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[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brüssel
London [—] New York.
LEIPZIG, den 10. Febr. 1899.
Nürnberger Strasse 36.
"M" within a circle [faint]


Sehr geehrter Herr,

Es freut uns aus Ihren w. Zeilen vom 9. Febr. zu ersehen, daß Sie während Ihrer Konzert-Tournée, die Sie vom 7. Januar bis 4. Februar mit Herrn J. Messchaert in den größten Städten Österreich-Ungarns 1 unternommen haben, zwei Ihrer in unserm Verlag erschienene Kompositionen (Legende aus Op. 2, 2 und Nr. 2 aus op. 4 3 ) mit schönem Erfolg zum Vortrag gebracht haben.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] Breitkopf & Härtel

HerrnDr. H. Schenker
Wien III

[in bottom-left corner: ] [?X.]

© Transcription Kaleb Koslowski, 2023

[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brussels
London [—] New York
LEIPZIG, February 10, 1899
Nürnberger Strasse 36
"M" within a circle [faint]


Dear Sir,

We are pleased to read from your lines dated February 9, that during your concert tour, which you undertook with Mr. J. Messchaert from January 7 to February 4 through the largest cities of Austro-Hungary, 1 that you performed two of your compositions published by our firm ("Legende" from Op. 2, 2 and No. 2 from Op. 4 3 ) with great success.


Respectfully yours,
[signed:] Breitkopf & Härtel

Dr. H. Schenker
Vienna III

[in bottom-left corner: ] [?X.]

© Translation Kaleb Koslowski, 2023

[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brüssel
London [—] New York.
LEIPZIG, den 10. Febr. 1899.
Nürnberger Strasse 36.
"M" within a circle [faint]


Sehr geehrter Herr,

Es freut uns aus Ihren w. Zeilen vom 9. Febr. zu ersehen, daß Sie während Ihrer Konzert-Tournée, die Sie vom 7. Januar bis 4. Februar mit Herrn J. Messchaert in den größten Städten Österreich-Ungarns 1 unternommen haben, zwei Ihrer in unserm Verlag erschienene Kompositionen (Legende aus Op. 2, 2 und Nr. 2 aus op. 4 3 ) mit schönem Erfolg zum Vortrag gebracht haben.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] Breitkopf & Härtel

HerrnDr. H. Schenker
Wien III

[in bottom-left corner: ] [?X.]

© Transcription Kaleb Koslowski, 2023

[in a decorative printed letterhead:]

Breitkopf & Härtel
Leipzig [—] Brussels
London [—] New York
LEIPZIG, February 10, 1899
Nürnberger Strasse 36
"M" within a circle [faint]


Dear Sir,

We are pleased to read from your lines dated February 9, that during your concert tour, which you undertook with Mr. J. Messchaert from January 7 to February 4 through the largest cities of Austro-Hungary, 1 that you performed two of your compositions published by our firm ("Legende" from Op. 2, 2 and No. 2 from Op. 4 3 ) with great success.


Respectfully yours,
[signed:] Breitkopf & Härtel

Dr. H. Schenker
Vienna III

[in bottom-left corner: ] [?X.]

© Translation Kaleb Koslowski, 2023

Footnotes

1 The "Austro-Hungarian concert tour" (Österr.-Ung. Tournée) that Schenker undertook with Johannes Messchaert ran from January 7 to February 3, 1899, performances being given in Vienna, Klagenfurt, Marburg, Graz, Triest, Brünn (Brno), Lundenburg (Břeclav), Krakow, Lemberg (L'viv), Budapest, Linz, Schreckenstein (Střekov), and Aussig. (The concert schedule is preserved at OJ 35/5, pp. 48‒49.).

2 Fantasie, Op. 2, subsection "A modi di Leggenda" in Eę major.

3 Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 4, No. 2 "Allegretto grazioso" in G major.

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