niloff Instrumentations-Tabelle] Dear Director, [...] Since at the moment (despite the fact that printing [of Kontrapunkt I] began on October 1) I am only just on p.150 of my _Counterpoint) volume—at the imprimatur stage, that is—and on top of this work, which takes up so much time, I still also have, as you well know, (alas!) to give lessons, at a time when it would otherwise be possible to fit in regular discussions, I wonder whether [...] © Translation Ian D. Bent 2005. |
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