Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated September 4, 1903

[UE letterhead]
Wien, am 4. Sept. 1903.

Sr. Hochwolgeboren
Herrn Professor.
Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Gmunden.

Hochverehrter Herr!

Herr kaiserl. Rat Weinberger beauftragt mich, Ihnen in vorläufiger Beantwortung Ihrer geschätzten Zuschrift mitzuteilen, dass es ihm nicht möglich ist, die Angelegenheit der Syrischen Tänze¹ par distance zu erledigen und bittet Sie, sich damit bis zu seiner Rückkunft gedulden zu wollen, welche in wenigen Tagen erfolgen dürfte.

[ handwritten: ] 1 Brief retour.

{ verso }

Der Brief Busoni’s folgt anbei recomm. retour.²

Mit hochachtungsvollen Grüssen
Ihr ergebener
[ sign’d: ] Stedler(?)

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated September 4, 1903

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, September 4, 1903.

Professor
Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Gmunden.

Most Honored Sir,

Imperial Councillor Weinberger instructs me to inform you, in provisional response to your esteemed letter, that it is impossible for him deal with the matter of your Syrian Dances¹ from a distance, and asks you kindly to wait for his return, which should be in a few days’ time.

[ handwritten: ] 1 letter for return.

{ verso }

The letter from Busoni will be returned by registered post.²

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ sign’d: ] Stedler(?)

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, very tall upright sheet folded across at midpoint, recto and verso; UE letterhead, body of letter Italic-typed, unidentified signature.
Sender address: Vienna 1, Maximilianstrasse 11
Recipient address: Gmunden

FOOTNOTES:

¹ "Syrischen Tänze" underlined by S.

² The handwritten note at the bottom of p.1 appears to conflict with this statement, but perhaps supersedes it.

SUMMARY:
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze:] W will deal with inquiry when he returns; returns Busoni letter.

© Commentary, Footnotes and Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
UE
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze:] W will deal with inquiry when he returns; returns Busoni letter.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Universal Edition A.G., reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Weinberger, Josef; Schenker, Heinrich; Syrische Tänze; Syrian Dances
Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated September 4, 1903
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/11
1903-09-04
2004-11-13
Weinberger
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE's ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website
UE letterhead; typed letter; holographic signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1903-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)
IPR: Universal Edition, A.G.; Image: New York Public Library, New York; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1903