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DLA 69.930/5 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Halm, dated December 16, 1918

{recto}
[Absender:] Dr H Schenker
Wien, III
Reisnerstr. 38

[An: ] H. Prof August Halm
Esslingen a/ Neckar
Panoramastr. 11
Deutschland
[postmark:] || 3/1 [WIEN] |16.XII.18 - 3 | * 4c * || {verso}

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ihre 1 frdl. Zustimmung, die ich heute erhielt, w war mir schon genügende Grundlage, um den geigneten Schritt zu unternehmen. Nach Aussage des Bankleiters, die ich gleich einholte, besteht Aussicht auf Einwilligung seitens der deu[ts]chen Zentrale 3 . So viel in Eile.


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H Schenker 16. Dez. 1918

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006
{recto}
[From:] Dr. H. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38,

[To: ] Prof. August Halm,
Esslingen on the Neckar,
Panoramastraße 11,
Germany
[postmark:] || 3/1 [VIENNA] |16.XII.18 - 3 | * 4c * || {verso}

Dear Professor!

Your 1 friendly agreement, which I received today, 2 was sufficient basis for me to undertake the appropriate action. According to the statement of the bank director, which I immediately secured, there is a chance for consent 3 from the German central agency. This much in haste.


With best wishes,
Yours,
[signed:] H. Schenker December 16, 1918

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006
{recto}
[Absender:] Dr H Schenker
Wien, III
Reisnerstr. 38

[An: ] H. Prof August Halm
Esslingen a/ Neckar
Panoramastr. 11
Deutschland
[postmark:] || 3/1 [WIEN] |16.XII.18 - 3 | * 4c * || {verso}

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ihre 1 frdl. Zustimmung, die ich heute erhielt, w war mir schon genügende Grundlage, um den geigneten Schritt zu unternehmen. Nach Aussage des Bankleiters, die ich gleich einholte, besteht Aussicht auf Einwilligung seitens der deu[ts]chen Zentrale 3 . So viel in Eile.


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H Schenker 16. Dez. 1918

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006
{recto}
[From:] Dr. H. Schenker,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38,

[To: ] Prof. August Halm,
Esslingen on the Neckar,
Panoramastraße 11,
Germany
[postmark:] || 3/1 [VIENNA] |16.XII.18 - 3 | * 4c * || {verso}

Dear Professor!

Your 1 friendly agreement, which I received today, 2 was sufficient basis for me to undertake the appropriate action. According to the statement of the bank director, which I immediately secured, there is a chance for consent 3 from the German central agency. This much in haste.


With best wishes,
Yours,
[signed:] H. Schenker December 16, 1918

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006

Footnotes

1 Writing of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 2/12, p. 2021, December 16, 1918: "In den Bankverein, um Erkundigungen beim Leiter einzuziehen u. an Halm in einer Karte Mitteilung, daß Aussicht auf Einwilligung seitens der Devisenzentrale besteht." ("In the Banking Association in order to make inquiries of the Director, and word to Halm in a postcard that there is a good prospect of consent on the part of the foreign exchange central office.").

w In DLA 69.930/4, Schenker asks for Halm’s "freundliche Zustimmung” (friendly consent) to transferring 1,600 Kronen for Halm's use from a trust administered by him. Halm’s response is OJ 11/35, 10, December 14, 1918, which Schenker is here acknolwedging.

3 Original appears to read “deuchen-Zentralle”, hence the translation given here is provisional.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Provenance
August Halm (document date-1929)—Heirs of August Halm (1929-19??)--Deutsches Literaturarchiv (19??-)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain; published with the kind permission of the Deutsches Literaturarchiv
License
All reasonable efforts have been made to locate heirs of Heinrich Schenker; any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk

Digital version created: 2006-06-09
Last updated: 2010-03-06