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OC 52/408 - Typed letter from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated April 12, 1920

[printed letterhead sideways in left margin: ]

Universal-Edition, A.-G.
Wien
I, Karlsplatz 6
[upright:]
⇧ Buchhaltung

Wien, 12. April 1920.
Wohlgeboren Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien

Wir 1 beziehen uns auf unser heutiges Separatschreiben 2 und erlauben uns Ihnen mitzuteilen, dass die letzte Auflage 3 von U.E. 1999 Niloff'sche Instrumentations-Tabelle, am 4. IX. 1917 erschienen ist, worüber wir Ihnen unter den gleichen Datum das vereinbarte Honorar zugehen liessen. Eine weitere Auflage ist bisher nicht erschienen. Das Werk befindet sich aber im Druck. 4

Dies zu Ihrer gefl. Kenntnisnahme, empfehlen wir um


Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] [stamped:] „Universal-Edition“ Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka
[signed:] ⇧ M

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009
[printed letterhead sideways in left margin: ]

Universal Edition & Co.,
Vienna I,
Karlsplatz 6
[upright:]
⇧ Accounts Department

Vienna, April 12, 1920.
Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna

We 1 refer to our separate letter of today, 2 and take the liberty of informing you that the latest edition 3 of UE 1999, Niloff, Instrumentation Table appeared on September 4, 1917, in respect of which we released to you on the same date the agreed honorarium. No further edition has hitherto been published. The work is, however, in press. 4

This is for your information, we remain


With kind regards
[signed:] [stamped:]Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka
[signed:] ⇧ M

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009
[printed letterhead sideways in left margin: ]

Universal-Edition, A.-G.
Wien
I, Karlsplatz 6
[upright:]
⇧ Buchhaltung

Wien, 12. April 1920.
Wohlgeboren Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien

Wir 1 beziehen uns auf unser heutiges Separatschreiben 2 und erlauben uns Ihnen mitzuteilen, dass die letzte Auflage 3 von U.E. 1999 Niloff'sche Instrumentations-Tabelle, am 4. IX. 1917 erschienen ist, worüber wir Ihnen unter den gleichen Datum das vereinbarte Honorar zugehen liessen. Eine weitere Auflage ist bisher nicht erschienen. Das Werk befindet sich aber im Druck. 4

Dies zu Ihrer gefl. Kenntnisnahme, empfehlen wir um


Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] [stamped:] „Universal-Edition“ Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka
[signed:] ⇧ M

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2009
[printed letterhead sideways in left margin: ]

Universal Edition & Co.,
Vienna I,
Karlsplatz 6
[upright:]
⇧ Accounts Department

Vienna, April 12, 1920.
Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna

We 1 refer to our separate letter of today, 2 and take the liberty of informing you that the latest edition 3 of UE 1999, Niloff, Instrumentation Table appeared on September 4, 1917, in respect of which we released to you on the same date the agreed honorarium. No further edition has hitherto been published. The work is, however, in press. 4

This is for your information, we remain


With kind regards
[signed:] [stamped:]Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka
[signed:] ⇧ M

© Translation Ian Bent, 2009

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter and OC 52/409 are recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/1, p. 2227, April 14, 1920: "Von U.-E.: Verträge u. Brief der Buchhaltung; im Jahre 1917 seien 100 Kronen ausbezahlt worden, eine neue Auflage gehe im Druck." ("From UE: contracts and letter from the Accounts Department: in 1917, 100 Kronen were paid; a new edition is going to press.")

2 = OC 52/409, April 12, 1920.

3 "die letzte Auflage" (the latest edition): underlined in pencil by Schenker.

4 "befindet ... Druck" (is ... press): underlined in pencil by Schenker, and exclamation mark after period.

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 sideways in left margin, half-sheet landscape, department stamp, typed address and message, stamped and holograph signatures
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2009-06-12
Last updated: 2010-08-09