Typed contract between Schenker and UE, dated June 30, 1908 K o p i e Titl. Nachfolgend bestätige ich unsere Abmachungen bezüglich der NYLOFF’ schen1 INSTRUMENTAL-TABELLE.2 Ich überlasse Ihnen das Urheberrecht dieser Tabelle zu folgenden Bedingungen. I.) Die Tabelle darf keinen höheren Ladenpreis als Mk. 1.– haben.3 II.) Sie vergüten mir für die nach Verkauf der ersten 2000 Exemplare4 zu druckenden Auflagen je K. 100.– für jedes Tausend,5 sind jedoch berechtigt, das Urheberrecht jederzeit gegen eine einmalige Pauschalzahlung von K. 800.– zu erwerben. Für die ersten 2000 Exemplare entfällt jede Honorierung meinerseits, nachdem ich auf diese aus dem Grunde verzichte, um Ihnen die Anstellung des Ladenpreises6 von [ subscript: ] 1 K.20 Mk. 1.– zu ermöglichen.7 Dr. Heinrich Schenker m.p.8 © Universal Edition A.G., Wien. |
Typed contract between Schenker and UE, dated June 30, 1908 C o p y Title I confirm in the following our agreements with respect to the NYLOFF1 INSTRUMENTAL TABLE.2 I assign to you the copyright of this Table under the following conditions. I.) The Table shall not have a shop price of more than 1.– Mark.3 II.) For any editions to be printed after the sale of the first 2,000 copies,4 you will remunerate me at the rate of 100.– Kroner per thousand;5 [you] are however authorized to acquire the copyright at that time against a one-time lump-sum payment of 800.– Kroner. For the first 2,000 copies no honorarium is applicable on my side, since I forego this in order to facilitate your setting a shop price6 of 1.– Mark [ subscript: ] 1.20 Kr.7 Dr. Heinrich Schenker m[anu] p[ropria]8 © Translation Ian D. Bent 2004. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 "Nyloff": subsequently spelled "Niloff" (in full, "Artur Niloff"). The name is said by Federhofer to have been a humorous anagram of "Violin" (the last name of his close friend Moritz Violin): Nach Tagebüchern ..., p.30, note 50. If "y" is taken to be a conflation of two "i"s, then this anagram is closer to the original name, and "Nylov" would have been an exact anagram. 2 Eventually titled Instrumentations-Tabelle, but often referred to in correspondence as Instrumenten-Tabelle (the form in which the title is given on the cover and title-page of the current issue, although the original title still appears at the head of the Table itself). 3 This would become a crucial issue in dealings over subsequent editions. 4 "2000 Exemplare" underlined by S. 5 "K. 100.– für jedes Tausend" underlined by S. 6 "um Ihnen die Anstellung des Ladenprei-" underlined by S. 7 "Grunde ... ermöglichen" left-sidelined (by S?). 8 manu propria: by his own hand SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.
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