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OC 54/141 - Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated March 24, 1927

{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG A.-G.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUENCHEN [remainder illegible] ||


{verso}

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien III, Keilgasse 8
München, den 24. März 1927


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Auf Ihre Karte vom 18.ds.Mts. teilen wir Ihnen mit, 2 dass die facsimilierte Skizze zu Haydns Chaos nicht gestochen, sondern klischiert wird, wie das auch auf der Vorlage angegeben war.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin


⇧ N.

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUNICH [remainder illegible] ||


{verso}

Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Munich, March 24, 1927


Dear Dr. [Schenker] ! 1

In response to your postcard of the 18th of the month, 2 we inform you that that facsimile sketch for Haydn’s "Chaos" will not be engraved but rather stereotyped, as was also the case with the copy provided.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] p.p. ⇧ Demblin


⇧ N.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG A.-G.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUENCHEN [remainder illegible] ||


{verso}

Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien III, Keilgasse 8
München, den 24. März 1927


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Auf Ihre Karte vom 18.ds.Mts. teilen wir Ihnen mit, 2 dass die facsimilierte Skizze zu Haydns Chaos nicht gestochen, sondern klischiert wird, wie das auch auf der Vorlage angegeben war.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin


⇧ N.

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUNICH [remainder illegible] ||


{verso}

Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Munich, March 24, 1927


Dear Dr. [Schenker] ! 1

In response to your postcard of the 18th of the month, 2 we inform you that that facsimile sketch for Haydn’s "Chaos" will not be engraved but rather stereotyped, as was also the case with the copy provided.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] p.p. ⇧ Demblin


⇧ N.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3050, March 25, 1927: "Vom Verlag (K.): Haydn-Skizze wird klischiert." ("From the publisher (postcard): the Haydn sketch will be done as a stereotyped music example.").

2 This postcard is not known to survive.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Deemed to be in the public domain.
License
No rights holder or representative has been identified after extensive searches. The current firm of Drei Masken Verlag GmbH, Munich, has been contacted and states that it makes no claim upon the intellectual property in question. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk.
Format
Printed logo, printed and typed addresses, and postal stamp recto, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures verso.
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2014-03-26
Last updated: 2012-03-06