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OC 52/866 - Typewritten postcard from Alfred Kalmus (UE) to Schenker, dated December 10, 1930

{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all a single rule-frame:]

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

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

[postmark:] || 1 WIEN 1 | 2 [illeg] | 10 . XII 1930 | * 4c * ||

{verso}
Wien, 10. XII. 1930.
G/

Herrn Professor Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir bestätigen den Empfang Ihres Schreibens v. 8. ds. 2 und haben ein Freiexemplar der Hefte 1 ‒ 10 des "Tonwille" an Herrn Dr. Rinn gesandt.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ „Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft“
[signed:] ⇧ Dr Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
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[printed in art deco typography, all a single rule-frame:]

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

[To: ] ⇧ Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 1 VIENNA 1 | 2 [illeg] | 10 . XII 1930 | * 4c * ||

{verso}
Vienna, December 10, 1930
G/

Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor, 1

We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8th inst., 2 and have sent a complimentary copy of issues 1‒10 of Der Tonwille to Dr. Rinn.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012
{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all a single rule-frame:]

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

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

[postmark:] || 1 WIEN 1 | 2 [illeg] | 10 . XII 1930 | * 4c * ||

{verso}
Wien, 10. XII. 1930.
G/

Herrn Professor Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor! 1

Wir bestätigen den Empfang Ihres Schreibens v. 8. ds. 2 und haben ein Freiexemplar der Hefte 1 ‒ 10 des "Tonwille" an Herrn Dr. Rinn gesandt.


In vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ „Universal-Edition Actiongesellschaft“
[signed:] ⇧ Dr Kalmus

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
{recto}
[printed in art deco typography, all a single rule-frame:]

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

[To: ] ⇧ Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 1 VIENNA 1 | 2 [illeg] | 10 . XII 1930 | * 4c * ||

{verso}
Vienna, December 10, 1930
G/

Professor Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

Dear Professor, 1

We acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 8th inst., 2 and have sent a complimentary copy of issues 1‒10 of Der Tonwille to Dr. Rinn.


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

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/4, p. 3555, December 11, 1930: "Von der U.-E. (K.): haben Dr Rinn die Tonwille-Hefte 1‒10 als Freiexemplare geschickt." ("From UE (postcard): they have sent issues 1‒10 of Der Tonwille to Dr. Rinn as complimentary copies.").

2 = WSLB 424.

Commentary

Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (1930-1935)--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
printed postcard in art deco typography all in single rule-frame with printed and typed addresses recto, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2012-12-04
Last updated: 2012-12-04