Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed memo from Barbara Rothe (UE) to Schenker, dated July 4, 1910

[down left side:] [UE letterhead]
1 Wipplingerstrasse No.32 [ etc. ]
S
Wien, am 4.Juli 1910

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Dr. Heinrich S C H E N K E R ,
W I E N .
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[Handwritten:] Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

[Typed:] Wir gestatten uns Ihnen beiliegend die gewünschten 2 Kopien¹ zu überreichen und empfehlen uns Ihnen

hochachtungsvoll
[ stamp: ] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[ sign’d: ] Rothe²

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

Typed memo from Barbara Rothe (UE) to Schenker, dated July 4, 1910

[down left side:] [UE letterhead]
1 Wipplingerstrasse No.32 [ etc. ]
S
Vienna, July 4, 1910

Dr. Heinrich S C H E N K E R , Esq.,
V I E N N A
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[Handwritten:] Dear Professor,

[Typed:] We take the liberty of sending you, enclosed, the two copies¹ you requested, and remain

With kind regards,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.
[ sign’d: ] Rothe²

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p memo, UE letterhead, typed message, handwritten salutation, stamped and holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna I, Wipplingerstraße 32
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. of the contracts for Niloff Instrumentations-Tabelle and the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, as promised in Hertzka’s letter of OC 52/52, June 20, 1910.

² Barbara Rothe, Hertzka’s office manageress (Bureau-Chefin).

SUMMARY:
Copies of two contracts enclosed.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Rothe, Barbara
UE
Copies of two contracts enclosed.
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 2006.
Rothe, Barbara; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; copies; contracts; Niloff; Instrumentations-Tabelle; Instrumentation Table; Bach, J. S.; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; CF&F
Typed memo from Barbara Rothe (UE) to Schenker, dated July 4, 1910
memo
academic; musicology; music theory
OC 52/53
1910-07-04
2006-05-13
UE
Rothe
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; handwritten salutation; typed message; stamped and holograph signatures
Schenker, Heinrich (1910-1935)--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
1910