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Typed letter from UE (Ferdinand Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstrasse No. 11.
Wien, am [typed:] 3. Dez. 1904.

Wolgeboren Herrn [/] Prof. Dr. H. Schenker,
III. Reisnerstrasse 38,
W I E N.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Im Auftrage unseres geschäftsführenden Verwaltungsrathes, Herrn Kaiserl. Rath1 Josef Weinberger, überreichen wir Ihnen anbei die Strauss’schen Orchester Partituren im Taschenformate, I/VIII in Cassette [hand: Rebay] als Widmung.|2 und zeichnen mit vorzueglichster

Hochachtung
[stamp:] Für das Bureau der “Universal-Edition” Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] F. Rebay3 [swash initial]

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Typed letter from UE (Ferdinand Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstraße 11
Vienna, [typed:]December 3, 1904

Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.,
III. Reisnerstrasse 38,
V I E N N A

Dear Professor,

At the instruction of the executive member of our managing board, Imperial Councillor1 Josef Weinberger, we are enclosing herewith the [Richard] Strauß boxed pocket orchestral scores, I–VIII [hand: Rebay] with our compliments,2 and remain

With kindest regards,
[stamp:] For the Administration of Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] F. Rebay3 [swash initial]

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1-p letter, printed letterhead, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna I, Maximilianstraße 11
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

1 This explicit mode of address implies that of the members of the managing board he was the person who managed the business.

2 In 1904, UE issued scores of the F Minor Symphony, Op.12 (UE 1040), Aus Italien, Op.16 (UE 1044), Don Juan, op.20 (UE 1061), Macbeth, Op.23 (UE 1075), Tod und Verklärung, Op.24 (UE 1078), Till Eulenspiegel, Op.28 (UE 1103), Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 (UE 1113), and Don Quixote, Op.35 (UE 1132). See Diary OJ 1/5, p.19, September 13, 1906, for an arrangement whereby UE were to supply Schenker with orchestral scores of Bruckner and Mahler free in return for work supplied.

3 Click on Ferdinand Rebay.

SUMMARY:
UE sends complimentary boxed set of eight Richard Strauss pocket orchestral scores on Weinberger’s instructions.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005

Bent, Ian
UE
Rebay, Ferdinand
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
UE; Rebay, Ferdinand; Weinberger, Josef; Schenker, Heinrich; Strauss, Richard; scores; tone poems; F Minor Symphony; Aus Italien; Don Juan; Macbeth; Tod und Verklärung; Till Eulenspiegel; Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Quixote
Typed letter from UE (Ferdinand Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904
OC 52/15
1904-12-03
2005-04-05
UE
Rebay
Weinberger
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, confirming UE’s ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website
Schenker, Heinrich (1904-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)
IPR: Universal Edition, A.G.; Image: New York Public Library, New York; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.

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