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Handwritten letter from Rosenthal to Schenker, October 28, 1903

Verehrter Freund!1

Ist's wahr, daß Sie in Berlin aufgeführt werden?2 Es würde mich lebhaft interessiren, es zu hören, da ich über Berlin nach Russland reise. Vielleicht stimmt's mit den Daten. Viele Grüße u. bonne chance!

Ihr Sie hochschätzender,
[signed:] Moriz Rosenthal
Baden bei Wien, (Sacher)
28/10, 1903

© Under inquiry.
© Transcription Christoph Hust, 2007.

Handwritten letter from Rosenthal to Schenker, October 28, 1903

Esteemed friend,1

Is it true that you are to be performed in Berlin?2 I should be keenly interested to hear it, since I shall be traveling via Berlin to Russia. Perhaps the dates may coincide. Best wishes, and good luck.

Yours, with deepest respect,
[signed:] Moriz Rosenthal
Baden near Vienna, (Sacher)
November 28, 1903

© Translation Ian Bent, 2007.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1p letter, holograph message and signature
Sender address: Baden nr. Vienna
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

1 Already partially transcribed in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker nach Tagebüchern und Briefen ... (1985), p. 195.

2 This refers to Ferruccio Busoni's performance of Schenker's Syrische Tänze as orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg on November 5, 1903.

SUMMARY:
Asks if [Schenker's Syrische Tänze] are to be performed in Berlin; hopes to be able to hear them.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Christoph Hust & Ian Bent 2007

Hust, Christoph
Bent, Ian
Rosenthal, Moriz
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Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Rosenthal, Moriz; Schenker, Heinrich; Berlin; Russia; Syrische Tänze; Syrian Dances; Baden bei Wien; Sacher
Handwritten letter from Rosenthal to Schenker, dated October 28, 1903
OJ 13/29, [7]
1903-10-28
2007-10-25
Rosenthal
Permission to publish is being sought. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
Schenker, Heinrich (1903-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Heirs of Moriz Rosenthal; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Christoph Hust & Ian Bent.

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