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WSLB 102 - Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated March 17, 1912
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Anbei Bg. 16; der letzte Bg., den ich zur Zeit besitze, Bg. 17, geht Mitte der Woche an Sie ab. 1 Inzwischen haben Sie bereits die „Vorbemerkungen“ zur Tabelle 2 erhalten, wofür mir noch bis heute Bestätigung in Wort u. Münze fehlt. [overwritten across para. 2 and the valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Erl 18/III © Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023 |
Enclosed is gathering 16. The last gathering that is with me at the moment, gathering 17, will be dispatched to you by the middle of the week 1 Meanwhile, you will already have received the "Preliminary Remarks" for the >Instrumentation Table , 2 for which up to today I have received confirmation neither in words nor in coin. [overwritten across para. 2 and the valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Dealt with March 18. © Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023 |
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Anbei Bg. 16; der letzte Bg., den ich zur Zeit besitze, Bg. 17, geht Mitte der Woche an Sie ab. 1 Inzwischen haben Sie bereits die „Vorbemerkungen“ zur Tabelle 2 erhalten, wofür mir noch bis heute Bestätigung in Wort u. Münze fehlt. [overwritten across para. 2 and the valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Erl 18/III © Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023 |
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Enclosed is gathering 16. The last gathering that is with me at the moment, gathering 17, will be dispatched to you by the middle of the week 1 Meanwhile, you will already have received the "Preliminary Remarks" for the >Instrumentation Table , 2 for which up to today I have received confirmation neither in words nor in coin. [overwritten across para. 2 and the valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Dealt with March 18. © Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023 |
Footnotes1 Gatherings of Beethovens neunte Sinfonie ; 16 = pp. 241–56; 17 = pp. 257–72 [Eng. transl., pp. 221‒33, 233‒46]. There thus remain seven gatherings still to proof. 2 Niloff, Instrumentations-Tabelle: see WSLB 100, March 13, and WSLB 101, March 14 (dispatch), of which a limited schools edition was issued in 1908, the first public edition February 6, 1909 (2,000 copies, for which the material now being submitted for the second time was rejected as too extensive), and the second edition May 7 and August 23, 1912 (2,000 copies). Later editions were 1917, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1928 (each 1,000 copies), and many post-World War II editions. It continues in print to the present day. |