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Typed letter from Josef Weinberg & an unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902

[Universal Edition letterhead]

Wien, am 6. Okt. 1902.

Sr. Wolgeboren
Herrn Professor
Heinrich Schenker,
W i e n .
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Hochverehrter Herr!

In sofortiger Erledigung Ihrer sehr geschätzten Zuschrift vom 4.d. beehren wir uns bekannt zu geben, dass wir das seinerzeit vereinbarte Honorar von K. 200.–1 für die Brochüre “Ein Beitrag zur Ornamentik” durch die Länderbank überwiesen haben und bitten wir, diese Verzögerung, die durch ein Versehen [ corr ] des betreffenden Beamten [ corr ] verursacht wurde, gütigst entschuldigen zu wollen.

{ verso }

Mit dem Ausdrucke vorzüglichster
Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] “Universal-Edition” Actiengesellschaft
[ sign’d: ] [unidentified]
Josef Weinberger

In der Anlage gestatten wir uns den bei uns üblichen Verlags-Vertrag zur freundlichen Unterfertigung und Retournirung zu überreichen.

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

Typed letter from Josef Weinberg & an unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902

[Universal Edition letterhead]

Vienna, October 6, 1902
Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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Most Honored Sir,

In prompt response to your esteemed letter of the 4th inst., we have the honor of letting you know that we have transferred the previously agreed1 honorarium of 200.– Kr.1 for the brochure A Contribution to Ornamentation via the Provincial Bank, and ask you very kindly please to excuse this delay, which arose from an oversight on the part of the employee concerned.

{ verso }

Yours most respectfully
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co
[ sign'd: ] [unidentified]
Josef Weinberger

We take the liberty of asking you very kindly to fill out and return our enclosed customary publisher’s slip.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, single sheet recto and verso; UE printed letterhead, Italic typed letter, holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna [1], Maximilianstrasse 11
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 See OC 52/380, July 15, 1902. Sum underlined by S.

SUMMARY:
[ Beitrag zur Ornamentik: ] Apologizes for delay in sending honorarium of 200 Kr., and has now authorized its payment through the Austrian Provincial Bank; encloses customary contract for signature and return.

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

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef; [unidentified]
[ Beitrag zur Ornamentik: ] Apologizes for delay in sending honorarium of 200 Kr., and has now authorized its payment through the Austrian Provincial Bank; encloses customary contract for signature and return.
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; Bach, C. P. E.; Beitrag zur Ornamentik; ornamentation; honorarium; contract
Typed letter from Josef Weinberger & an unident'd signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/381
1902-10-06
2004-10-30
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 letter; holographic signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1902-1935)--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
1902

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