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OC B/228 - Typewritten letter from V. A. Heck to Schenker, dated February 21, 1927
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⇧ BUCH- UND KUNSTANTIQUARIAT AUTOGRAPHEN-HANDLUNG V. A. HECK WIEN I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 ____________________ KATALOGE AUF VERLANGEN GRATIS ____________________ ÖSTERR. POSTSPARK.-KTO. 3.845 TELEPHON 51-2-61 WECHSELSTUBE DER UNIONBANK WIEN I., KÄRNTNERRING 12 WIEN, ⇧ am 21. Februar 1927. Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien, III. Keilgasse 8. Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor, 1 Mir wird eben angeboten: Da das Manuskript nicht mir gehört und es möglich ist, dass der Besitzer es rasch wieder zurückfordert, so wäre ich Ihnen dankbar, wenn E. H. dasselbe heute noch bei mir einsehen könnten. Ich bin natürlich auch gerne bereit, es Ihnen zur Ansicht zu senden, ⇧ wenn Sie dies vorziehen. 4 © Transcription Nicholas Marston, 2015 |
⇧ ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AND ART AUTOGRAPH DEALERS V. A. HECK VIENNA I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 ____________________ CATALOGUES FREE ON REQUEST ____________________ AUSTRIAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT 3. 845 TELEPHONE 51-2-61 UNION BANK EXCHANGE VIENNA I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 VIENNA, ⇧ February 21, 1927 Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III Keilgasse 8 Dear Dr. Schenker, 1 I have just been offered: a manuscript of Beethoven ’s Leonore-Fidelio with autograph corrections 2 which would surely be of interest to Your Highness, 3 and I take the liberty of politely inviting you to view it at my premises. Since the manuscript does not belong to me and it is possible that the owner will want it back again quickly, I would be grateful if Your Highness could come to look through it here this very day. I am of course also quite prepared to send it to you for inspection ⇧ if you prefer. 4 © Translation Nicholas Marston, 2015 |
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⇧ BUCH- UND KUNSTANTIQUARIAT AUTOGRAPHEN-HANDLUNG V. A. HECK WIEN I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 ____________________ KATALOGE AUF VERLANGEN GRATIS ____________________ ÖSTERR. POSTSPARK.-KTO. 3.845 TELEPHON 51-2-61 WECHSELSTUBE DER UNIONBANK WIEN I., KÄRNTNERRING 12 WIEN, ⇧ am 21. Februar 1927. Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien, III. Keilgasse 8. Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor, 1 Mir wird eben angeboten: Da das Manuskript nicht mir gehört und es möglich ist, dass der Besitzer es rasch wieder zurückfordert, so wäre ich Ihnen dankbar, wenn E. H. dasselbe heute noch bei mir einsehen könnten. Ich bin natürlich auch gerne bereit, es Ihnen zur Ansicht zu senden, ⇧ wenn Sie dies vorziehen. 4 © Transcription Nicholas Marston, 2015 |
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⇧ ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS AND ART AUTOGRAPH DEALERS V. A. HECK VIENNA I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 ____________________ CATALOGUES FREE ON REQUEST ____________________ AUSTRIAN POSTAL SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT 3. 845 TELEPHONE 51-2-61 UNION BANK EXCHANGE VIENNA I, KÄRNTNERRING 12 VIENNA, ⇧ February 21, 1927 Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III Keilgasse 8 Dear Dr. Schenker, 1 I have just been offered: a manuscript of Beethoven ’s Leonore-Fidelio with autograph corrections 2 which would surely be of interest to Your Highness, 3 and I take the liberty of politely inviting you to view it at my premises. Since the manuscript does not belong to me and it is possible that the owner will want it back again quickly, I would be grateful if Your Highness could come to look through it here this very day. I am of course also quite prepared to send it to you for inspection ⇧ if you prefer. 4 © Translation Nicholas Marston, 2015 |
Footnotes1 Receipt of this letter is not specifically recorded in Schenker’s diary; however, see OC B/229, fn1. 2 The manuscript is today Bonn, Beethovenhaus, HCB Mh 47; for provenance and details, see Ludwig van Beethoven: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, ed. Kurt Dorfmüller, Norbert Gertsch and Julia Ronge, 2 vols (Munich: Henle, 2014), I, 423, 425, 431–33, 444 –46. 3 "E. H." = "Eure Hoheit". Heck’s lofty tone may have been adopted with humourous intent, although the generally deferential tone of his prose in these letters is striking. 4 Ink underlining and handwritten extension presumably both in the hand of V. A. Heck. |
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