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OC 52/435 - Typewritten postcard from Hertzka (UE) to Schenker, dated May 31, 1912

{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN 10 | 31.V.12 [illeg] | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ R.Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Schenker
Wien


Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ich bitte Sie, mich morgen ab 7 Uhr von meinem Bureau abzuholen; wir fahren dann zusammen zu mir nachhause. 1

Inzwischen grüsst Sie bestens


⇧ Wien, am ⇧ 31. Mai 1912. ⇧ 191
I, Reichsratsstraße 9

⇧ Ihr ergebener
⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ A-G.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Verlag, G.m.b.H.)
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA 10 | 31.V.12 [illeg] | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ R. Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
Vienna


Dear Professor,

Please pick me up from my office tomorrow after 7 pm. We will travel together to my home. 1

In the meantime, best wishes from


⇧ Vienna, ⇧ May 31, 1912 ⇧ 191
I, Reichsratsstraße 9

⇧ Your devoted
⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Publisher, & Co.)
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. H. Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN 10 | 31.V.12 [illeg] | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ R.Wohlgeboren Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Schenker
Wien


Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ich bitte Sie, mich morgen ab 7 Uhr von meinem Bureau abzuholen; wir fahren dann zusammen zu mir nachhause. 1

Inzwischen grüsst Sie bestens


⇧ Wien, am ⇧ 31. Mai 1912. ⇧ 191
I, Reichsratsstraße 9

⇧ Ihr ergebener
⇧ Hochachtungsvoll
[signed:] „Universal-Edition“ A-G.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Verlag, G.m.b.H.)
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2023
{recto}
[advertisement for "Excelsior" in left third of recto]

⇧ Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA 10 | 31.V.12 [illeg] | * [illeg] * ||

{verso}
⇧ R. Prof. H. Schenker, Esq.
Vienna


Dear Professor,

Please pick me up from my office tomorrow after 7 pm. We will travel together to my home. 1

In the meantime, best wishes from


⇧ Vienna, ⇧ May 31, 1912 ⇧ 191
I, Reichsratsstraße 9

⇧ Your devoted
⇧ With kind regards,
[signed:] Universal Edition & Co.
[signed:] (Jos. Aibl Publisher, & Co.)
[signed:] ⇧ Hertzka

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2023

Footnotes

1 See OC 52/434, May 28, for the initial invitation to Hertzka's home, WSB 115, May 29, 1912, for Schenker's acceptance, and WSLB 116, June 2 for Schenker's thanks. The meeting in question took place on Saturday June 1, c. 8 p.m. at Vienna XIX, Gymnasiumstraße 79. The diary has no record of the meeting.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Universal Edition, published here by kind permission
License
Published by kind permission of Universal Edition granted on December 6, 2010. 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: printed advertisement, typewritten recipient address, postmarks and postage stamp, recto; typewritten salutation, message, and valediction, printed and holograph signatures, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2023-01-18
Last updated: 2010-02-07