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OC 52/838 - Typed postcard from Kalmus (UE) to Schenker, dated May 27, 1927

{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all in deckled frame:]

⇧ Postkarte
UNIVERSAL-EDITION A.-G.
WIEN, I. KARLSPLATZ 6. (Musikvereinsgebäude)

[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8/12.
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN 1 | 28. V. 27 | 15-16 | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ LH/Hü
Wien, am 27. Mai 1927.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8/12.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wunschgemäss lassen wir Ihnen noch einen Abzug der fehlerhaften Seiten der "Appasionata [sic] " zugehen und bitten um baldige Retournierung nach Durchsicht.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all in deckled frame:]

⇧ Postcard
UNIVERSAL EDITION & CO.
VIENNA I, KARLSPLATZ 6 (Musikverein Building)

[To: ] ⇧ Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12
[postmark:] || [illeg] VIENNA 1 | 28. V. 27 | 15-16 | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ LH/Hü
Vienna, May 27, 1927
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12

Dear Professor, 1

As requested, we are having a further proof-pull of the faulty pages of the "Appasionata [sic] " delivered to you, and ask for speedy return after checking.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012
{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all in deckled frame:]

⇧ Postkarte
UNIVERSAL-EDITION A.-G.
WIEN, I. KARLSPLATZ 6. (Musikvereinsgebäude)

[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8/12.
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN 1 | 28. V. 27 | 15-16 | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ LH/Hü
Wien, am 27. Mai 1927.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8/12.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wunschgemäss lassen wir Ihnen noch einen Abzug der fehlerhaften Seiten der "Appasionata [sic] " zugehen und bitten um baldige Retournierung nach Durchsicht.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all in deckled frame:]

⇧ Postcard
UNIVERSAL EDITION & CO.
VIENNA I, KARLSPLATZ 6 (Musikverein Building)

[To: ] ⇧ Prof. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12
[postmark:] || [illeg] VIENNA 1 | 28. V. 27 | 15-16 | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ LH/Hü
Vienna, May 27, 1927
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12

Dear Professor, 1

As requested, we are having a further proof-pull of the faulty pages of the "Appasionata [sic] " delivered to you, and ask for speedy return after checking.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3071, May 30, 1927: "Von der U.-E. recomm. zwei korrigierte Abzüge von op. 57 u. eine Karte mit Verständigung davon." ("From UE by registered mail, two corrected proof-pulls from Op. 57 and a postcard explaining them."). This postcard exists in two sources: OC 52/838, the dispatched postcard with printed letterhead and signatures, and WSLB 381, the carbon copy of the recto only, without signatures but initialed.

Commentary

Provenance
OC 52/838: Schenker, Heinrich (1927-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-1977)—New York Public Library (c.1977-) WSLB 381: 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 52/838: printed postcard in art deco typography all in deckled frame with printed and typed addresses recto, typed message, stamped and handwritten signatures verso WSLB 381: postcard, carbon copy, verso only, typed message, initialled, 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: 2012-07-18
Last updated: 2012-07-18