Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Josef Weinberger and unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated February 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Wien, am 3. Feber 1904

Sr. Hochwolgeboren
Herrn Professor
H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r
W i e n .
*******

Hochverehrter Herr !

Wunschgemäss hat uns heute unser englischer Repräsentant¹ die Kosten für die Recherchen und Copiaturen im britischen Museum aufgegeben und zwar berechnet er uns hiefür

£1.15 = ö.W.Fl. 21.–
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Ordungshalber bemerken wir,dass wir diesen Betrag den Herren Ascherberg { verso } & Co, anlässlich der letzten Quartals-Rechnung bereits vergütet haben.

Mit vorzüglicher
Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] “Universal-Edition” Actiengesellschaft
[ sign'd/stamp:(?) ] Josef Weinberger [ sign’d: ] [unidentified]

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

Typed letter from Josef Weinberger and unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated February 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, February 3, 1904

Professor
H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r, Esq.
V i e n n a
*********

Most Honored Sir,

As requested, our English representative¹ has today submitted his expenses for the research and copying [that he carried out] in the British Museum, and has billed us for these:

£1.15 = 21.– Fl. Austrian coinage
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For the record, we would observe that we have already reimbursed Mr. Ascherberg & Co. in this amount { verso } at the time of the last quarterly accounting.

With kind regards,
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition & Co. Ltd.
[ stamp/sign'd:(?) ] Josef Weinberger [ sign'd: ] [unidentified]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, single sheet recto and verso; UE printed letterhead, Italic typed body of letter, holograph(?) signatures
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ OC 52/12, January 20, 1904, a letter from E. Ascherberg & Co., London (in response to a letter from UE of December 31, 1903) in English:

[E. Ascherberg letterhead]

Universal Edition
Wien

Dear Sirs,

Referring to your favor of December 31st. we have sent a representative to the British Museum in accordance with your request.

At the expense of much time and trouble he has been able to trace the Ballads you refer to, with the exception of Nos. 46 & 50, which have evidently never been arranged by Haydn – only by Kozeluch.

We understood from your letter that the songs (as arranged by Haydn) { right } were to be found in vol. G. 370, but only 4 of these are arranged by Haydn in that volume, all the others being arranged by Pleyel and Kozeluch.

To trace the other numbers it was necessary to search through many volumes and collections of Scotch Ballads and Airs.

Only a few of the string accompaniments are in existence. We are by this post forwarding copies of all the arrangements to which Haydn’s name may safely be put.

We [remain]
Yours faithfully
[ sign’d: ] E. Ascherberg & Co.

© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

SUMMARY:
Rel. OC 52/12 from E. Ascherberg to UE
[Ballads arr. Haydn et al:] Ascherberg have billed UE for £1.15 for research and copying on S’s behalf in the British Museum.

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

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
unidentified
Rel. OC 52/12 from E. Ascherberg to UE. --[Ballads arr. Haydn et al:] Ascherberg have billed UE for £1.15 for research and copying on S’s behalf in the British Museum.
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; [unidentified]; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Haydn, Joseph; Ascherberg & Co.; Ascherberg, E.; Pleyel, Ignace; Kozeluch, Leopold; Scottish Ballads and Airs; ballads; arrangements; British Museum, London; research expenses; copying
Typed letter from Josef Weinberger & unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated February 3, 1904
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/13
1904-02-03
2004-10-31
OC 52/12, 1904-01-20, E. Ascherberg to UE
Weinberger
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE's ownership of the IPR and granting permission to post on the pilot website
UE letterhead; typed body of letter; holographic signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1904-1935)--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
1904