Typed letter from UE (Ferdinand Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904 [UE letterhead] Wolgeboren Herrn [/] Prof. Dr. H. Schenker, 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 © Universal Edition A.G., Wien. |
Typed letter from UE (Ferdinand Rebay) to Schenker, dated December 3, 1904 [UE letterhead] Prof. H. Schenker, Esq., 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, © Translation Ian D. Bent 2004. |
COMMENTARY: 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: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005
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