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Handwritten letter from Weinberger to Schenker, dated Jan 5, 1900

[Josef Weinberger letterhead]

Wien/Leipzig, am 5. Jänner 1900
Wohlgeboren
Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker,
Wien.
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Sehr verehrter Herr Professor!

Sie würden mich dankbar verbinden, wenn Sie die Güte haben wollten zu veranlassen, daß auf den Programmen des Concertes Gärtner zu den “Syrischen Tänzen”1 die Bemerkung erscheint, daß dieselben soeben in meinem Verlage erschienen sind.

Im Vorhinien verbindlichst dankend
hochachtungsvoll ergebener
[sign’d:] Josef Weinberger

© Josef Weinberger Ltd.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Handwritten letter from Weinberger to Schenker, dated Jan 5, 1900

[Josef Weinberger letterhead]

Vienna/Leipzig, Jan 5, 1900
Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.
Vienna.
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Revered Professor,

I should be much obliged if you would be so kind as to arrange for a note to appear in the Programs of the Gärtner Concerts against the “Syrian Dances”1 [stating] that these have just been published by my publishing house.

With most grateful thanks in anticipation,
Yours with kind regards,
[signed:] Josef Weinberger

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, single sheet recto; Weinberger printed letterhead, body of letter handwritten by stenographer, holograph signature
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 Schenker, Syrische Tänze für Pianoforte zu 4 Händen (Vienna, Leipzig, Paris: Josef Weinberger, [1899?]); dedication: "Alphons frh. v. Rothschild zugeeignet"

SUMMARY:
[Schenker: Syrische Tänze:] Concert program to indicate publication by Weinberger.

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

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
Concerns Schenker: Syrian Dances; asks for concert program to indicate publication by Weinberger.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ, reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Weinberger, Josef; Schenker, Heinrich; Syrische Tänze; Syrian Dances; Concerts Gärtner; concert program; first performance, 1900-01-28-20:00; publishing
Weinberger to Schenker: handwritten letter: 1901-01-05
letter
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ, 15/12, [5]
1900-01-05
2004-10-25
Weinberger
email from Sean Gray (Weinberger Ltd) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-24, granting permission to post to web without charge
stenographic letter; holographic signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1900-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Josef Weinberger Ltd, 12-14 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JJ; image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1900

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