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OJ 11/42, [2] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated November 29, 1892

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⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien III
⇧ Wohnung ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. a | 3011 | 92 | 4½-5N. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 1 -12.92 | 6N. ||

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Berlin W.9. Koethenerstr. 27 II.
29.11.92.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr!

mit bestem Dank theile ich Ihnen mit, daß der Artikel in Nr. 10 erscheint. 1 Es wird mich sehr interessiren, wenn Sie mir Neues senden wollen; was Sie andeuten, klingt ja verlockend genug.

Ihr Urtheil 2 über die Bellincioni unterschreibe ich; sie ist im kleinen Finger genialer als die ganze Duse.


In ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Harden
[signed:] DER HERAUSGEBER DER „ZUKUNFT“

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
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⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III
⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. a | 3011 | 92 | 4½-5 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 1 -12.92 | 6 P.M. ||

{verso}
Berlin W.9., Koethenerstraße 27 II
November 29, 1892


⇧ Dear Sir,

With many thanks I am letting you know that the article will appear in No. 10. 1 I would be very interested if you wished to send me something new; what you suggest certainly sounds intriguing enough.

I concur with your judgment 2 about Bellincioni; she has more talent in her little finger than Duse has in her whole body.


In highest esteem,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden
[signed:] THE EDITOR OF "DIE ZUKUNFT"

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien III
⇧ Wohnung ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. a | 3011 | 92 | 4½-5N. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 1 -12.92 | 6N. ||

{verso}
Berlin W.9. Koethenerstr. 27 II.
29.11.92.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr!

mit bestem Dank theile ich Ihnen mit, daß der Artikel in Nr. 10 erscheint. 1 Es wird mich sehr interessiren, wenn Sie mir Neues senden wollen; was Sie andeuten, klingt ja verlockend genug.

Ihr Urtheil 2 über die Bellincioni unterschreibe ich; sie ist im kleinen Finger genialer als die ganze Duse.


In ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Harden
[signed:] DER HERAUSGEBER DER „ZUKUNFT“

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III
⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. a | 3011 | 92 | 4½-5 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 1 -12.92 | 6 P.M. ||

{verso}
Berlin W.9., Koethenerstraße 27 II
November 29, 1892


⇧ Dear Sir,

With many thanks I am letting you know that the article will appear in No. 10. 1 I would be very interested if you wished to send me something new; what you suggest certainly sounds intriguing enough.

I concur with your judgment 2 about Bellincioni; she has more talent in her little finger than Duse has in her whole body.


In highest esteem,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden
[signed:] THE EDITOR OF "DIE ZUKUNFT"

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 Schenker's second article for Harden, "Eine jung-italienische Schule?", Die Zukunft, December 3, 1892, reprinted Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Olms, 1990), pp. 31–34.

2 In "Mascagni in Wien," Schenker does not himself compare Bellincioni with Duse, but he notes a comparison made by the Vienna opera audiences: "The significance of genius manifested by this young lady (our public dubbed her ‘the singing Duse') can hardly be measured today."; reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Olms, 1990), p. 29.) The critical judgment about Duse must have occurred in some other correspondence from Schenker to Harden.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address recto, holograph sender address, salutations, message and signature, stamped signature, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Maximilian Harden, deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Maximilian Harden. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence (at) mus (dot) camc (dot) uk

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Last updated: 2012-09-26