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WSLB 380 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to UE, dated May 27, 1927

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An die Universal-Edition 1
Wien I

Würden Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, an H. Otto Vrieslander , derzeit in Italien: Napoli , Posillipo , Villa Florida , meine Monographie über die V. Sinf. von Beeth . (U. E. 7646) als Rezensionsexemplar † zu senden? Er gibt demnächst ein größeres Werk 2 über mich u. meine Arbeiten heraus u. bittet den Verlag durch mich um jene Monographie .


Mit bestem Dank u. vorzüglicher Hochachtung
Ihr sehr ergb
[signed:] H Schenker
27. 5. 27

[written across card in another hand in pencil: "⇧ beantw. 31. V. 27.]

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
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To Universal Edition 1
Vienna I

Would you be so kind as to send to Mr. Otto Vrieslander , currently in Italy: Naples , Posillipo, Villa Florida, my monograph on the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven (U. E. 7646) as review copy † ? He is shortly to publish an extensive work 2 about me and my works, and requests the Press through me for that monograph.


With many thanks and kind regards,
Yours very truly,
[signed:] H Schenker
May 27, 1927

[written across card in another hand in pencil: "⇧ answered 31. V. 27.]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012
[note in margin] recto not provided for transcription
{verso}


An die Universal-Edition 1
Wien I

Würden Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, an H. Otto Vrieslander , derzeit in Italien: Napoli , Posillipo , Villa Florida , meine Monographie über die V. Sinf. von Beeth . (U. E. 7646) als Rezensionsexemplar † zu senden? Er gibt demnächst ein größeres Werk 2 über mich u. meine Arbeiten heraus u. bittet den Verlag durch mich um jene Monographie .


Mit bestem Dank u. vorzüglicher Hochachtung
Ihr sehr ergb
[signed:] H Schenker
27. 5. 27

[written across card in another hand in pencil: "⇧ beantw. 31. V. 27.]

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2012
[note in margin] recto not provided for transcription
{verso}


To Universal Edition 1
Vienna I

Would you be so kind as to send to Mr. Otto Vrieslander , currently in Italy: Naples , Posillipo, Villa Florida, my monograph on the Fifth Symphony of Beethoven (U. E. 7646) as review copy † ? He is shortly to publish an extensive work 2 about me and my works, and requests the Press through me for that monograph.


With many thanks and kind regards,
Yours very truly,
[signed:] H Schenker
May 27, 1927

[written across card in another hand in pencil: "⇧ answered 31. V. 27.]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2012

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3070, May 27, 1927: "An die U.-E. (K.): ersuche, meine Monographie über die V. an Vrieslander nach Neapel zu schicken." ("To UE (postcard): I ask them to send my monograph on the Fifth Symphony to Vrieslander in Naples.").

2 No obvious publication corresponds to this description.

Format

† Double underlined

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. 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
postcard, holograph message and signature; pencil annotation by UE staff
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2012-07-18