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Typed postcard from UE (unident sign) to Schenker, dated September 20, 1909

{recto}
[postmark:] “20 [ illeg ]”
An
Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Professor Dr. Heinr. Schenker
in W I E N
III. Reisnerstraße 38

{verso}
Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
W i e n .

Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor !

Jm Besitze Jhrer gesch. Karte vom 20. d. M.1 teilen wir Jhnen höflichst mit, daß sich unser Herr Direktor Hertzka zur Zeit in München befindet. Sofort nach seiner Rückkehr werden wir uns erlauben, Sie hie von zu verständigen.

Hochachtungsvoll
“Universal-Edition” A. G.
(Jos. Aibl Verlag, G. m. b. H.)
[ sign illeg ]
Wien, am 20. September 1909
I, Wipplingerstraße 32.2

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2006

Typed postcard from UE (unident sign) to Schenker, September 20, 1909

{recto}
[ postmark:] “20 [ illeg ]”
To
Professor Heinr. Schenker
in V I E N N A
III. Reisnerstraße 38

{verso}
Professor H. Schenker
V i e n n a

Dear Doctor,

In receipt of your est’d postcard of the 20th inst,1 we would respectfully inform you that our Director Hertzka is currently away in Munich. We will take the liberty of notifying you the moment he returns.

With kind regards,
Universal Edition & Co.
(Jos. Aibl Verlag, & Co.)
[ sign illeg ]
Vienna, September 20, 1909
I, Wipplingerstraße 32.2

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2005.

COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, typed addresses and message, unidentified holograph signature. Typewriter has “ß”: apparently no “I”; poor spacing.
Sender address: Vienna I, Wipplingerstraße 32
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38

FOOTNOTES:

1 i.e. WSLB 42.

2 Layout has been simplified: date and street address are on the left side of the card, salutation, firm and signature in parallel on the right.

SUMMARY:
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks WSLB 42; H is in Munich.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
Hertzka, Emil
UE
[J. S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue:] Acks WSLB 42; H is in Munich.
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; Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; Munich
Typed postcard from UE (unident sign) to Schenker, dated September 20, 1909
postcard
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/37
1909-09-20
2006-02-14
UE
Hertzka
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.
printed UE sender name and address; typed message; unidentifiable holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1909-1935)--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
1909

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