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Handwritten letter from Hermann Bahr to Schenker, dated July 4, 1895

[ Letterhead: ] „Die Zeit“ [/] Wiener Wochenschrift [/] [ etc. ]

Wien, den 4. Juli 1895

Geehrter Herr Dr!

Natürlich kann der Aufsatz über „musikalische Routine“1, wenn Sie es wünschen, auch durch zwei Nummern laufen, obwohl das immer allerhand misliches2 hat.

Hochachtungsvollst ergebenst
[ sign’d: ] Hermann Bahr

Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
Wien XVII Dornbacherstr 98.

© IPR under investigation
© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2006

Handwritten letter from Hermann Bahr to Schenker, dated July 4, 1895

[ Letterhead: ] „Die Zeit“ [/] Wiener Wochenschrift [/] [ etc. ]

Vienna, July 4, 1895

Dear Doctor,

The article on “Routine in Music”1 can naturally be serialized over two issues, if you wish, although that always carries various disadvantages2.
With kind regards,

Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] Hermann Bahr

Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna XVII, Dornbacherstraße 98

© Translation Geoffrey A. Chew, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter; printed letterhead, holograph message and signature
Sender address: Vienna IX/3, Günthergasse 1
Recipient address: Vienna XVII, Dornbacherstrasse 98

FOOTNOTES:

1 Marginal annotation to this in another hand, illegible in copy. This probably concerns an earlier recension of Schenker’s article “Routine in der Musik,“ Neue Revue, 7/45 (November 4,1896), pp. 555-58, trans. Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist ..., (Hildesheim: Olms, 1990), pp.205-09.

(Dazu seitliche Anmerkung von anderer Hand, in der Kopie nicht lesbar. Es handelt sich vermutlich um eine frühe Fassung von Schenkers Artikel „Routine in der Musik,“ Neue Revue) 7/45 (4. November 1896), 555–58.)

2 “Allerhand misliches [ recte: mißliches] hat”: the word “mißliches” in the sense of “disadvantageous”.
(Mißliches: im Sinne von Nachteilen).

SUMMARY:
Article can be split across two issues, though with disadvantages.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Martin Eybl, 2006

Eybl, Martin
Chew, Geoffrey A.
Bahr, Hermann
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Bahr, Hermann; Schenker, Heinrich; Routine in der Musik
Handwritten letter from Bahr to Schenker, dated July 4, 1895
OJ 9/10a, [1]
1895-07-04
2006-08-25
Bahr
Vienna critics
Permission to publish on this website is under investigation
Schenker, Heinrich (1895-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: under investigation; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Footnotes, Commentary: Martin Eybl; Translation: Geoffrey A. Chew
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1895

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