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OJ 9/32, [13] - Handwritten letter and sales report for 1909 for Harmonielehre from Cotta, dated September 6, 1910


⇧ J. G. COTTA’SCHE [device] BUCHHANDLUNG
NACHFOLGER


⇧ STUTTGART, den ⇧ 6. Septembr. ⇧ 19⇧ 10

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III

Hochgeehrter Herr Doktor!

⇧ Wir beehren uns, Ihnen umstehend Absatzbericht für das Jahr 19⇧ 09 ⇧ über ⇧ die

⇧ Neuen musikalischen Theorien u. Phantasien Band I

⇧ zu übersenden und lassen das Ihnen zukommende Honorar für die abgesetzten ⇧ 21 ⇧ Exemplare à M. = M. ⇧ 119.52⇧ Pf. gleichzeitig per Postanweisung folgen.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhdlg. Nachf.
[signed:] ⇧ H Kurz
[printed form with handwritten entries: Roman = printed; Italic = stenographically handwritten]

Absatz-Bericht für das Jahr 1909 1
über
Neue musik. Theorien u. Phantasien Bd I
Harmonielehre

Vorrat 1. Januar 1909 . . . . 903 Exemplare
Druck im Jahre 19 . . . . — Exemplare
zusammen 903 Exemplare

⇧ Hievon ab:

Absatz im Jahre 1909 21 Expl.
Frei- u. Recensions-Expl. — Expl. 21 Exemplare
bleibt Vorrat 31. Dezember 1909 882 Exemplare

Absatz 21 Exemplare = M. 159.35
hieraus dem Herrn Verfasser lt Vertrag
¾tel 2 M 119.52 3

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

⇧ J. G. COTTA [device] BOOK DEALERSHIP
HEIRS


⇧ STUTTGART, ⇧ September 6, ⇧ 19⇧ 10

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III

Highly revered Dr. [Schenker],

⇧ Overleaf we have the honor of forwarding to you the sales figure for the year 19⇧ 09 ⇧ for

⇧ New Musical Theories and Fantasies, volume I

⇧ and are simultaneously sending you by postal money order the honorarium due to you for the ⇧ 21 ⇧ copies sold = M. ⇧ 119.52⇧ Pf.


With kind regards
[signed:] ⇧ Heirs to the J. G. Cotta Book Dealership
[signed:] ⇧ H. Kurz
[printed form with handwritten entries: Roman = printed; Italic = stenographically handwritten]

Sales Report for the Year 1909 1
of
New Musical Theories and Fantasies vol. I
Theory of Harmony

Stocks as of January 1, 1909 . . . . 903 copies
Print in year 19 . . . . — copies
total 903 copies

⇧ Less:

Sales in Year 1909 21 copies
Complim. & review copies — copies 21 copies
remaining stock at December 31, 1909 882 copies

Sales of 21 copies = M. 159.35
from this, to the Author as per contract
three-quarters 2 M 119.52 3

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

⇧ J. G. COTTA’SCHE [device] BUCHHANDLUNG
NACHFOLGER


⇧ STUTTGART, den ⇧ 6. Septembr. ⇧ 19⇧ 10

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III

Hochgeehrter Herr Doktor!

⇧ Wir beehren uns, Ihnen umstehend Absatzbericht für das Jahr 19⇧ 09 ⇧ über ⇧ die

⇧ Neuen musikalischen Theorien u. Phantasien Band I

⇧ zu übersenden und lassen das Ihnen zukommende Honorar für die abgesetzten ⇧ 21 ⇧ Exemplare à M. = M. ⇧ 119.52⇧ Pf. gleichzeitig per Postanweisung folgen.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ J. G. Cotta’sche Buchhdlg. Nachf.
[signed:] ⇧ H Kurz
[printed form with handwritten entries: Roman = printed; Italic = stenographically handwritten]

Absatz-Bericht für das Jahr 1909 1
über
Neue musik. Theorien u. Phantasien Bd I
Harmonielehre

Vorrat 1. Januar 1909 . . . . 903 Exemplare
Druck im Jahre 19 . . . . — Exemplare
zusammen 903 Exemplare

⇧ Hievon ab:

Absatz im Jahre 1909 21 Expl.
Frei- u. Recensions-Expl. — Expl. 21 Exemplare
bleibt Vorrat 31. Dezember 1909 882 Exemplare

Absatz 21 Exemplare = M. 159.35
hieraus dem Herrn Verfasser lt Vertrag
¾tel 2 M 119.52 3

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

⇧ J. G. COTTA [device] BOOK DEALERSHIP
HEIRS


⇧ STUTTGART, ⇧ September 6, ⇧ 19⇧ 10

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III

Highly revered Dr. [Schenker],

⇧ Overleaf we have the honor of forwarding to you the sales figure for the year 19⇧ 09 ⇧ for

⇧ New Musical Theories and Fantasies, volume I

⇧ and are simultaneously sending you by postal money order the honorarium due to you for the ⇧ 21 ⇧ copies sold = M. ⇧ 119.52⇧ Pf.


With kind regards
[signed:] ⇧ Heirs to the J. G. Cotta Book Dealership
[signed:] ⇧ H. Kurz
[printed form with handwritten entries: Roman = printed; Italic = stenographically handwritten]

Sales Report for the Year 1909 1
of
New Musical Theories and Fantasies vol. I
Theory of Harmony

Stocks as of January 1, 1909 . . . . 903 copies
Print in year 19 . . . . — copies
total 903 copies

⇧ Less:

Sales in Year 1909 21 copies
Complim. & review copies — copies 21 copies
remaining stock at December 31, 1909 882 copies

Sales of 21 copies = M. 159.35
from this, to the Author as per contract
three-quarters 2 M 119.52 3

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this report is not recorded in Schenker's diary.

2 §4 of Schenker's contract (CA [205]) reads: "The author is entitled to three-quarters and the publishing house to one quarter of the net receipts from sale of the book."

3 To the right of this figure is an annotation in an unknown hand, which might be an initialling of "ABO."

Commentary

Format
1p printed form-letter, handwritten entries, stamped and holograph signatures + 1p printed form, handwritten entries
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
Schiller-Nationalmuseum/Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Cotta Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Marbach am Neckar, Germany as representatives of J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung; in the public domain. Published here by kind permission.
License
Permission granted by the Cotta Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung) of the Schiller-Nationalmuseum/Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach am Neckar, Germany, on July 20, 2005. 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: 2019-12-06
Last updated: 2010-02-28