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OC 52/636 - Handwritten letter from Robert Brünauer to Schenker, dated February 19, 1925

⇧ neu / Abonn II./II 1925
in Prag


⇧ Verehrter Meister 1

habe persönlich bei Gutmann Einsicht genommen

2 Abonn. bezahlt 24
3 Abonn. bezahlt 25
5 Abonn. beangabt 24 bezahlt 25

Verzeihen Sie, wenn ich oft frag, ob die nicht von H. Abrechnung mit den ganzen Tonwille ohne Rücksicht auf Termin 24 verlagen könnte. – Meine Auffassung nach ist doch jedes angemeldete Abonnement für beide Weile bindend. Ich habe an nichts anderes gedacht u. ich bin doch Sie gjede Anmeldung sichtbar gewesen. Jetzt ist dies alles richtiggestellt, ebenso Univ. Ed., Weisse.


Mit besten Grüßen
Ihr erg.
[signed:] Robert Brünauer
19. 2. 25

⇧ 1 Quittung, 5 compl. Tonwillen 24.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
⇧ new / subscription February 2, 1925
in Prague


⇧ Revered Master, 1

I have personally inspected the situation at Gutmann's:

2 subscriptions paid up 1924
3 subscriptions paid up 1925
5 subscriptions downpayment 1924 paid up 1925

Forgive me if I keep asking whether the billing, not by H[ertzka] , with the whole of Der Tonwille as concerns the 1924 deadline could have been mislaid. – In my view, a subscription taken out is certainly binding for both [?periods]. I have thought of nothing else, and I have emphatically been transparent with you over each application. Now this has all been put to rights, just as Universal Edition, Weisse.


With warmest greetings,
Your devoted
[signed:] Robert Brünauer
February 19, 1925

⇧ 1 receipt, 5 complete Tonwille sets 1924

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
⇧ neu / Abonn II./II 1925
in Prag


⇧ Verehrter Meister 1

habe persönlich bei Gutmann Einsicht genommen

2 Abonn. bezahlt 24
3 Abonn. bezahlt 25
5 Abonn. beangabt 24 bezahlt 25

Verzeihen Sie, wenn ich oft frag, ob die nicht von H. Abrechnung mit den ganzen Tonwille ohne Rücksicht auf Termin 24 verlagen könnte. – Meine Auffassung nach ist doch jedes angemeldete Abonnement für beide Weile bindend. Ich habe an nichts anderes gedacht u. ich bin doch Sie gjede Anmeldung sichtbar gewesen. Jetzt ist dies alles richtiggestellt, ebenso Univ. Ed., Weisse.


Mit besten Grüßen
Ihr erg.
[signed:] Robert Brünauer
19. 2. 25

⇧ 1 Quittung, 5 compl. Tonwillen 24.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
⇧ new / subscription February 2, 1925
in Prague


⇧ Revered Master, 1

I have personally inspected the situation at Gutmann's:

2 subscriptions paid up 1924
3 subscriptions paid up 1925
5 subscriptions downpayment 1924 paid up 1925

Forgive me if I keep asking whether the billing, not by H[ertzka] , with the whole of Der Tonwille as concerns the 1924 deadline could have been mislaid. – In my view, a subscription taken out is certainly binding for both [?periods]. I have thought of nothing else, and I have emphatically been transparent with you over each application. Now this has all been put to rights, just as Universal Edition, Weisse.


With warmest greetings,
Your devoted
[signed:] Robert Brünauer
February 19, 1925

⇧ 1 receipt, 5 complete Tonwille sets 1924

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021

Footnotes

1 Receipt for what is presumbly this letter, despite the discrepancy of dates, is recorded on February 18, 1925: "Von Brünauer (Br., durch das Mädchen): hat zwei Abonnements im Jahre 1924 genommen, schickt die Bestätigung." (From Brünauer (letter, by hand of his maid): has taken out two subscriptions in the year 1924, sends the confirmation."). In his diary for February 21, Schenker recorded writing to Otto Vrieslander: “berichte über den Stand der Angelegenheit mit Hertzka, der Betrug sei erwiesen; über den Verrat von Weisse u. Brünauer in der Abonnement-Angelegenheit.” (“I report on the state of play with Hertzka, the fraud has been proven; about Weisse’s and Brünauer’s betrayal in the subscription matter.”).

On February 1, 1925, Schenker had received from UE the accounts for the second half of 1924, and complained about them (OC 52/527–532), at the same time writing to pupils and friends soliciting their experiences in subscribing to Der Tonwille. (For a fuller account, see Der Tonwille: Pamphlets ..., Eng. transl., vol. II (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. viii–ix.)

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs or representatives of Robert Brünauer; deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonably efforts have been made to identify the heirs or representatives of Robert Brünauer; this document is deemed to be in the public domain; any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk
Format
1p letter, holograph salutation, message, list, valediction, and signature; marginal annotation in the hand of Heinrich Schenker
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2021-09-20
Last updated: 2011-03-05