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OJ 15/12, [6] - Handwritten letter from Weinberger and Hertzka (Weinberger) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1903
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[engraved letterhead, lettering diagonally and horizontally arranged on a background of foliage with a lyre] ⇧ Josef Weinberger Bühnen-Verlag [—] Musikalien-Verlags-Handlung Wien I. Maximilianstr. 11 1 [—] Leipzig Querstrasse No. 13 Paris 78, Rue d'Anjou. TELEFON No. 3364. Wien/Leipzig am ⇧ 6 Oktober 1903 Wolgeboren Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker Wien 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 übrigens von keiner Bedeutung sein dürfte, nachdem Sie mir ausdrücklich bemerkten, 2 daß die Stimmen spätestens am 8. d.M. an 3 Busoni abgehen müßen, welchen Termin auch trotz der unliebsamen Zwischenfälle pünktlich eingehalten wird. Nr 1 2 3 4 mit sämmtlichen Doubletten werden heute Abend, spätestens {2} morgen zeitlich 5 früh fertig, Nr 4 im Laufe des morgigen Tages. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
[engraved letterhead, lettering diagonally and horizontally arranged on a background of foliage with a lyre] ⇧ Josef Weinberger Theatrical Publisher [—] Publisher and Hirer of Sheet Music Vienna I, Maximilianstrasse 11 1 [—] Leipzig Querstrasse No. 13 Paris 78, Rue d'Anjou. TELEPHONE No. 3364 Vienna/Leipzig ⇧ October 6, 1903 Professor H. Schenker, Esq. Vienna Highly esteemed Sir, Owing to unforeseen eventualities, viz. that two copyists have fallen ill and a third is behind-hand 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 told 2 me that the parts must be sent off to Busoni at the latest on the 8th inst., 3 and this deadline should be met despite the disagreeable circumstances. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 4 with complete set of duplicate copies will be ready this evening or at the latest {2} early 5 tomorrow morning, No.4 in the course of tomorrow. © Translation Ian Bent, 2004, 20016 |
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[engraved letterhead, lettering diagonally and horizontally arranged on a background of foliage with a lyre] ⇧ Josef Weinberger Bühnen-Verlag [—] Musikalien-Verlags-Handlung Wien I. Maximilianstr. 11 1 [—] Leipzig Querstrasse No. 13 Paris 78, Rue d'Anjou. TELEFON No. 3364. Wien/Leipzig am ⇧ 6 Oktober 1903 Wolgeboren Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker Wien 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 übrigens von keiner Bedeutung sein dürfte, nachdem Sie mir ausdrücklich bemerkten, 2 daß die Stimmen spätestens am 8. d.M. an 3 Busoni abgehen müßen, welchen Termin auch trotz der unliebsamen Zwischenfälle pünktlich eingehalten wird. Nr 1 2 3 4 mit sämmtlichen Doubletten werden heute Abend, spätestens {2} morgen zeitlich 5 früh fertig, Nr 4 im Laufe des morgigen Tages. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
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[engraved letterhead, lettering diagonally and horizontally arranged on a background of foliage with a lyre] ⇧ Josef Weinberger Theatrical Publisher [—] Publisher and Hirer of Sheet Music Vienna I, Maximilianstrasse 11 1 [—] Leipzig Querstrasse No. 13 Paris 78, Rue d'Anjou. TELEPHONE No. 3364 Vienna/Leipzig ⇧ October 6, 1903 Professor H. Schenker, Esq. Vienna Highly esteemed Sir, Owing to unforeseen eventualities, viz. that two copyists have fallen ill and a third is behind-hand 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 told 2 me that the parts must be sent off to Busoni at the latest on the 8th inst., 3 and this deadline should be met despite the disagreeable circumstances. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 4 with complete set of duplicate copies will be ready this evening or at the latest {2} early 5 tomorrow morning, No.4 in the course of tomorrow. © Translation Ian Bent, 2004, 20016 |
Footnotes1 The Weinberger company had moved from its Kohlmarkt 8 address to larger premises at Maximilianstraße at the turn of the century, and this became the address also of Universal Edition from its founding in 1901, the two companies sharing the telephone number 3364. 2 "ausdrücklich bemerkten" ("expressly told") underlined by Schenker. 3 "spätestens … an" ("at the … inst.") underlined by Schenker. 4 Of Schenker's Syrische Tänze in the orchestral arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg. 5 "zeitlich": Austrian colloquial for "zeitig," "early." 6 Emil Hertzka's distinctive signature on this letter and OJ 15/12, [5] suggests that he was working for the Weinberger company before he joined Universal Edition in 1907. |