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Universal-Edition, A.-G.
Wien
I, Karlsplatz 6
Musikvereinsgebäude
DK/B
Wien 21. Dezember 1920
Herrn Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien III.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Wir 1 bestätigen dankend den Empfang des Manuskriptes zum I. Satz der Beethoven V. Symphonie 2 für die Kleine Bibliothek, welche wir eiligst zum Satz gegeben haben. Wir erhielten endlich aus der Druckerei die Vorbemerkung und einen Teil der Erläuterungen zu Beethoven op. 101 die wir Ihnen gleichzeitig zugehen lassen.


In vorzüglicher Hochschätzung
[signed:] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] pp. Dr Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009

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Universal Edition & Co.
Vienna
I, Karlsplatz 6
Musikverein Building
DK/B
Vienna December 21, 1920
Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III

Dear Professor,

We 1 confirm with thanks receipt of the manuscript for the first movement of "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" 2 for the Little Library , which we have promptly passed to the typesetters. At last, we received from the printers the "Preliminary Remark" and one part of the "Elucidations" for Beethoven Op. 101 , and are forwarding these to you at this time.


With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] pp. Dr Kalmus

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009

[printed letterhead: ]

Universal-Edition, A.-G.
Wien
I, Karlsplatz 6
Musikvereinsgebäude
DK/B
Wien 21. Dezember 1920
Herrn Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien III.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Wir 1 bestätigen dankend den Empfang des Manuskriptes zum I. Satz der Beethoven V. Symphonie 2 für die Kleine Bibliothek, welche wir eiligst zum Satz gegeben haben. Wir erhielten endlich aus der Druckerei die Vorbemerkung und einen Teil der Erläuterungen zu Beethoven op. 101 die wir Ihnen gleichzeitig zugehen lassen.


In vorzüglicher Hochschätzung
[signed:] Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] pp. Dr Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009

[printed letterhead: ]

Universal Edition & Co.
Vienna
I, Karlsplatz 6
Musikverein Building
DK/B
Vienna December 21, 1920
Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III

Dear Professor,

We 1 confirm with thanks receipt of the manuscript for the first movement of "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" 2 for the Little Library , which we have promptly passed to the typesetters. At last, we received from the printers the "Preliminary Remark" and one part of the "Elucidations" for Beethoven Op. 101 , and are forwarding these to you at this time.


With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] pp. Dr Kalmus

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009

Footnotes

1 Receipt not of this letter itself but of the dispatch notified in the second sentence is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/2, p. 2305, December 23, 1920: "Von U-E: op. 101 Vorbemerkung u. 1. Satz." ("From UE: Op. 101 'Preliminary Remark' and first movement.").

2 "Beethoven: V. Sinfonie," Der Tonwille, Heft I (1921), 27-37; Eng. transl., I, pp. 25-33, which Schenker had delivered to the UE office on December 20, 1920 (OJ 3/2, p. 2304).

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
1p letter, printed letterhead, typed address and message, stamped signature, pp handwritten signature
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

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Last updated: 2010-12-02