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WSLB 96 - Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated February 3, 1912



⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Anbei Bg. 8, 1 der auch den Plan des zweiten Satzes enthält. 2 Meine Anweisungen sind sehr genau u. deutlich angegeben, u. so hoffe ich, daß es mit dem 2ten Plan besser als mit dem 1ten gehen wird.

[overwritten across para. and valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Erl / 6/II 1912


Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
I[h]r erg[ebener]
[signed:] H Schenker

3. Febr. 1912

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2022


⇧ Dear Director,

Enclosed is gathering 8, 1 which also contains the structural diagram of the second movement. 2 My instructions are given very precisely and clearly, so I hope that things will go more smoothly with the second diagram than with the first.

[overwritten across para. and valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Dealt with / February 6, 1912


With kind regards,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

February 3, 1912

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2022


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Anbei Bg. 8, 1 der auch den Plan des zweiten Satzes enthält. 2 Meine Anweisungen sind sehr genau u. deutlich angegeben, u. so hoffe ich, daß es mit dem 2ten Plan besser als mit dem 1ten gehen wird.

[overwritten across para. and valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Erl / 6/II 1912


Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
I[h]r erg[ebener]
[signed:] H Schenker

3. Febr. 1912

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2022


⇧ Dear Director,

Enclosed is gathering 8, 1 which also contains the structural diagram of the second movement. 2 My instructions are given very precisely and clearly, so I hope that things will go more smoothly with the second diagram than with the first.

[overwritten across para. and valediction in crayon:] ⇧ Dealt with / February 6, 1912


With kind regards,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

February 3, 1912

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2022

Footnotes

1 Writing of this letter is not recorded in Schenker’s diary. — Schenker's lessonbook for February 2, 1912 records: "Correktur des Bg. 8. [...]." ("Correcting proofs of gathering 8. [...]"); that for February 3: "Absendung des 8. Bg." ("Gathering 8 mailed off."). — The gatherings referred to are those of Schenker's Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie ; gathering 8 = pp. 113-128 [Eng. transl., 114‒19].

2 The diagram for movement 2 falls in the finished publication on p.136, which is in gathering 9 = pp. 129–144 [132‒45]. Schenker's lessonbook for February 2, 1912 records: "[...] Plan des Scherzo." ("[...] Structural diagram of the Scherzo.").

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, in the public domain
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.
Format
1p letter, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, with annotation
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2022-06-27
Last updated: 2010-03-04