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Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated April 13, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Wien, 13. IV. 1905

Herrn
Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien.
III. Reisnerstraße 38.

Sehr geehrter Herr !

In höfl. Beantwortung Ihres gsch Schreibens vom 11. d.M. gestatten wir uns, Ihnen mitzuteilen, daß gegenwärtig keine günstige Zeit zur Inverlagnahme Ihres, uns freundl. angebotenen Werkes ist, und daß die "Universal Edition" derzeit nicht in der Lage ist, dasselbe zu erwerben.1

Wir bitten deshalb, sich nicht durch die Rücksicht auf unsere Gesellschaft besondern zu lassen und zeichen

Hochachtungsvoll
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[ sign'd/stamp?: ] Josef Weinberger

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

Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated April 13, 1905

[UE letterhead]
Vienna, April 13, 1905

Professor Heinrich Schenker
Vienna 3,
Reisnerstraße 38.

Dear Sir,

In response to your est’d letter of the 11th inst, we take the liberty of informing you that this is not a propitious time to be undertaking publication of the work that you kindly offer to us, and that Universal Edition is at the moment not in a position to take it on.1

We ask you not to be deterred from keeping our company in mind, and remain

Yours respectfully,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co
[ sign'd/stamp?: ] Joseph Weinberger

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; UE letterhead, body of letter typed, holograph(?) signature
Sender address: Vienna 3, Bismarckstrasse 38
Recipient address: Vienna 3, Reisnerstrass 38

FOOTNOTES:

1 This most likely concerns S's Neue musikalischen Theorien und Phantasien (i.e. vol.1,_Harmonielehre_). If so, then presumably S applied again; see OC 52/443, dated October 21, 1905, below, where it was rejected on grounds of being "polemical in content." In the interim, he submitted the proposal to Breitkopf & Härtel, for the latter replied negatively on September 6 (probably OJ 9/20, quoted in Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, p.22), and then to Brockhaus, to whom Eugen d'Albert wrote a letter of recommendation on September 7, 1905 (Federhofer, Nach Tagebüchern, pp.64-65; WSLB 236, January 18, 1914). On November 8, he proposed it to J. G. Cotta, who initially rejected it but, after intervention by Eugen d'Albert on November 13, accepted it for publication: OJ 9/31, [1] (November 9), OJ 9/31, [2] (November 14), and OJ 9/31, [3] (November 15).

SUMMARY:
[ Harmonielehre?:] UE is not in a position to undertake the work at this time.

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

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
UE
[ Harmonielehre?:] UE is not in a position to undertake the work at this time.
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; Harmonielehre; Harmony; Neue Musikalische Theorien und Phantasien, vol.1; publication; rejection
Handwritten letter from Josef Weinberger (UE) to Schenker, dated April 13, 1905
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/442
1905-04-13
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

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