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WSLB 41 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 1, 1909
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[All in a green decorated rule-frame:] [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38. [An:] Herrn Direktor Emil Hertzka I. Wipplingerstr. 32 „Universal-Edition“ [postmark:] || WIEN 1/1 | 2 ‒ N‒1 VII 09 | *CR*‒r || {verso} Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1 Ich habe vor, spätestens Samstag, den 3. d.M., nach Tirol abzureisen, u. bitte Sie daher zu veranlassen, daß mir die 1.) Ed. Steingräber u. 2.) Br.& H. + 3.) Röntgen (in puncto der „Chrom. Fantasie“!) 2 so bald als möglich geschickt würden. Und endlich noch Eines: Würden Sie die besondere Liebenswürdigkeit haben, mir ein Exemplar der jüngsten „Harmonielehre“ Ihres Verlages (von Dr. Stöhr), 3 die mir Dr. Brünauer gezeigt hat, zu schicken? Also Eile! © Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2016 |
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[All in a green decorated rule-frame:] [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:] Director Emil Hertzka [Vienna] I, Wipplingerstraße 32 Universal Edition [postmark:] || VIENNA 1/1 | 2 ‒ N‒1 VII 09 | *CR*‒r || {verso} Dear Director, 1 I envision departing for the Tyrol at the latest on Saturday, the 3rd of this month, and therefore ask whether you would arrange for the editions of 1) Steingräber and 2) Breitkopf & Härtel + 3) Röntgen (with regard to the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue !) 2 to be sent to me as soon as possible. And finally, one more thing: Would you be so very kind as to send me a copy of the latest Theory of Harmony from your publishing house (by Dr. Stöhr), 3 which Dr. Brünauer has shown me? So hurry up! © Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2016 |
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[All in a green decorated rule-frame:] [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38. [An:] Herrn Direktor Emil Hertzka I. Wipplingerstr. 32 „Universal-Edition“ [postmark:] || WIEN 1/1 | 2 ‒ N‒1 VII 09 | *CR*‒r || {verso} Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1 Ich habe vor, spätestens Samstag, den 3. d.M., nach Tirol abzureisen, u. bitte Sie daher zu veranlassen, daß mir die 1.) Ed. Steingräber u. 2.) Br.& H. + 3.) Röntgen (in puncto der „Chrom. Fantasie“!) 2 so bald als möglich geschickt würden. Und endlich noch Eines: Würden Sie die besondere Liebenswürdigkeit haben, mir ein Exemplar der jüngsten „Harmonielehre“ Ihres Verlages (von Dr. Stöhr), 3 die mir Dr. Brünauer gezeigt hat, zu schicken? Also Eile! © Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2016 |
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[All in a green decorated rule-frame:] [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:] Director Emil Hertzka [Vienna] I, Wipplingerstraße 32 Universal Edition [postmark:] || VIENNA 1/1 | 2 ‒ N‒1 VII 09 | *CR*‒r || {verso} Dear Director, 1 I envision departing for the Tyrol at the latest on Saturday, the 3rd of this month, and therefore ask whether you would arrange for the editions of 1) Steingräber and 2) Breitkopf & Härtel + 3) Röntgen (with regard to the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue !) 2 to be sent to me as soon as possible. And finally, one more thing: Would you be so very kind as to send me a copy of the latest Theory of Harmony from your publishing house (by Dr. Stöhr), 3 which Dr. Brünauer has shown me? So hurry up! © Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2016 |
Footnotes1 Schenker records in his diary at OJ 1/8, p. 102, for July 6, 1909: "Nach Steinach" ("To Steinach"), his vacation resort that year in the Tyrol, and wrote postcards from there the next day to Cotta (CA 103) and Moriz Violin (OJ 7/4). Very significantly, he records ibid., July 19: "Ankunft J.K." ("Arrival of J[eanette] K[ornfeld]") — i.e. his future wife, who was to leave her husband and come to be with Schenker on September 30, 1910. Presumably she came (as in some previous years) with her family. 2 These three editions were requested by Schenker on June 23, 1909 (WSLB 39) and June 26 (WSLB 40). 3 Richard Stöhr: Praktischer Leitfaden der Harmonielehre, UE 2013 (Vienna: UE, 1908), a copy of which existed in Schenker's private library at his death (catalogue Musik und Theater: Enthaltend die Bibliothek des Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien [Vienna: Hinterberger], item 288). In 1913, the 3rd enlarged and revised edition was advertised with the note "The work has now already appeared in its third edition in less than two years. Adopted for use in the curriculum of the Imperial-Royal Academy of Music in Vienna [the new title of the Vienna Conservatory] and many other educational establishments." (OC Scores, No.26, single-page ad in Schenker's Die letzten fünf Sonaten von Beethoven, Op. 109). |