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OC 52/219 - Typed postcard from Rothe (UE) to Schenker, dated March 9, 1920

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[printed:]

Postkarte
Absender: []left blank

[An: ]Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstrasse 38
[postmark:] || [note in margin] illeg. 15 | 10.III.20. X- | * 4b * ||
{verso} R/W
Wien, 9. März 1920
Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Im 1 Besitz Ihrer Karte vom 8. ds. 2 lassen wir Ihnen gleichzeitig den gewünschten II. Band der Beethoven-Sonaten 3 zugehen und empfehlen uns


hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Rothe

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009
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[printed:]

Postcard
From: []left blank

[To: ]Prof. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38
[postmark:] || [note in margin] illeg. 15 | 10.III.20. X- | * 4b * ||
{verso} R/W
Vienna, March 9, 1920
Prof. Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna

Dear Professor,

In 1 receipt of your postcard of the 8th inst., 2 we are dispatching to you at the same time vol. II of the Beethoven sonatas 3 for which you ask, and remain


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Rothe

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009
{recto}
[printed:]

Postkarte
Absender: []left blank

[An: ]Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstrasse 38
[postmark:] || [note in margin] illeg. 15 | 10.III.20. X- | * 4b * ||
{verso} R/W
Wien, 9. März 1920
Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Im 1 Besitz Ihrer Karte vom 8. ds. 2 lassen wir Ihnen gleichzeitig den gewünschten II. Band der Beethoven-Sonaten 3 zugehen und empfehlen uns


hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Rothe

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009
{recto}
[printed:]

Postcard
From: []left blank

[To: ]Prof. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38
[postmark:] || [note in margin] illeg. 15 | 10.III.20. X- | * 4b * ||
{verso} R/W
Vienna, March 9, 1920
Prof. Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna

Dear Professor,

In 1 receipt of your postcard of the 8th inst., 2 we are dispatching to you at the same time vol. II of the Beethoven sonatas 3 for which you ask, and remain


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Rothe

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/1, p. 2220, March 11, 1920: "Von der U.-E. (K.): meldet Uebersendung von op. 101." ("From UE (postcard): reports the dispatch of Op. 101.")

2 This postcard is not known to survive.. Its writing is not recorded in Schenker's diary (OJ 3/1, p. 2220).

3 Receipt of the sonata volume is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/1, p. 2220, March 10, 1920: "Von der U.-E. per Boten op. 101." ("From UE by messenger, Op. 101"). Presumably this refers to vol. II of the Beethoven sonatas in the von Bülow edition.

Commentary

Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (1920-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-1977)—New York Public Library (c.1977-)
Rights Holder
Universal Edition, A.G., Wien, published here by kind permission
License
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to publish. Any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk.
Format
printed postcard, typed addess recto, typed address and message, stamped and holograph signaures verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2009-06-10
Last updated: 2010-12-18