Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated November 30, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 30. November, 1905.

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

Euer Hochwohlgeboren !

Ihre an unseren Verwaltungsrath Herrn Kaiserl. Rath JOSEF WEINBERGER gerichteten werthen Zeilen vom 25.c.¹ wurden uns von dem Genannten zur Beantwortung übergeben. Wir nehmen mit grossem Bedauern zur Kenntnis, dass Euer Hochwohlgeboren durch Krankheit an der Ausführung des zweiten Bandes der Händel-Orgel-Concerte verhindert seien.

Nachdem dieser Band bereits in unserem Katalog enthalten ist, auch schon lebhafte Nachfrage hervorgerufen hat, möchten wir doch höfl. bitten uns gütigst mittheilen zu wollen, bis zu welchem Zeitpunkte es Ihnen möglich wäre, diesen Band fertig zu stellen.

Wir werden dann,unserem Comité die weitere Entscheidung überlassend, Ihnen dieselbe dann bekanntgeben.

Mit vorzüglichster Hochachtung ergebenst
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft.
[ sign'd/stamp?: ] Josef Weinberger

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

Typed letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated November 30, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, November 30, 1905

Dr. HEINRICH SCHENKER ,
V I E N N A
-----------------

Revered Sir,

Your esteemed written communication of the 25th inst¹ to our Executive Director, Imperial Counsellor JOSEF WEINBERGER, has been passed on to us by the latter for answering. We note with great regret that you are being prevented by illness from working on the second volume of the Handel Organ Concertos.

Since this volume already appears in our catalogue, and has by now prompted a brisk stream of inquiries, we are obliged to ask you very kindly to inform us by what date it will be possible for you to complete this volume.

Having referred the further decision to our Committee, we will then inform you of the outcome.

With kind regards,
Yours truly,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d/stamp?: ] Josef Weinberger

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

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

FOOTNOTES:

¹ The letter does not survive. For the previous communication, from an unidentified signatory at UE, see OC 52/18, dated November 20, 1905. For the background to this, see the undated handwritten note OC 52/390, which includes the remark: "Handel Concertos, 4-hands. When^{, after publication of vol. I}, I sought a modest improvement in the honorarium (100 Kroner) for vol. II, ^{vol. II} was simply summarily taken away from me and given to S.[?] Brandt-Buys." See also OC 52/394, dated October 18, 1904; OC 5/20, June 13, 1906; and the outcome in OC 52/395, July 5, 1906, and OC 52/396, September 28, 1906.

SUMMARY:
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol.2] Has not yet received S's MS and is besieged with inquiries about the work; wishes to release it at Christmas.

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

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
UE
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol.2] Has not yet received S's MS and is besieged with inquiries about the work; wishes to release it at Christmas.
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; Handel, G. F.; Organ Concertos, vol. 2; publication; illness; deadline; executive committee
Typed letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated November 30, 1905
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/19
1905-11-30
2004-11-08
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 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