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CA 139 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated October 25, 1910

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[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III. Reisnerstr. 38.

An die J. G. Cotta'sche Bchdg-Nfg
Stuttgart
Deutschland

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 25.X.10‒3 | * 3a * ||

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⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr!

Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, den ersten Band † der „Th. u. Ph.“ (Harmonielehre) auf meine Rechnung an H. Prof. Robert Fuchs , K.K. Professor für Komposition an der Akademie für Musik in Wien ‒ Adresse: K.K. Akademie für Musik ‒ gelangen zu lassen.


Mit bestem Dank
u. ausgez. Hochachtung
I[h]r ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker

25. Okt. 1910

[annotations in left and lower margins:] ⇧ I † . 27./X. 1910 // ? los [pen trials?]

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2019
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[All in a decorated ruleframe]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III,Reisnerstraße 38

To the Heirs to the J. G. Cotta Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 25.X.10‒3 | * 3a * ||

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⇧ Dear Sir,

Please will you be so kind as to have the first volume † of my Theories and Fantasies ( Theory of Harmony ) sent to Prof. Robert Fuchs , Imperial-Royal Professor of Composition at the Academy for Music in Vienna ‒ address: Imperial-Royal Academy for Music, charged to my account.


With grateful thanks
and kind regards,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

October 25, 1910

[annotations in left and lower margins:] ⇧ I † . Oct 27, 1910 // ? los [pen trials?]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2019
{recto}
[All in a decorated ruleframe]

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III. Reisnerstr. 38.

An die J. G. Cotta'sche Bchdg-Nfg
Stuttgart
Deutschland

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 25.X.10‒3 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr!

Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, den ersten Band † der „Th. u. Ph.“ (Harmonielehre) auf meine Rechnung an H. Prof. Robert Fuchs , K.K. Professor für Komposition an der Akademie für Musik in Wien ‒ Adresse: K.K. Akademie für Musik ‒ gelangen zu lassen.


Mit bestem Dank
u. ausgez. Hochachtung
I[h]r ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker

25. Okt. 1910

[annotations in left and lower margins:] ⇧ I † . 27./X. 1910 // ? los [pen trials?]

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2019
{recto}
[All in a decorated ruleframe]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III,Reisnerstraße 38

To the Heirs to the J. G. Cotta Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 25.X.10‒3 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Sir,

Please will you be so kind as to have the first volume † of my Theories and Fantasies ( Theory of Harmony ) sent to Prof. Robert Fuchs , Imperial-Royal Professor of Composition at the Academy for Music in Vienna ‒ address: Imperial-Royal Academy for Music, charged to my account.


With grateful thanks
and kind regards,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

October 25, 1910

[annotations in left and lower margins:] ⇧ I † . Oct 27, 1910 // ? los [pen trials?]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2019

Format

† Double underlined

Commentary

Format
Printed postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, annotation in unknown hand in left and lower margins, verso
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; deemed to be in the public domain
License
Deemed to be in the public domain. All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk
Provenance
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (document date-c.1954); Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach am Neckar, Germany (c.1954-)

Digital version created: 2019-11-10
Last updated: 2012-11-02