Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated June 13, 1906

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 13. Juni 1906.

Sr. Hochwohlgeboren
Herrn Dr. Prof. H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r,
W i e n .-
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III. Reisnerstrasse 38.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Nachdem unser Her Rebay gestern nachmittags und heute vormittags vergeblich bemüht gewesen ist, mit Ihnen persönlich zu sprechen, gestatten wir uns auf diesem Wege die ergebene Anfrage, bis wann wir mit voller Sicherheit auf die Ablieferung des Bandes 2 der Händel’schen Orgelwerke U.-E. 937 rechnen können.¹

Es liegen auf dieses Werke [ sic ], nachdem dasselbe bereits seit 2 Jahren in unseren Katalogen angeben ist, Bestellungen vor und sind wir in grosser Verlegenheit, was wir den Bestellern als Grund des Nichterscheinens angeben sollen.

Wenn wir nicht binnen kurzer Zeit in die Lage versetzt werden, das Werk erscheinen lassen zu können, so wären wir zu unserem Bedauern gezwungen, die Arbeit eventuell anderweitig zu vergeben.-

Wir empfehlen uns Ihnen
Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] DIREKTION
der
"Universal-Edition” Actiengesellschaft.
[ sign’d: ] ........[?]

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

Typed letter from UE (unident’d signatory) to Schenker, dated June 13, 1906

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, June 13, 1906

Prof. H e i n r i c h S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a.-
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III. Reisnerstrasse 38.

Dear Professor,

Since our Mr Rebay tried in vain to speak with you in person yesterday afternoon and this morning, we take the liberty of inquiring by this means by what date we can count definitively on delivery of vol. 2 of the Handel Organ Works, U.E. 937.¹

We have orders for this item on hand, since it has already been in our catalogues for two years, and we are acutely embarrassed as to what we should give out to our subscribers as the reason for its non-appearance.

If we are not in a position to release the work within a short space of time, we would regrettably be obliged possibly to assign the work so someone else.

We remain
With kind regards
[ stamp: ] ADMINISTRATION
of
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:
Recipient address: Vienna [3], Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ For the previous communications, see OC 52/18, dated November 20, 1905 and OC 52/19, November 30, 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; and the outcome in OC 52/395, July 5, 1906, and OC 52/396, September 28, 1906.

SUMMARY:
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] From UE management: Rebay has tried to reach him to inquire firm date for delivery; UE have long-standing orders for volume; Committee may have to re-assign editorship if not received soon.

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

Bent, Ian
UE
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] From UE management: Rebay has tried to reach him to inquire firm date for delivery; UE have long-standing orders for volume; Committee may have to re-assign editorship if not received soon.
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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; Rebay, F.; Schenker, Heinrich; Handel, G. F.; Organ Concertos, vol. 2; publication; deadline; catalogue; subscribers; reassignment
Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated June 13, 1906
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/20
1906-06-13
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 (1906-1935)--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
1906