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OC 54/23 - Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated February 11, 1925


⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG AG.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3


München, den ⇧ 11. Febr. 1925.

Herrn Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8.


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Wir lassen Ihnen von unserer Auslieferung direkt gleichzeitig ein Exemplar unseres "Mozart-Jahrbuches II ["] zugehen, das Ihnen bezüglich Format, Schrift und Art der Ausstattung als Unterlage für Ihr Jahrbuch dienen mag.

Wir bitten um Empfangsbestätigung.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung!
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin

[illegible initial]

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2012

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3


Munich, ⇧ February 11, 1925

Dr. Heinr. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8


Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

At this very moment, we are arranging with our distributors for a copy of our Mozart-Jahrbuch II to be sent directly to you, which may serve as a model for your Yearbook with respect to format, typeface, and manner of layout.

Please inform us when you receive it.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] pp. ⇧ Demblin

[illegible initial]

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG AG.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3


München, den ⇧ 11. Febr. 1925.

Herrn Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8.


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Wir lassen Ihnen von unserer Auslieferung direkt gleichzeitig ein Exemplar unseres "Mozart-Jahrbuches II ["] zugehen, das Ihnen bezüglich Format, Schrift und Art der Ausstattung als Unterlage für Ihr Jahrbuch dienen mag.

Wir bitten um Empfangsbestätigung.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung!
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin

[illegible initial]

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2012

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3


Munich, ⇧ February 11, 1925

Dr. Heinr. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8


Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

At this very moment, we are arranging with our distributors for a copy of our Mozart-Jahrbuch II to be sent directly to you, which may serve as a model for your Yearbook with respect to format, typeface, and manner of layout.

Please inform us when you receive it.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] pp. ⇧ Demblin

[illegible initial]

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter, and reply acknowledging receipt of goods, are recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/7, p. 2784, February 14, 1925: "Von den Drei Masken (Br.): senden das Mozart-Jahrbuch II als Vorlage für Form, Schrift u. Ausstattung. — An die Drei Masken (Br.): bestätige den Empfang des Mozart-Buches u. ersuche um Fraktursatz u. Vertrag." ("From Drei Masken (letter): they send [me] the Mozart Yearbook II as a model for form, typeface, and general design. — To Drei Masken (letter): I confirm receipt of the Mozart book and ask for Gothic type and a contract."). OC 54/24 also records this: "14.II.1925 (Bf an [blank] bestätigt den Empf. von Moz. Jahrb. II[,] Vertrag erbeten Fractur womöglich" ("February 14, 1925 (letter to [blank] confirms the receipt of Mozart-Jahrbuch, vol. 2[,] Contract requested Fraktur typeface, if possible."). The Mozart-Jahrbuch was set in Antique typeface.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Deemed to be in the public domain.
Rights Holder
No rights holder or representative has been identified after extensive searches. The current firm of Drei Masken Verlag GmbH, Munich, has been contacted and states that it makes no claim upon the intellectual property in question. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk.
Format
1p letter, half-sheet horizontal format, printed letterhead, typed message, stamped 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: 2013-09-17
Last updated: 2011-10-11