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OC 52/841 - Typed postcard from Kalmus and unknown signatory (UE) to Schenker, dated June 9, 1927

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

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

[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Professor Heinr. Schenker,
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8/12.

[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN 1 | 1. VI. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
Wien, den 9. Juni 1927.
LH./g.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir bestätigen mit bestem Dank den Empfang des zweiten Abzuges der Appassionata.‒ Der kleine Fehler wird noch ausgebessert werden.


Mit besten Empfehlungen
hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ pp [?..itz] ⇧ 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: ] ⇧ Professor Heinr. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12

[postmark:] || [illeg] VIENNA 1 | 1. VI. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
Vienna, June 9, 1927
LH./g.
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III

Dear Professor! 1

With grateful thanks, we confirm receipt of the second proof of the Appassionata.- The small error will be made good.


We remain
with kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] ⇧ pp [?..itz] ⇧ 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 Professor Heinr. Schenker,
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8/12.

[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN 1 | 1. VI. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
Wien, den 9. Juni 1927.
LH./g.
Herrn Professor Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir bestätigen mit bestem Dank den Empfang des zweiten Abzuges der Appassionata.‒ Der kleine Fehler wird noch ausgebessert werden.


Mit besten Empfehlungen
hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ pp [?..itz] ⇧ 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: ] ⇧ Professor Heinr. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8/12

[postmark:] || [illeg] VIENNA 1 | 1. VI. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
Vienna, June 9, 1927
LH./g.
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III

Dear Professor! 1

With grateful thanks, we confirm receipt of the second proof of the Appassionata.- The small error will be made good.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3075, June 11, 1927: "Von der U.-E. (K.): auch der letzte Fehler wird ausgebessert werden." ("From UE (postcard): the last mistake will also be corrected."). This postcard exists in two sources: OC 52/841, the dispatched postcard with printed letterhead and signatures, and WSLB 384, the carbon copy of the recto only, without signatures but double initialed.

Commentary

Provenance
OC 52/841: Schenker, Heinrich (1927-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-1977)—New York Public Library (c.1977-) WSLB 384: 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 52/841: printed postcard in art deco typography all in deckled frame with printed and typed addresses recto, typed message, stamped and handwritten (two) signatures verso WSLB 384: postcard, carbon copy, verso only, typed message, double 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: 2012-07-19
Last updated: 2012-07-19