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OC 52/832 - Typed letter from Barbara Rothe (UE) to Schenker, dated October 26, 1926

[printed letterhead, in left margin, sideways: ]

⇧ UNIVERSAL-EDITION, A.-G.
WIEN
I. Karlsplatz 6.
Musikvereinsgebäude
⇧ Dr. W./g.
Wien, den 26. Oktober 1926.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.
Keilgasse 8.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Soeben erhalten wir die von Ihnen gewünschte Rezension aus der Rivista musicale 2 und überreichen sie Ihnen anbei mit der Bitte, uns die Kritik nach Durchsicht für unsere Propaganda wieder zurückstellen zu wollen.


Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ „Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft“
[signed:] ⇧ pp. Rothe

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
[printed letterhead, in left margin, sideways: ]

⇧ UNIVERSAL EDITION & Co.,
VIENNA I,
Karlsplatz 6
Musikverein Building
⇧ Dr. W./g.
Vienna, October 26, 1926
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor! 1

We have just received the review that you wanted from the Rivista musicale 2 and enclose it herewith, with the request that you kindly return the review for our publicity when you have looked it through.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012
[printed letterhead, in left margin, sideways: ]

⇧ UNIVERSAL-EDITION, A.-G.
WIEN
I. Karlsplatz 6.
Musikvereinsgebäude
⇧ Dr. W./g.
Wien, den 26. Oktober 1926.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.
Keilgasse 8.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Soeben erhalten wir die von Ihnen gewünschte Rezension aus der Rivista musicale 2 und überreichen sie Ihnen anbei mit der Bitte, uns die Kritik nach Durchsicht für unsere Propaganda wieder zurückstellen zu wollen.


Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ „Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft“
[signed:] ⇧ pp. Rothe

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
[printed letterhead, in left margin, sideways: ]

⇧ UNIVERSAL EDITION & Co.,
VIENNA I,
Karlsplatz 6
Musikverein Building
⇧ Dr. W./g.
Vienna, October 26, 1926
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor! 1

We have just received the review that you wanted from the Rivista musicale 2 and enclose it herewith, with the request that you kindly return the review for our publicity when you have looked it through.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 2995, October 28, 1926: "Von der U.-E. (Br.): die italienische Kritik über die Sonatenausgabe." ("From UE (letter): the Italian review of my edition of the sonatas.").

2 A German translation of this review, requested by Schenker in WSLB 371, is preserved in Schenker's scrapbook at OC 2/p. 68: A. E., "Schenker Heinrich, Erläuterungsausgabe ...," Rivista musicale italiana, 32 (Dec 1925).

Commentary

Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (1926-1935)--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, oblong format, printed letterhead (sideways in left margin), typed message, stamped and handwritten 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: 2012-03-06
Last updated: 2012-03-06