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WSLB 138 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated September 30, 1912

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[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III, Reisnerstr. 38

[An:] H Director Emil Hertzka
I, Reichsrathsstr. 9
„Universal-Edition“

[postmark:] || 10/2 WIEN | 30-IX-12 –11 | * 5 * || {verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Pflichtschuldigst teile ich Ihnen mit, daß H. Karpath sich sowohl durch eine Mittelsperson als auch persönlich bei mir darüber beklagt hat, daß ihm die „ U.E.“ kein Rezensionsexemplar der „IX Sinf.“ zugeschickt hat. 1 Ohne irgend weiteren Einfluß nehmen zu wollen, teile ich dieses mit u. grüße Sie aufs beste


als Ihr ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker


30. Sept. 1910 [sic]

[in left margin, written sideways:] NB! 400 Kr!? 2

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2007, 2023
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[All in a decorative rule-frame]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Director Emil Hertzka
[Vienna] I, Reichsrathsstraße 9
Universal Edition

[postmark:] || 10/2 VIENNA | 30-IX-12 –11 | * 5 * || {verso}

⇧ Dear Director,

I dutifully inform you that Mr. Karpath has complained, both through an intermediary and to me in person, that the UE has not sent him a review copy of my Ninth Symphony monograph. 1 Without wishing to have any further influence, I pass this on to you and send my best greetings


as your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker


September 30, 1910 [sic]

[in left margin, written sideways:] NB! 400 Kronen!? 2

© Translation Ian Bent, 2007, 2023
{recto}
[All in a decorative rule-frame]

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III, Reisnerstr. 38

[An:] H Director Emil Hertzka
I, Reichsrathsstr. 9
„Universal-Edition“

[postmark:] || 10/2 WIEN | 30-IX-12 –11 | * 5 * || {verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Pflichtschuldigst teile ich Ihnen mit, daß H. Karpath sich sowohl durch eine Mittelsperson als auch persönlich bei mir darüber beklagt hat, daß ihm die „ U.E.“ kein Rezensionsexemplar der „IX Sinf.“ zugeschickt hat. 1 Ohne irgend weiteren Einfluß nehmen zu wollen, teile ich dieses mit u. grüße Sie aufs beste


als Ihr ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker


30. Sept. 1910 [sic]

[in left margin, written sideways:] NB! 400 Kr!? 2

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2007, 2023
{recto}
[All in a decorative rule-frame]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Director Emil Hertzka
[Vienna] I, Reichsrathsstraße 9
Universal Edition

[postmark:] || 10/2 VIENNA | 30-IX-12 –11 | * 5 * || {verso}

⇧ Dear Director,

I dutifully inform you that Mr. Karpath has complained, both through an intermediary and to me in person, that the UE has not sent him a review copy of my Ninth Symphony monograph. 1 Without wishing to have any further influence, I pass this on to you and send my best greetings


as your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker


September 30, 1910 [sic]

[in left margin, written sideways:] NB! 400 Kronen!? 2

© Translation Ian Bent, 2007, 2023

Footnotes

1 Karpath reviewed the monograph for the Neues Wiener Tagblatt, April 7, 1913, a clipping of which is preserved in Schenker’s scrapbook at OJ 2/p. 29 (unsigned, but authorship is proven by Schenker’s diary entry for April 3, 1913).

2 The supplementary payment requested by Schenker for work on the proofs of his monograph Beethovens neunte Sinfonie, to which Hertzka in principle acquiesced.

Commentary

License
This document is deemed to have been in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. 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.
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, in the public domain
Format
printed postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, postmark and postage stamp, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, signature, and marginal postscript, verso
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2023-03-08
Last updated: 2010-03-04