OJ 15/12, [8] : 10-6-03 (Schenker Documents Online)

Handwritten letter from Weinberger & Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903

[Weinberger letterhead]
I. Maximilianstrasse 11¹

Wien/Leipzig am [typed:] 6. Oktober 1903

Wolgeboren [/] Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien
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Euer Wolgeboren!

Durch unvorhergesehene Zwischenfälle und zwar Erkrankung zweier Copisten und anderweitige Überbürdung eines dritten ist eine Verlangsamung von 1-2 Tagen in der Fertigstellung der Copiatur eingetreten die übrigends von keiner Bedeutung sein dürfte, nachdem Sie mir ausdrücklich bemerkten,² daß die Stimmen spätestens am 8. d.M. an³ Busoni|⁴ abgehen müßen, welchen Termin auch trotz der unliebsamen Zwischenfälle pünktlich eingehalten wird.

Nr 1 2 3⁵ mit sämmtlichen Neublatten[?] werden heute Abend, spätestens {2} morgen zeitlich⁶ früh fertig, Nr 4 im Laufe des morgigen Tages.

Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] Josef Weinb [signed:] Hertzka⁷

Handwritten letter from Weinberger & Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903

[Weinberger letterhead]
[Vienna] I, Maximilianstraße 11¹

Vienna/Leipzig, [typed:]October 6, 1903

Professor H. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna
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Esteemed Sir!

Owing to unforeseen eventualities, viz. that two copyists have fallen ill and a third is behindhand with other work, the completion of the copying has been set back by one-to-two days. This should be of no consequence, however, since you expressly told² me that the parts must be sent off to Busoni⁴ at the latest on the 8th inst.,³ and this deadline should be met despite the disagreeable circumstances.

Nos. 1, 2, and 3⁵ with all the new pages will be ready this evening or at the latest {2} first thing⁶ tomorrow morning, no.4 in the course of tomorrow.

With kind regards,
[signed:] Josef Weinb [signed:] Hertzka⁷

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, oblong format; Weinberger printed letterhead; stenographically handwritten message, holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna I, Maximilianstraße 11.
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ This is the address of UE, not that of Weinberger (Kohlmarkt 8).

² " ausdrücklich bemerkten" (expressly told) underlined by Schenker.

³ " spätestens ... an" (at the ... inst.) underlined by Schenker.

⁴ Click on Ferruccio Busoni.

⁵ Of Schenker's Syrische Tänze in the orchestral arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg.

⁶ zeitlich, Austrian colloquial for zeitig, "early."

⁷ The appearance of Emil Hertzka's distinctive signature on this letter is surprising, since he did not join UE until 1907.

SUMMARY:
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze, orch. Schoenberg] There has been a delay in the copying of parts, but the deadline of the 8th for sending to Busoni should be met.

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
Emil Hertzka
DE
Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Weinberger, Josef; Hertzka, Emil; Busoni, Ferruccio; Schenker, Heinrich; Syrische Tänze; Syrian Dances; Schoenberg, Arnold; orchestration; copying; orchestral parts; first performance; Beethovensaal; Berlin; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Handwritten letter from Weinberger & Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903
OJ, 15/12, [8]
1903-10-06
2004-10-30
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Schenker, Heinrich (1903-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ; image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.

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OJ 15/12, [8] : 10-6-03

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