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OJ 9/20, [15] - Handwritten letter from Breitkopf & Härtel to Schenker, dated November 14, 1898

[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brüssel
London [—] New York.
LEIPZIG, den ⇧ 14 Nov. ⇧ 18⇧ 98.
⇧ Nürnberger Strasse 36.
⇧ "M" within a circle [faint]


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr, 1

Den Brief des Herrn Ignaz Brüll senden wir Ihnen nach Kenntnisnahme mit Dank zurück. 2 Wir haben uns sehr darüber gefreut, daß Herr Brüll in solch anerkennender Weise sich über Ihre Fantasie äussert. 3 Die Versendung dieses Werkes wird am 2. Januar 1899 erfolgen.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker.
Wien III
Richardgasse 11.
[in bottom-left corner: ] ⇧ D.

© Transcription Kaleb Koslowski, 2023
[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brussels
London [—] New York
LEIPZIG, ⇧ November 14, ⇧ 18⇧ 98
⇧ Nürnberger Strasse 36
⇧ "M" within a circle [faint]


⇧ Dear Sir, 1

We are returning Mr. Ignaz Brüll’s letter to you with thanks after taking note of its contents. 2 We were delighted to read that Mr. Brüll expressed such favorable opinions about your Fantasie . 3 The dispatch of this work will take place on January 2, 1899.


Respectfully yours,
[signed:] ⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Richardgasse 11
[in bottom-left corner: ] ⇧ D.

© Translation Kaleb Koslowski, 2023
[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brüssel
London [—] New York.
LEIPZIG, den ⇧ 14 Nov. ⇧ 18⇧ 98.
⇧ Nürnberger Strasse 36.
⇧ "M" within a circle [faint]


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr, 1

Den Brief des Herrn Ignaz Brüll senden wir Ihnen nach Kenntnisnahme mit Dank zurück. 2 Wir haben uns sehr darüber gefreut, daß Herr Brüll in solch anerkennender Weise sich über Ihre Fantasie äussert. 3 Die Versendung dieses Werkes wird am 2. Januar 1899 erfolgen.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker.
Wien III
Richardgasse 11.
[in bottom-left corner: ] ⇧ D.

© Transcription Kaleb Koslowski, 2023
[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brussels
London [—] New York
LEIPZIG, ⇧ November 14, ⇧ 18⇧ 98
⇧ Nürnberger Strasse 36
⇧ "M" within a circle [faint]


⇧ Dear Sir, 1

We are returning Mr. Ignaz Brüll’s letter to you with thanks after taking note of its contents. 2 We were delighted to read that Mr. Brüll expressed such favorable opinions about your Fantasie . 3 The dispatch of this work will take place on January 2, 1899.


Respectfully yours,
[signed:] ⇧ Breitkopf & Härtel

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Richardgasse 11
[in bottom-left corner: ] ⇧ D.

© Translation Kaleb Koslowski, 2023

Footnotes

1 This entire letter is written in Lateinschrift.

2 Brüll wrote to Schenker on November 6, [1898] (OJ 9/23, [10]), in glowing terms: for the full text, see Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence, ed. Ian Bent, David Bretherton, and William Drabkin (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2014), p. 25. The returned letter appears not to survive.

3 Schenker’s Fantasie, Op. 2 (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, [January] 1899), dedicated to Ferruccio Busoni and also to Moriz Violin.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, printed decorative letterhead, handwritten salutation, message, and valediction, holograph signature
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date‒1935)—Schenker, Jeanette (1935‒1938)—Oster, Ernst (1938‒c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939‒)
Rights Holder
Breitkopf & Härtel, published here by kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the firm of Breitkopf & Härtel November 7, 2013. Any claim to intellectual rights 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: 2023-10-09
Last updated: 2010-06-26