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, © Under inquiry. |
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, © Translation Ian Bent, 2007. |
COMMENTARY: 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: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Christoph Hust & Ian Bent 2007
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