Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes

Browse by

OJ 9/10a, [1] - Handwritten letter from Hermann Bahr to Schenker, dated July 4, 1895

[printed letterhead:]
⇧ „Die Zeit“
Wiener Wochenschrift.
Herausgeber:
Professor Dr. J. Singer,
Hermann Bahr, Dr. Heinrich Kanner.

Wien, den ⇧ 4. Juli ⇧ 189⇧ 5
IX/3, Günthergasse 1.

Geehrter Herr Dr!

Natürlich kann der Aufsatz über „musikalische Routine,“ 1 wenn Sie es wünschen, auch durch zwei Nummern laufen, obwohl das immer allerhand misliches 2 hat.


Hochachtungsvollst ergebenst
[signed:] Hermann Bahr

Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
Wien XVII Dornbacherstr 98.

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2006
[printed letterhead:]
⇧ „Die Zeit“
Wiener Wochenschrift.
Editors:
Professor Dr. J. Singer,
Hermann Bahr, Dr. Heinrich Kanner.

Vienna, ⇧ July 4, ⇧ 189⇧ 5
IX/3, Günthergasse 1

Dear Dr. [Schenker],

The article on "Routine in Music" 1 can naturally be serialized over two issues, if you wish, although that always carries various disadvantages 2 .


With kindest regards,
[signed:] Hermann Bahr

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna XVII, Dornbacherstraße 98

© Translation Geoffrey A. Chew, 2006
[printed letterhead:]
⇧ „Die Zeit“
Wiener Wochenschrift.
Herausgeber:
Professor Dr. J. Singer,
Hermann Bahr, Dr. Heinrich Kanner.

Wien, den ⇧ 4. Juli ⇧ 189⇧ 5
IX/3, Günthergasse 1.

Geehrter Herr Dr!

Natürlich kann der Aufsatz über „musikalische Routine,“ 1 wenn Sie es wünschen, auch durch zwei Nummern laufen, obwohl das immer allerhand misliches 2 hat.


Hochachtungsvollst ergebenst
[signed:] Hermann Bahr

Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
Wien XVII Dornbacherstr 98.

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2006
[printed letterhead:]
⇧ „Die Zeit“
Wiener Wochenschrift.
Editors:
Professor Dr. J. Singer,
Hermann Bahr, Dr. Heinrich Kanner.

Vienna, ⇧ July 4, ⇧ 189⇧ 5
IX/3, Günthergasse 1

Dear Dr. [Schenker],

The article on "Routine in Music" 1 can naturally be serialized over two issues, if you wish, although that always carries various disadvantages 2 .


With kindest regards,
[signed:] Hermann Bahr

Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna XVII, Dornbacherstraße 98

© Translation Geoffrey A. Chew, 2006

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), 555‒58, transcr. Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist ... (Hildesheim: Olms, 1990), pp. 205‒09.

2 "allerhand misliches [recte mißliches] hat": the word "mißliches" in the sense of "disadvantageous".

Commentary

Format
1p letter; printed letterhead, holograph message and signature
Provenance
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--)
Rights Holder
Deemed to be in the public domain
License
Intellectual rights deemed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk.

Digital version created: 2014-11-03
Last updated: 2011-03-05