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CA 82 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated September 23, 1908

{recto}
⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte

Absender ⇧ H Schenker
Wien, III,
Reisnerstr 38

An Die J. G. Cotta'sche Bhd- Nfg.
Stuttgart
Deutschland

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 23. IX. 08 ‒ 6 | * 3a * ||
[postmark:] || STUTT[GART] | 24. I[X. 08] | * (63) * ||

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⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr! 1

Ich habe soeben das Mnspt. abgeschickt, 2 damit die Arbeit anfangen könne. In einigen Tagen folgt noch Einiges samt Brief.


Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
[signed:] H Schenker

⇧ empng. 26. IX. (Mscr-Schr)

⇧ 23. IX. 08
⇧ 26. 9.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
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⇧ Postcard

From ⇧ H. Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

To the Successors to J. G. Cotta's Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 23. IX. 08 ‒ 6 | * 3a * ||
[postmark:] || STUTT[GART] | 24. I[X. 08] | * (63) * ||

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⇧ Dear Sir, 1

I have just sent off the manuscript, 2 so the work can begin. You will receive something else in a few days, together with a letter.


With kind regards,
[signed:] H. Schenker

⇧ received September 26 (manuscript)

⇧ September 23, 1908
⇧ September 26

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
{recto}
⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte

Absender ⇧ H Schenker
Wien, III,
Reisnerstr 38

An Die J. G. Cotta'sche Bhd- Nfg.
Stuttgart
Deutschland

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 23. IX. 08 ‒ 6 | * 3a * ||
[postmark:] || STUTT[GART] | 24. I[X. 08] | * (63) * ||

{verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr! 1

Ich habe soeben das Mnspt. abgeschickt, 2 damit die Arbeit anfangen könne. In einigen Tagen folgt noch Einiges samt Brief.


Mit ausgezeichneter Hochachtung
[signed:] H Schenker

⇧ empng. 26. IX. (Mscr-Schr)

⇧ 23. IX. 08
⇧ 26. 9.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

From ⇧ H. Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

To the Successors to J. G. Cotta's Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 23. IX. 08 ‒ 6 | * 3a * ||
[postmark:] || STUTT[GART] | 24. I[X. 08] | * (63) * ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Sir, 1

I have just sent off the manuscript, 2 so the work can begin. You will receive something else in a few days, together with a letter.


With kind regards,
[signed:] H. Schenker

⇧ received September 26 (manuscript)

⇧ September 23, 1908
⇧ September 26

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary.

2 i.e. the manuscript of the bulk of Kontrapunkt I , without Introduction.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Henrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain.
License
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.
Format
Printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph salutation, message, valediction and signature verso
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: 2017-09-17
Last updated: 2012-11-02