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Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated September 28, 1906

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 28. September 1906.

Hochwohlgeboren
Herrn Professor A. [ sic ] S c h e n k e r,
W i e n.-
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Sehr geehrter Herr !

Im Besitze Ihrer gesch. Zuschrift vom 17. ds.1 gestatten wir uns, Sie durch Ueberbringer Dieses freundlichst um Rücksendung der Partitur der Orgel-Konzerte von Händel2 zu bitten und erlauben uns gleichzeitig zu bemerken, dass der zweite Band keinesfalls Ihren werten Namen als Bearbeiter aufweisen wird, umsomehr als ja jedenfalls der Bearbeiter dieses Bandes wünschen wird, dass sein Name auf demselbe erscheint.3

Wir zeichnen
Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[ stamp: ] DIREKTION
der
“Universal-Edition” Actengesellschaft.
[ sign’d: ] ........[?]

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

Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated September 28, 1906

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, September 28, 1906

Professor A. [ sic ] S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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Dear Sir,

In receipt of your est’d letter of the 17th inst,1 we take the liberty of asking you very kindly to return the score of the Organ Concertos of Handel2 to us by the bearer of this [letter]. We presume at the same time to point out that the second volume will on no account bear your esteemed name, all the more so because in any case the arranger of this volume will surely wish his name to appear on it.3

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 and verso; UE letterhead, body of letter typed, holograph signature
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 S's letter does not survive.

2 This must be a full score that UE supplied, and from which Schenker made his four-hand piano arrangements.

3 See OC 52/391, June 20, 1904, for first reference to this request. The honorarium for vol. 1 was Kr 141.- x 2. See S's letter WSLB 236, Jan 18, 1915, p.6 for retrospective comment:
"As part of my overall plan, I then take on for UE the organ concertos of Handel, in order to illustrate for the first time the method offered!. So UE turns vol. II down on account of a difference of some 160 Kroner, because they did not understand how to evaluate the difference of my achievement."
See also S's undated note, 52/390:
"2) a/Oct(?) 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. My work was thus destroyed, but H[erzmansky] pays me no more than the 100 Kroner when he can have the work in question from any old [person?], quality a secondary issue. (The work is sui generis, no mere 4-hand transcription like the typical, it was, e.g., played publicly in concert in Munich. Now, however . . .), [insert:] as does not otherwise happen with such 4-hand transcriptions. About three years ago, H[erzmansky] said: “I could have enough for the multitudes, that you did not survive to [do] vol. II.” [ problematic sentence ] Of course, merely empty talk. 100 Kroner are worth more to him still today that the best transcription of the Organ Concertos of Handel."

SUMMARY:
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] Addressed to “Professor A. Schenker”! From UE management: Acks S’s letter of September 17; requests return of score; vol. 2 will not bear S’s name.

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

Bent, Ian
UE
[Handel Organ Concertos, vol. 2:] Addressed to “Professor A. Schenker”! From UE management: Acks S’s letter of September 17; requests return of score; vol. 2 will not bear S’s name.
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; honorarium; score; Herzmansky, Bernhard; Brandt-Buys
Typed letter from UE (unident'd signatory) to Schenker, dated September 28, 1906
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/396
1906-09-28
2004-12-14
OC 52/390 (undated note by S)
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (UE) 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

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