Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated December 16, 1911

[UE letterhead]
N
Wien, 16. Dezember 1911.

Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r
W i e n .
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Wir senden Ihnen beigeschlossen einen Brief der Buckdruckerei Breitkopf & Härtel samt Notenbeispiel ein,¹ und bitten Sie die Erledigung desselben sobald als möglich an unsere Adresse einzusenden. Brief und Beispiel erbitten wir uns wieder retour.

Wir empfehlen uns
hochachtungsvoll
[ stamp: ] f Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft K

³ Beilagen
[initialled]

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien, published here with kind permission, 2004.
© Transcription Ian Bent 2006.

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated December 16, 1911

[UE letterhead]
N
Vienna, December 16, 1911

Prof. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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We are sending you enclosed a letter from the book printing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel together with a music example,¹ and ask you to send your response to it as soon as possible to our address. Please return the letter and example to us.

We remain,
With kind regards,
[ stamp: ] Universal Edition & Co.

³ enclosures
[initialled]

© Translation Ian Bent 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1p letter, printed letterhead, typed message, holograph initial
Sender address:
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES

¹ The music example must be from S’s Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie, currently being set by Breitkopf & Härtel printing works, Leipzig. See WSLB 87, December 3, 1911, and subsequent exchange.

SUMMARY
UE enclose letter and music example from Breitkopf & Härtel for comment.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
UE
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Breitkopf & Härtel; music example; Beethoven; Ninth Symphony; Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie
Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated December 16, 1911
OC 52/72
1911-12-16
2006-12-04
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.
Schenker, Heinrich (1911-1935)--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 Bent.
Vienna
1911