Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE (F. Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Wien, am 3. Dez. 1904.

Wolgeboren Herrn
Prof. Dr. H. Schenker,
III. Reisnerstrasse 38,
W I E N.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Im Auftrage unseres geschäftsführenden Verwaltungsrathes, Herrn
Kaiserl. Rath¹ Josef Weinberger, überreichen wir Ihnen anbei die
Strauss’schen Orchester Partituren im Taschenformate, I/VIII in
Cassette ^{als Widmung.2} und zeichnen mit vorzueglichster

Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] Für das Bureau der “Universal-Edition” Actiengesellschaft
[ sign’d: ] F. Rebay³ [ swash initial ]

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

Typed letter from UE (F. Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, December 3, 1904

Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.,
III. Reisnerstrasse 38,
V I E N N A

Dear Professor,

At the instruction of the executive member of our managing board, Imperial Councillor¹ Josef Weinberger, we are enclosing herewith the [Richard] Strauß boxed pocket orchestral scores, I–VIII ^{with our compliments},² and remain

With kindest regards,
[ stamp: ] For the Administration of Universal Edition & Co.
[sign’d:] F. Rebay³ [ swash initial ]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; UE letterhead, body of letter Roman-typed, holograph signature.
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ This explicit mode of address implies that of the members of the managing board he was the person who managed the business.

² In 1904, UE issued scores of the F Minor Symphony, Op.12 (UE 1040), Aus Italien, Op.16 (UE 1044), Don Juan, op.20 (UE 1061), Macbeth, Op.23 (UE 1075), Tod und Verklärung, Op.24 (UE 1078), Till Eulenspiegel, Op.28 (UE 1103), Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 (UE 1113), and Don Quixote, Op.35 (UE 1132). See Diary OJ 1/5, p.19, September 13, 1906, for an arrangement whereby UE were to supply S with orchestral scores of Bruckner and Mahler free in return for work supplied.

³ Adolf Robitschek, one of the founders of UE, was a partner in the Viennese publishing firm of Rebay & Robitschek, which dates back at least to the 1880s. It is possible that this partner was the signatory to the present letter, in which case he was perhaps in charge of the UE Administration. The swash capital letter of his signature perhaps suggest someone of an older generation. There was also an R. Rebay, a composer whose Löns-Lieder were published by UE c.1917 (UE 5928-5930). (Based on information given by Nigel Simeone)

SUMMARY:
Sends complimentary boxed set of eight Richard Strauss pocket orchestral scores on Weinberger’s instructions.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
UE
Rebay, F.
Sends complimentary boxed set of eight Richard Strauss pocket orchestral scores on Weinberger’s instructions.
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 2005.
UE; Rebay, F.; Weinberger, Josef; Schenker, Heinrich; Strauss, Richard; scores; tone poems; F Minor Symphony; Aus Italien; Don Juan; Macbeth; Tod und Verklärung; Till Eulenspiegel; Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Quixote
Typed letter from UE (F. Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/15
1904-12-03
2005-04-05
UE
Weinberger
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website
UE letterhead; typed body of letter; holographic signature
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