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OC 52/843 - Typed postcard from Barbara Rothe to Schenker, dated September 7, 1927

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

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

[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8.

[postmark:] || 1 WIEN 1 | 8. IX. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
⇧ Wien, am 7. September 1927.
W.
Herrn Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III,
Keilgasse 8.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir verweisen auf unsere Karte vom 6. Juli 2 und lassen Ihnen gleichzeitig ein Exemplar der Neuauflage Ihrer Bearbeitung von BEETHOVEN's op. 57 "Appassionata" zugehen. Wir empfehlen uns


hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ pp Rothe

© 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 Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 1 VIENNA 1 | 8. IX. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
⇧ Vienna, September 7, 1927
W.
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor, 1

We refer to our postcard of July 6 2 and are having a copy of the new issue of your edition of BEETHOVEN's Op. 57 "Appassionata" delivered to you at this time. We remain


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

© 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 Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III.,
Keilgasse 8.

[postmark:] || 1 WIEN 1 | 8. IX. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
⇧ Wien, am 7. September 1927.
W.
Herrn Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Wien, III,
Keilgasse 8.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir verweisen auf unsere Karte vom 6. Juli 2 und lassen Ihnen gleichzeitig ein Exemplar der Neuauflage Ihrer Bearbeitung von BEETHOVEN's op. 57 "Appassionata" zugehen. Wir empfehlen uns


hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] ⇧ Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft
[signed:] ⇧ pp Rothe

© 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 Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 1 VIENNA 1 | 8. IX. 27 | 13-14 | * 4b * ||

{verso}
⇧ Vienna, September 7, 1927
W.
Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor, 1

We refer to our postcard of July 6 2 and are having a copy of the new issue of your edition of BEETHOVEN's Op. 57 "Appassionata" delivered to you at this time. We remain


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3111, September 8, 1927: "Von der U.-E. (K.): die II. Aufl. der Appassionata erscheint soeben." ("From UE (postcard): the second edition of the "Appassionata" has just appeared."). This postcard exists in two sources: OC 52/843, the dispatched postcard with printed letterhead and signatures, and WSLB 387, the carbon copy of the recto only, without signatures and uninitialled.

2 OC 52/842 = WSLB 386.

Commentary

Provenance
OC 52/843: Schenker, Heinrich (1927-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-1977)—New York Public Library (c.1977-) WSLB 387: 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 52/843: printed postcard in art deco typography all in deckled frame with printed and typed addresses recto, typed message, stamped and handwritten signatures verso WSLB 387: postcard, carbon copy, verso only, typed message, no signatures or intialling
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2012-07-23
Last updated: 2012-07-23