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OC 52/483 - Handwritten letter from Elias to Schenker dated December 21, 1923


⇧ Wien, 21/XII-1923

Lieber Herr Doktor! 1

Es freut mich, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass ich heute auch den zweiten und dritten Band Ihrer Beethoven-Sonaten bei Guttmann erhalten habe und es mir somit möglich sein wird B. I, II u. III Marianne zu Weihnachten zu überreichen.


Herzliche Grüsse Ihnen und Ihrer lieben Frau
von Ihrer dankbaren
[signed:] Angi Elias

[Annotation in Heinrich Schenker's hand]

gegen [?Aus...]
vom 1923/II
bezüglich des B. II
der B. Son

© Transcription Michaela Searfoorce, 2006, 2019

⇧ Vienna, December 21, 1923

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am happy to be able to inform you that today I have obtained the second and third volumes of your Beethoven Sonatas at Guttmann's and consequently it will be possible for me to present volumes 1, 2, and 3 to Marianne at Christmas.


Cordial greetings to you and your dear wife
from your grateful
[signed:] Angi Elias

[Annotation in Heinrich Schenker's hand]

towards the [?end]
of 1923/II
regarding volume II
of the Beethoven Sonatas

© Translation Michaela Searfoorce, 2006, 2019

⇧ Wien, 21/XII-1923

Lieber Herr Doktor! 1

Es freut mich, Ihnen mitteilen zu können, dass ich heute auch den zweiten und dritten Band Ihrer Beethoven-Sonaten bei Guttmann erhalten habe und es mir somit möglich sein wird B. I, II u. III Marianne zu Weihnachten zu überreichen.


Herzliche Grüsse Ihnen und Ihrer lieben Frau
von Ihrer dankbaren
[signed:] Angi Elias

[Annotation in Heinrich Schenker's hand]

gegen [?Aus...]
vom 1923/II
bezüglich des B. II
der B. Son

© Transcription Michaela Searfoorce, 2006, 2019

⇧ Vienna, December 21, 1923

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am happy to be able to inform you that today I have obtained the second and third volumes of your Beethoven Sonatas at Guttmann's and consequently it will be possible for me to present volumes 1, 2, and 3 to Marianne at Christmas.


Cordial greetings to you and your dear wife
from your grateful
[signed:] Angi Elias

[Annotation in Heinrich Schenker's hand]

towards the [?end]
of 1923/II
regarding volume II
of the Beethoven Sonatas

© Translation Michaela Searfoorce, 2006, 2019

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter is not recorded in Schenker's diary. It is filed among Schenker's correspondence with Universal Edition, suggesting that he used it in his accusations against UE at this time.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs and representatives of Angi Elias; deemed to be in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to Schenker Documents Online, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk .
Format
1p letter, small Bogen format, holograph salatuation, message, valediction, and signature; annotation in Heinrich Schenker's hand on p. 4
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2019-02-01
Last updated: 2011-03-05