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OC 52/58 - Typewritten postcard from UE to Schenker, dated September 15, 1910

{recto}
[all in decorative rule-frame]

⇧ Correspondenz-Karte.

⇧ An ⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien.
III Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN [illeg] | 15.X.10-1 | * 3a * ||

[at right-hand edge of card, calculation: 160 80 | 15 | 14½ ]

{verso}
[decorative art-nouveau-style advert on left-third of card for UE's:] "Gesamt-Ausgabe der Klassiker"

Wien, 15. Sept. 1910
Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Schenker,
Wien.

Nachdem sich im Verlaufe der Schlußrevision 1 noch einige korrekturbedürftige Stellen gefunden haben, bittet Herr v. Wöss nochmals um Ihrem w. Besuch.

Wir zeichnen


⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ Actiengesellschaft
I. Wipplingerstrasse 32 [printed, then overstamped]
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2020
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[all in decorative rule-frame]

⇧ Postcard

⇧ To ⇧ Prof. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA [illeg] | 15.X.10-1 | * 3a * ||

[at right-hand edge of card, calculation: 160 80 | 15 | 14½ ]

{verso}
[decorative art-nouveau-style advert on left-third of card for UE's:] "Collected Edition of the Classics"

Vienna, September 15, 1910
Prof. H. Schenker,
Vienna

Since in the process of the final proofs 1 several further passages have come to light that need correcting, Mr. von Wöß once again asks that you kindly pay him a visit.

We remain


⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[Vienna] I, Wipplingerstrasse 32 [printed, then overstamped]
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2020
{recto}
[all in decorative rule-frame]

⇧ Correspondenz-Karte.

⇧ An ⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien.
III Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN [illeg] | 15.X.10-1 | * 3a * ||

[at right-hand edge of card, calculation: 160 80 | 15 | 14½ ]

{verso}
[decorative art-nouveau-style advert on left-third of card for UE's:] "Gesamt-Ausgabe der Klassiker"

Wien, 15. Sept. 1910
Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Schenker,
Wien.

Nachdem sich im Verlaufe der Schlußrevision 1 noch einige korrekturbedürftige Stellen gefunden haben, bittet Herr v. Wöss nochmals um Ihrem w. Besuch.

Wir zeichnen


⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ Actiengesellschaft
I. Wipplingerstrasse 32 [printed, then overstamped]
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2020
{recto}
[all in decorative rule-frame]

⇧ Postcard

⇧ To ⇧ Prof. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA [illeg] | 15.X.10-1 | * 3a * ||

[at right-hand edge of card, calculation: 160 80 | 15 | 14½ ]

{verso}
[decorative art-nouveau-style advert on left-third of card for UE's:] "Collected Edition of the Classics"

Vienna, September 15, 1910
Prof. H. Schenker,
Vienna

Since in the process of the final proofs 1 several further passages have come to light that need correcting, Mr. von Wöß once again asks that you kindly pay him a visit.

We remain


⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[Vienna] I, Wipplingerstrasse 32 [printed, then overstamped]
[signed:] ⇧ H

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2020

Footnotes

1 i.e. of the Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue. Although there appears to be a capital "H" in the signature, this postcard seems to have been written by a Universal Edition staff member on behalf of Josef Venantius von Wöß.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, typewritten recipient address, recto; printed advert, typewritten recipient address and message, printed valediction, printed and stamped sender address, holograph signature, verso
Rights Holder
Universal Edition, published here by kind permission
License
Published by kind permission of Universal Edition granted on December 6, 2010. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam.[dot]ac[dot]uk
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2020-07-14
Last updated: 2010-02-07