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OC 52/835 - Typed letter from Kalmus (UE) to Schenker, dated May 13, 1927

[printed letterhead, placed sideways in left margin: ]

⇧ UNIVERSAL-EDITION, A.-G.
WIEN
I. Karlsplatz 6
Musikvereinsgebäude

⇧ Wien, am 13. Mai 1927.
LH/Hü

Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III .,
Keilgasse 8/12.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Unserer Zusage gemäss lassen wir Ihnen gleichzeitig Korrekturabzüge der neu durchgesehenen "Appassionata" zugehen und bitten, uns nach Durchsicht Abzüge sowie Korrekturexemplar freundlichst übermitteln zu wollen.


Wir empfehlen uns
mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

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

⇧ UNIVERSAL EDITION & CO.,
VIENNA I,
Karlsplatz 6,
Musikverein Building

⇧ Vienna, May 13, 1927
LH/Hü

Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III ,
Keilgasse 8/12

Dear Professor, 1

In accordance with our promise, we are having the proof-sheets of the newly revised "Appassionata" delivered to you at this time, and ask you most kindly to convey the proof-sheets as well as the corrected copy to us after perusal.


We remain
with kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

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

⇧ UNIVERSAL-EDITION, A.-G.
WIEN
I. Karlsplatz 6
Musikvereinsgebäude

⇧ Wien, am 13. Mai 1927.
LH/Hü

Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III .,
Keilgasse 8/12.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Unserer Zusage gemäss lassen wir Ihnen gleichzeitig Korrekturabzüge der neu durchgesehenen "Appassionata" zugehen und bitten, uns nach Durchsicht Abzüge sowie Korrekturexemplar freundlichst übermitteln zu wollen.


Wir empfehlen uns
mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

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

⇧ UNIVERSAL EDITION & CO.,
VIENNA I,
Karlsplatz 6,
Musikverein Building

⇧ Vienna, May 13, 1927
LH/Hü

Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III ,
Keilgasse 8/12

Dear Professor, 1

In accordance with our promise, we are having the proof-sheets of the newly revised "Appassionata" delivered to you at this time, and ask you most kindly to convey the proof-sheets as well as the corrected copy to us after perusal.


We remain
with kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3066, May 16, 1927: "Von der U.-E. (recomm.): Korrektur der Appassionata." ("From UE (registered mail): proofs of the 'Appassionata'."). This letter exists in two sources: OC 52/835, the dispatched letter with printed letterhead and signatures, and WSLB 377, the carbon copy lacking letterhead and both signatures but double initialed.

Commentary

Provenance
OC 52/835: Schenker, Heinrich (1927-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-1977)—New York Public Library (c.1977-) WSLB 377: Universal Edition Archive (1927-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)
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
OC 52/835: 1p letter, oblong format, printed letterhead in left margin sideways, typed message, stamped and handwritten signatures WSLB 377: 1p letter, oblong format, carbon copy, typed message, double initialled, no letterhead, no 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: 2012-07-17
Last updated: 2012-07-17