Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated November 20, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 20. November, 1905.

Hochwolgeboren
Herrn Dr. HEINRICH SCHENKER ,
W I E N .
................

Euer Hochwolgeboren !

Wir werden von den Händlern wegen Herausgabe des zweiten Bandes HAENDEL’s Orgelwerke sehr angegangen, da fortwährend Bestellungen auf unsere Bände einlaufen. Wir befinden uns dadurch in der g[r ]össten Verlegenheit, da wir das Manuscript von Ihnen immer noch nicht erhalten haben.¹ Wir ersuchen Sie deshalb, uns dasselbe nunmehr gefl. umgehend zu kommen lassen zu wollen, um wenn irgend möglich das Werk noch mit unseren Nova zu Weihnachten herauszubringen.

Indem wir einer gefl. umgehenden Erledigung zuversichtlich entgegensehen, zeichnen wir mit dem Ausdruck

vorzüglichster Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellchaft.
[ sign’d: ] ........[?]

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

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated November 20, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, November 20, 1905

Dr. HEINRICH SCHENKER , Esq.,
V I E N N A
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Revered Sir,

We are besieged with inquiries from retailers regarding publication of the second volume of HANDEL’s Organ Works, since orders for our volumes continue to come in. We are in the most embarrassing situation, since we still have not received the manuscript from you.¹ We therefore ask you now please to let us have this by return, so that if at all possible the volume can be released among our new publications at Christmas.

In looking forward with confidence to your prompt attention to this matter, we remain

Most respectfully yours,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d: ] ........[?]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; UE letterhead, body of letter typed, holograph signature
Sender address: Vienna 1, Maximilianstrasse 11
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ See OC 52/394, October 18, 1904, for previous request for the MS of vol.II.

SUMMARY:
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] Requests MS so that it can be released at Christmas; UE besieged by inquiries from dealers.

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

Bent, Ian
UE
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] Requests MS so that it can be released at Christmas; UE besieged by inquiries from dealers.
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.
UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Handel, G. F.; Organ Concertos, vol. 2; publication
Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated November 20, 1905
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/18
1905-11-20
2004-11-15
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 body of letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1905-1935)--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
1905