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WSLB 76 - Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated May 19, 1911



⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Besten Dank für die Sendung. 1

Anbei jenes Buch, dessen Druck, Papier u. Ausstattung so sehr bekömmlich erscheinen.

Vergessen Sie nicht, es mir bei Gelegenheit ja retournieren.


Mit besten Grüßen
I[h]r ergeb[ener]
[signed:] H Schenker

19. Mai 1911

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2020


⇧ Dear Director,

Many thanks for the shipment. 1

Enclosed is that book, the printing, paper, and make-up of which are so very handsome in appearance.

Do not forget to be sure to return it when convenient.


With best wishes,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

May 19, 1911

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2020


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor!

Besten Dank für die Sendung. 1

Anbei jenes Buch, dessen Druck, Papier u. Ausstattung so sehr bekömmlich erscheinen.

Vergessen Sie nicht, es mir bei Gelegenheit ja retournieren.


Mit besten Grüßen
I[h]r ergeb[ener]
[signed:] H Schenker

19. Mai 1911

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2020


⇧ Dear Director,

Many thanks for the shipment. 1

Enclosed is that book, the printing, paper, and make-up of which are so very handsome in appearance.

Do not forget to be sure to return it when convenient.


With best wishes,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

May 19, 1911

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2020

Footnotes

1 The contents of the shipment are unclear; the “book” was perhaps a mock-up of Schenker’s Beethovens neunte Sinfonie , about to go into production.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to have been in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk.
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2022-03-10
Last updated: 2010-03-04