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OC 52/87 - Typewritten express postcard from UE to Schenker, dated April 16, 1912

{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 3/3/ WIEN [illeg] | 16.IV.12 210 | * P * |||
[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN [illeg] | 16 IV [illeg] | * P * ||

{verso}
⇧ R.Wohlg. Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien


Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Antwortlich Ihrer gesch. Karte von heute 1 teilen wir Ihnen höfl. mit, dass wir die Vorrede 2 richtig erhalten haben und dass dieselbe auch bereits zum Druck gegangen ist.

Uns bestens empfehlend, zeichnen wir


⇧ Wien, am ⇧ 16. April ⇧ 191⇧ 2
⇧ I, Reichsratsstraße 9
[initialed:] ⇧ N

⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ A-G.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Verlag, G.m.b.H.)
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 3/3/ VIENNA [illeg] | 16.IV.12 210 | * P * |||
[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA [illeg] | 16 IV [illeg] | * P * ||

{verso}
⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
VIENNA


Dear Professor,

In answer to your esteemed postcard of today, 1 we respectfully inform you that we have received your Foreword 2 safely, and that the latter has in fact already gone off for printing.

With our best compliments, we remain


⇧ Vienna, ⇧ April 16, ⇧ 191⇧ 2
⇧ I, Reichsratsstraße 9
[initialed:] ⇧ N

⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Publishers, & Co.)
[signed:] ⇧ H.

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 3/3/ WIEN [illeg] | 16.IV.12 210 | * P * |||
[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN [illeg] | 16 IV [illeg] | * P * ||

{verso}
⇧ R.Wohlg. Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien


Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Antwortlich Ihrer gesch. Karte von heute 1 teilen wir Ihnen höfl. mit, dass wir die Vorrede 2 richtig erhalten haben und dass dieselbe auch bereits zum Druck gegangen ist.

Uns bestens empfehlend, zeichnen wir


⇧ Wien, am ⇧ 16. April ⇧ 191⇧ 2
⇧ I, Reichsratsstraße 9
[initialed:] ⇧ N

⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ A-G.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Verlag, G.m.b.H.)
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 3/3/ VIENNA [illeg] | 16.IV.12 210 | * P * |||
[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA [illeg] | 16 IV [illeg] | * P * ||

{verso}
⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
VIENNA


Dear Professor,

In answer to your esteemed postcard of today, 1 we respectfully inform you that we have received your Foreword 2 safely, and that the latter has in fact already gone off for printing.

With our best compliments, we remain


⇧ Vienna, ⇧ April 16, ⇧ 191⇧ 2
⇧ I, Reichsratsstraße 9
[initialed:] ⇧ N

⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Publishers, & Co.)
[signed:] ⇧ H.

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023

Footnotes

1 = WSLB 107, April 16, 1912.

2 Of Schenker’s monograph Beethovens neunte Sinfonie .

Commentary

Rights Holder
Universal Edition, published here by kind permission
License
Published by kind permission of Universal Edition granted on December 6, 2010. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document 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: printed advertisement, typewritten recipient address, two postmarks and one postage stamp, recto; typewritten salutation, message, printed valediction, printed and holograph 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: 2023-01-09
Last updated: 2010-02-07