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OJ 6/3, [5] - Handwritten letter from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated April 27, 1899


⇧ 27. 4. 1899

⇧ Florizissime,

Gestern vergass ich dir zu sagen, dass Monsignore Karpath im Ernste Clavierstunden bis zu primitivster Vervollkommnung (2mal wöchentlich) nehmen will. Von mir sieht er selbst ab, u. will mich blos zu theoretischen Disciplinen anwerben. 1 Für Clavier empfahl ich ihm dich, Meister, u. ich glaube, du solltest unter allen Umständen ihn acceptiren, da er dir sehr, sehr {2} nützlich sein könnte, bei Mahler (Empfehlungen an weitere Dirigenten) beim N. W. Tagbl. etc.

Er ist ja ein guter Kerl!

Also wärest du dabei? Ja, oder nein.

Karp. möchte 1 Mai schon anfangen!


Dein
[signed:] H Schenker

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2022

⇧ April 27, 1899

⇧ Florizissime,

Yesterday I forgot to tell you that “Monsignor” Karpath wishes in earnest to take piano lessons in order to attain the most basic standard (twice weekly). He himself defers to me and wishes to enlist me just for theoretical subjects. 1 For piano, I recommended you to him, Master, and I think that, whatever the circumstances, you should take him on, since {2} he could be very, very {2} useful to you with Mahler (recommendations to other conductors) and at the Neues Wiener Tagblatt , etc.

He is a really good fellow!

So, are you on board with this? Yes or No?

Karpath would like to begin right away on May 1.


Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

© Translation Ian Bent, 2022

⇧ 27. 4. 1899

⇧ Florizissime,

Gestern vergass ich dir zu sagen, dass Monsignore Karpath im Ernste Clavierstunden bis zu primitivster Vervollkommnung (2mal wöchentlich) nehmen will. Von mir sieht er selbst ab, u. will mich blos zu theoretischen Disciplinen anwerben. 1 Für Clavier empfahl ich ihm dich, Meister, u. ich glaube, du solltest unter allen Umständen ihn acceptiren, da er dir sehr, sehr {2} nützlich sein könnte, bei Mahler (Empfehlungen an weitere Dirigenten) beim N. W. Tagbl. etc.

Er ist ja ein guter Kerl!

Also wärest du dabei? Ja, oder nein.

Karp. möchte 1 Mai schon anfangen!


Dein
[signed:] H Schenker

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2022

⇧ April 27, 1899

⇧ Florizissime,

Yesterday I forgot to tell you that “Monsignor” Karpath wishes in earnest to take piano lessons in order to attain the most basic standard (twice weekly). He himself defers to me and wishes to enlist me just for theoretical subjects. 1 For piano, I recommended you to him, Master, and I think that, whatever the circumstances, you should take him on, since {2} he could be very, very {2} useful to you with Mahler (recommendations to other conductors) and at the Neues Wiener Tagblatt , etc.

He is a really good fellow!

So, are you on board with this? Yes or No?

Karpath would like to begin right away on May 1.


Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

© Translation Ian Bent, 2022

Footnotes

1 This is perhaps the first indication that Schenker regarded theory as a separate entity for purposes of teaching, and also that for him it encompassed several “disciplines.”

Commentary

Format
2p letter: holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Henrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain
License
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[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Digital version created: 2022-09-12
Last updated: 2011-09-23