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Profiles Person Place Organization Work by Schenker Journal Musical Composition Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes	Mandruck Documents associated with this entity: Correspondence Diaries Printing and lithography firm in Munich. Located at at Theresienstraße 75, Munich, the company described itself as "graphic artwork company for book printing, lithography, offset, and music printing, [with] book binding [and] type-setting machines" (e.g. OC 54/148: letterhead). Mandruck and Schenker Mandruck undertook the letterpress work for Das Meisterwerk in der Musik volume 2, with Drei Masken Verlag of Munich as the publisher, and Waldheim-Eberle of Vienna as the music engraver. Correspondence with Schenker Twelve items of correspondence between Schenker and Mandruck survive. Of these, eleven from Mandruck (including items from Mandruck to Drei Masken Verlag forwarded by the latter to Schenker), and spanning May 3 to August 17, 1927, survive as OC 54/148, 150, 159, 162, 170, 171, 174, 176, 178, 181, 184 (often enclosing proofs or returned original materials); and one postal receipt for a package from Schenker to Mandruck survives as OC 54/173, June 13, 1927. Contributor: Ian Bent Downloads temporarily removed for testing purposes Correspondence OC 54/120 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated January 18, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that they have sent the manuscript of his second Meisterwerk Yearbook to the typesetter, Mandruck (Munich), from whom he will receive the galley-proofs. OC 54/124 Typed letter from Otto Vrieslander to Schenker, dated January 20, 1927 Vrieslander has received the Urlinie graphs for two essays in the second Meisterwerk Yearbook, and explains to Schenker that he will exercise the utmost care in preparing them for publication. OC 54/126 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated January 27, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag have enclosed a page of music examples and a letter from the printers. They request a response as soon as possible. OC 54/127 Postal receipts for letters to Otto Vrieslander and Drei Masken Verlag (Munich), dated January 31, 1927 Postal receipts for letters concerning the second Meisterwerk Yearbook. OC 54/132 Typed letter from Otto Vrieslander to Schenker, dated February 15, 1927 Vrieslander informs Schenker that Alfred Einstein (DMV) has decided to engrave the music examples for the second Meisterwerk volume in order to ensure a flawless reproduction. He also reports that the width of the pages in the supplement will be expanded, and notifies Schenker of the changes that he will make to the music examples following this decision. Vrieslander states he has officially enquired with Einstein about potential problems in the printing process, making clear that Schenker will not be able to bear any additional costs for printing errors. OC 54/133 Copy of a letter from Otto Vrieslander to Alfred Einstein (DMV), dated February 15, 1927 Following Einstein’s determination to have the Urlinie graphs engraved, not hand-drawn, Vrieslander asks that the engraver pays particular attention to the shape of the large slurs, and suggests a meeting with the engraver to go over further problems. If the graphs were relegated to an appendix, they could be as wide as necessary, for sake of clarity. OC 54/134 Typed letter from Otto Vrieslander to Schenker, dated February 20, 1927 Vrieslander, at pains to ensure that the music illustrations in the second Meisterwerk Yearbook are accurately and elegantly printed, reports that the engravers are having difficulty interpreting Schenker’s music examples. He is putting his own work to one side in order to work exclusively on creating clear and elegant graphs; he proposes to come to Vienna in mid-March to go through all his work with Schenker. OC 54/135 Typed letter from DMV to Schenker, dated February 24, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that there is a delay with the production of the music examples for the second Meisterwerk yearbook. They anticipate that he will receive the proofs soon. OC 54/136 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated March 4, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag send Schenker a proof of the Urlinie graph for Chopin’s Op. 15, No. 2, and ask him to correct and return it. OC 54/139 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated March 18, 1927 In response to queries about the typography in the second Meisterwerk Yearbook, Drei Masken Verlag ask Schenker to return the proof-sheets with the corrections indicated, so that they can investigate the specific problems. OC 54/143 Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated April 5, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag confirm receipt of the corrected graphs and freshly copied music examples for Meisterwerk 2. OC 54/145 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated April 25, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that they have sent all of the material for the second Meisterwerk volume to the printers, and that he should expect to receive three copies of the page proofs and two copies of the music examples in due course. OC 54/147 Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated April 30, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that they have forwarded the imprimatur engravings to the printers, along with his query about Fig. 33. OC 54/148 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated May 3, 1927 Mandruck return the original sketches of Haydn's "Representation of Chaos" to Schenker and inform him that they have prepared the stereotype in accordance with his wishes. OC 54/150 Typed postcard from Mandruck to Schenker, dated May 4, 1927 Mandruck notify Schenker that a set of galley proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume will soon arrive. OC 54/154 Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 9, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag confirm receipt of the imprimatur copy of Figure 33 for the second Meisterwerk volume. They request that Schenker now send the galley proofs for pages 1–30. OC 54/157 Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 13, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that they have forwarded his requested corrections to the printing house, and will be in touch soon regarding the completion of the graphs for the second Meisterwerk volume. OC 54/158 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 16, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag notify Schenker that they will send him the missing galley proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume that day, and inform him that his requests for corrections regarding the Mozart graph have been successfully processed. OC 54/159 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated May 16, 1927 Mandruck enclose the missing galley proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, and confirm that the requested changes have been successfully executed. OC 54/162 Typed letter from Mandruck to Drei Masken Verlag, dated May 19, 1927 Mandruck notify Drei Masken Verlag that they have enclosed a new set of proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, amended in accordance with Schenker's wishes. OC 54/163 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 20, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag notify Schenker that they have enclosed a set of amended proofs for the second Meisterwerk yearbook. OC 54/164 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 23, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag confirm receipt of Schenker's imprimatur graphs and amended proofs for the second Meisterwerk yearbook, assuring him that the requested correction in the Mozart Symphony has been made. OC 54/167 Typed letter from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated May 30, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag have enclosed the sample proofs of the first two gatherings for Meisterwerk 2, and request that he responds to their query about the size and placement of music examples as soon as possible. OC 54/170 Typed postcard from Mandruck to Schenker, dated June 10, 1927 Mandruck have enclosed the first two gatherings of the second Meisterwerk volume, amended in accordance with Schenker's wishes. They anticipate that he will receive the remaining page proofs before the end of the month. OC 54/171 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated June 11, 1927 Mandruck enclose two sets of gatherings for the second Meisterwerk yearbook, along with the galley proofs. They request an explanation regarding Figure 75a. OC 54/174 Typed postcard from Mandruck to Schenker, dated June 14, 1927 Mandruck have enclosed the page proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, along with a printout of the galley proofs and gatherings 5–6. OC 54/176 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated June 17, 1927 Mandruck enclose further page proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, along with the corresponding galley proofs. OC 54/177 Typed letter from August Demblin to Schenker, dated June 21, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag confirm that Schenker's requests regarding the music examples for the second Meisterwerk volume have been honoured, and inform him that he will receive a complete copy of the proofs once the pagination has been completed. OC 54/178 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated June 21, 1927 Mandruck have enclosed further page proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, and request that he return the previous set as soon as possible. OC 54/181 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated July 8, 1927 Mandruck enclose the remaining page proofs for the second Meisterwerk volume, along with copies of the relevant music examples. They request guidance on the positioning of the music examples. OC 54/183 Typed postcard from C. Alberti (DMV) to Schenker, dated August 5, 1927 Drei Masken Verlag inform Schenker that they expect to receive a complete, corrected copy of the second Meisterwerk volume in around a week, and anticipate that it will be released in September. OC 54/184 Typed letter from Mandruck to Schenker, dated August 17, 1927 Mandruck enclose a complete proof-copy of the second Meisterwerk volume, along with the corresponding graphs, which will be placed in an appendix. They request that Schenker return an imprimatur copy so they can begin printing. 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