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Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated August 26, 1902

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstrasse No. 11
Wien, am [typed:] 26. August 1902.

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

Hochverehrter Herr!

Bezugnehmend auf unsere wiederholten Zuschriften bitten wir nunmehr um freundliche Uebersendung des Manuscriptes zur Brochüre "Ornamentik",1 da wir es auch in Ihrem Interesse gelegen halten, dass die Brochüre gleichzeitig mit dem Werke Phil. Em. Bach's erscheine.

Der Einsendung des Manuscriptes mit Interesse entgegensehend, zeichnen wir mit dem Ausdrucke vorzüglichster

Hochachtung
[stamp:] "Universal-Edition" Actiengesellschaft
[signed:] D. V. [illeg]2 [signed:] August Artaria3

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

Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated August 26, 1902

[UE letterhead]
Maximilianstraße 11
Vienna, [typed:] August 26, 1902

Professor Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
V i e n n a

Most Honored Sir,

With respect to our repeated letters, we ask you now please to send us the manuscript of the booklet Ornamentik,1 since we consider it in your interests as well as ours that the booklet appear simultaneously with the works of C. P. E. Bach.

Looking forward to your sending of the manuscript, we remain

With kind regards,
[stamp:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] D. V. [illeg]2 [signed:] August Artaria3

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1p letter, printed letterhead, italic-typed message, stamped and holograph signatures
Sender address: Vienna 1, Maximilianstrasse 11
Recipient address: Vienna

FOOTNOTES:

1 "Ornamentik" underlined by Schenker: Heinrich Schenker, Ein Beitrag zur Ornamentik (Vienna: UE, [1903]).

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

3 August Artaria: music publisher, and shareholder in UE.

SUMMARY:
[Beitrag zur Ornamentik:] Requests Schenker's manuscript so as to allow simultaneous publication with C.P.E. Bach Keyboard Works.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2005.

Bent, Ian
Artaria, August
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Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Artaria, August; UE; Schenker, Heinrich; Beitrag zur Ornamentik; manuscript; Bach, C. P. E.; keyboard works
Typed letter from UE to Schenker, dated August 26, 1902
OC 52/6
1902-08-26
2005-04-04
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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 (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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