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Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstrasse No. 11.
Wien, am [typed:] 6. Okt. 1902.

Sr. Wolgeboren [/] Herrn Professor [/] Heinrich Schenker,
W i e n .
------------

Hochverehrter Herr!

In sofortiger Erledigung Ihrer sehr geschätzten Zuschrift vom 4.d.1 beehren wir uns bekannt zu geben, dass wir das seinerzeit vereinbarte Honorar von K. 200.-2 für die Brochüre "Ein Beitrag zur Ornamentik"3 durch die Länderbank überwiesen haben und bitten wir, diese Verzögerung, die durch ein Versehen des betreffenden Beamten verursacht wurde, gütigst entschuldigen zu wollen.

{verso} Mit dem Ausdrucke vorzüglichster
Hochachtung

[stamp:] "Universal-Edition" Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] D. V. [illeg]4
[signed:] Josef Weinberger

In der Anlage gestatten wir uns den bei uns üblichen Verlags-Vertrag zur freundlichen Unterfertigung und Retournirung zu überreichen.

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

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstraße 11
Vienna, [typed:] October 6, 1902

Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
V i e n n a
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Most Honored Sir,

In prompt response to your esteemed letter of the 4th inst.,1 we have the honor of letting you know that we have transferred the previously agreed2 honorarium of 200.- Kronen1 for the brochure A Contribution to Ornamentation|3 via the Provincial Bank, and ask you very kindly please to excuse this delay, which arose from an oversight on the part of the employee concerned.

{verso} Yours most respectfully

[stamp:] Universal Edition & Co
[signed:] D. V. [illeg]4
[signed:] Josef Weinberger

We take the liberty of asking you very kindly to fill out and return our enclosed customary publisher's slip.

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2-p letter, recto-verso; printed letterhead, Italic-typed message, holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna [I], Maximilianstraße 11
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 Schenker's letter is not known to survive.

2 See OC 52/380, July 15, 1902. Sum underlined by Schenker.

3 Heinrich Schenker, Ein Beitrag zur Ornamentik (Vienna: UE, [1903]).

4 This signature appears on the schedule of shareholders for UE, representing the Oesterreichisches Länderbank.

SUMMARY:
[Beitrag zur Ornamentik:] Apologizes for delay in sending honorarium of 200 Kronen, and has now authorized its payment through the Austrian Provincial Bank; encloses customary contract for signature and return.

© Commentary, Footnotes and Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Weinberger, Josef
UE
DE
Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Weinberger, Josef; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Bach, C. P. E.; Beitrag zur Ornamentik; ornamentation; honorarium; contract
Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated October 6, 1902
OC 52/381
1902-10-06
2004-10-30
Weinberger
UE
email from Aygün Lausch (Universal Edition) to Ian Bent, 2004-09-09, confirming UE's ownership of IPR and granting permission to post to pilot website
Schenker, Heinrich (1902-1935)--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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