Arnold Schönberg an Universal-Edition, vor 2. Mai 1950 Therese Muxeneder Projektleitung Gesamtherausgabe Katharina Bleier Gesamtherausgabe Edition Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit Philipp Kehrer Edition Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit Jannik Franz Edition Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit Christopher Pollin Beratung Datenmodellierung Christoph Edtmayr Gestaltung Website Dietlind Pichler Übertragung Stenographie FWF Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds Arnold Schönberg Center Wien Wissenschaftszentrum Arnold Schönberg und die Wiener Schule an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) https://www.schoenberg-ue.at/letters/letter.24446_hld Arnold Schönberg: Briefwechsel mit den Verlagen Universal-Edition und Dreililien Therese Muxeneder Katharina Bleier Wien Arnold Schönberg Center Archiv Gertrud Schönberg Collection Wien Arnold Schönberg Center ASCC 24446 display: inline-block; width: 1.4rem; height: 1.4rem; border: 1px solid black; border-radius: 50%; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: line-through; ‐ Schönberg, Arnold Los Angeles, 116 North Rockingham Avenue Universal-Edition Ort erschlossen; Entwurf zu Arnold Schönberg an Universal-Edition, 12. Mai 1950 [erschlossen]; Arnold Schönberg an Maurice Thorner, 2. Mai 1950 (ASCC 5236) enthält bereits eine getippte Abschrift. Seite 2 enthält: Notizen von Arnold Schönberg „How to build a basic set“ Brief Entwurf Schönberg Arnold Schönberg Arnold

I) During the years 1933 to 1938 when it still was easy to ship my music to America – forseeing that Hitler would do the same with it, what he did in Germany, you (U.E.) and your agents A.M.P. neglected your duty, to save my music from destruction and to provide for the possibility to sell and rent it in non-war countries

A This was a great damage to me and as it was only your fault, I will ask you to regress my losses.

2) When in 1945 the war was over, Mr Alfred Schlee then „Öffentlicher Verwalter der Universal Edition (Officially warden appointed manager of U.E) assured Universal-Edition an Arnold Schönberg, 14. März 1946; Universal-Edition an Arnold Schönberg, 2. Mai 1946 . me that he had almost all my works saved and promised to fill up the stocks

Up to now this promise has not yet been fulfilled and rather reprinting of my music and replacement of all the orchestra parts of parts of orchestra and chamber music works have not all been begun.

XB As our contract Vertrag, 11. September 1932. says: – „U.E is obliged to have always a reasonable number of copies in stock“ youfailed to fulfill our contract and for this reason I herewith cancel this contract, declaring all your claims on my copyright void.

C

A In As a consequence of that, my music could not be sold and most of my works could not be performed. – – – –

XB On the other hand U.E. has published quite a number of new works, thus denying the excuse of lack of funds, paper and printing material.

At least the parts could have been written anew.

C Here is the true wording of the contract in German and a trans lation into English

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