Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated September 4, 1903 [UE letterhead] Sr. Hochwolgeboren [/] Herrn Professor [/] Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Hochverehrter Herr! Herr kaiserl. Rat Weinberger1 beauftragt mich, Ihnen in vorläufiger Beantwortung Ihrer geschätzten Zuschrift2 mitzuteilen, dass es ihm nicht möglich ist, die Angelegenheit der Syrischen Tänze3 par distance zu erledigen und bittet Sie, sich damit bis zu seiner Rückkunft gedulden zu wollen, welche in wenigen Tagen erfolgen dürfte. {2} Der Brief Busoni's4 folgt anbei recomm. retour. Mit hochachtungsvollen Grüssen [at foot of p. 1, handwritten:] © Universal Edition A.G., Wien. |
Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated September 4, 1903 [UE letterhead] Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq., Most Honored Sir, Imperial Councillor Weinberger1 instructs me to inform you, in provisional response to your esteemed letter,2 that it is impossible for him deal with the matter of your Syrian Dances|3 from a distance, and asks you kindly to wait for his return, which should be in a few days' time. {2} The letter from Busoni4 will be returned by registered post. With kind regards, [at foot of p. 1, handwritten:] © Translation Ian D. Bent 2004. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 Josef Weinberger: [create profile and link] 2 Schenker's letter is not known to survive. 3 "Syrischen Tänze" underlined by Schenker. Schenker's Syrische Tänze für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen (Vienna: Weinberger, [1899]) were arranged, at the suggestion of Ferruccio Busoni, by Arnold Schoenberg for orchestra in 1903. 4 Click on Ferruccio Busoni. Busoni's letter is not preserved with this letter. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes and Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.
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