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OJ 9/27, [8] - Handwritten letter from Busoni to Schenker, dated May 6, 1898



⇧ Lieber Dottore. 1

Ich bin erfreut u. geehrt über die Widmung, die ich mit aufrichtigem Dank annehme. 2 Ich beglückwünsche Sie zum Verlage der Fantasie u. wünsche vom Herzen den Beginn einer Glücksaera für Sie ‒


Ihr herzlich ergebener
[signed:] F Busoni

Berlin 6 M 98

[in left margin, written sideways:] Schön! wenn Sie zum Herbst kommen! 3

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2013, 2022


⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am delighted and honored over the dedication, which I accept with sincere thanks. 2 I congratulate you on the publication of your Fantasy and from the bottom of my heart wish you an era of good fortune.


Your cordially devoted
[signed:] F Busoni

Berlin May 6, 1898

[in left margin, written sideways:] Excellent! if you come in the Fall! 3

© Translation Ian Bent, 2013, 2022


⇧ Lieber Dottore. 1

Ich bin erfreut u. geehrt über die Widmung, die ich mit aufrichtigem Dank annehme. 2 Ich beglückwünsche Sie zum Verlage der Fantasie u. wünsche vom Herzen den Beginn einer Glücksaera für Sie ‒


Ihr herzlich ergebener
[signed:] F Busoni

Berlin 6 M 98

[in left margin, written sideways:] Schön! wenn Sie zum Herbst kommen! 3

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2013, 2022


⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am delighted and honored over the dedication, which I accept with sincere thanks. 2 I congratulate you on the publication of your Fantasy and from the bottom of my heart wish you an era of good fortune.


Your cordially devoted
[signed:] F Busoni

Berlin May 6, 1898

[in left margin, written sideways:] Excellent! if you come in the Fall! 3

© Translation Ian Bent, 2013, 2022

Footnotes

1 A copy of this item is preserved in Jeanette Kornfeld’s hand in the same folder. — This letter is published in full in translation in Ian Bent, David Bretherton, and William Drabkin, eds., Heinrich Schenker: Selected Correspondence (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2014), p. 22.

2 This is in reply to Schenker’s letter of May 5, 1898 (Sbb B II 4422).

3 In his letter of May 5, 1898 (Sbb B II 4422), Schenker remarked that he hoped to attend Busoni’s series of “historical” concerts in the Fall, in Berlin.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature; fair copy in Jeanette Kornfeld's hand
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 Ferruccio Busoni, published by kind permission
License
Permission to published kindly granted by the sole surviving heir of Ferruccio Busoni, Mario Busoni, on March 25, 2014. 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: 2022-10-04
Last updated: 2011-09-23