Webern, Anton. (1883 - 1945) Geistlicher Volkstext, Op. 17 No. 2. [New Music Quarterly, October 1930]A scarce first edition (6 pp.) by Webern, the first of very few European works to appear in the quarterly magazine of modern compositions, founded by Henry Cowell and first issued in 1927. "Opus 17 was a property of Universal Edition, but it had not been published previously. A receipt in the New Music papers indicates that Cowell paid Webern $100 on October 23, 1930 possibly for publishing rights." (Rita H. Mead, "The Amazing Mr. Cowell," American