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OC A/291 - Handwritten picture postcard from Komorn to Schenker, dated December 22, 1934

{recto}
[An] ⇧ Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 9/1 WIEN 66 | 22.XII.34 14 | * 4c * || [three times]

[for continuation of recto, see below]

{verso} [picture of snowy forest scene]

⇧ Fröhliche Weihnachten 1

⇧ und viel Glück und Segen für ein arbeitsreiches 1935, Ihnen, sehr verehrter Herr Professor sowie d. verehrte gn. Frau. 2


Ihre {recto} verehrungsvoll ergebene
[signed:] Maria Komorn

22. 12. 34

© Transcription Michaela Searfoorce, 2009, 2019
{recto}
[To:] ⇧ Prof. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 9/1 VIENNA 66 | 22.XII.34 14 | * 4c * || [three times]

[for continuation of recto, see below]

{verso}
[picture of snowy forest scene]

⇧ Happy Christmas! 1

⇧ and much good fortune and blessing for a 1935 of productive work, to you, dear Professor, as well as to your dear lady wife. 2


Your {recto} devoted, full of veneration
[signed:] Maria Komorn

December 22, 1934

© Translation Michaela Searfoorce, 2009, 2019
{recto}
[An] ⇧ Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 9/1 WIEN 66 | 22.XII.34 14 | * 4c * || [three times]

[for continuation of recto, see below]

{verso} [picture of snowy forest scene]

⇧ Fröhliche Weihnachten 1

⇧ und viel Glück und Segen für ein arbeitsreiches 1935, Ihnen, sehr verehrter Herr Professor sowie d. verehrte gn. Frau. 2


Ihre {recto} verehrungsvoll ergebene
[signed:] Maria Komorn

22. 12. 34

© Transcription Michaela Searfoorce, 2009, 2019
{recto}
[To:] ⇧ Prof. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 9/1 VIENNA 66 | 22.XII.34 14 | * 4c * || [three times]

[for continuation of recto, see below]

{verso}
[picture of snowy forest scene]

⇧ Happy Christmas! 1

⇧ and much good fortune and blessing for a 1935 of productive work, to you, dear Professor, as well as to your dear lady wife. 2


Your {recto} devoted, full of veneration
[signed:] Maria Komorn

December 22, 1934

© Translation Michaela Searfoorce, 2009, 2019

Footnotes

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

2 Schenker reciprocates at OJ 4/8, 3965, December 24, 1934: "An Frh. von Reigersberg, Frau Komorn, Dr. Rinn, Hofrat Pollak (Ansichtsk.): Weihnachtsgrüße." ("To Baron Reigersberg, Mrs. Komorn, Dr. Rinn, Court Counselor Pollak (picture postcards): Christmas greetings."). This is the last entry in Schenker's diary concerning Mrs. Komorn.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs and representatives of Maria Komorn; deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable efforts have been made to trace the heirs and representatives of Maria Komorn. Deemed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to Schenker Documents Online, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk
Format
printed picture postcard: picture, printed greetings, holograph message recto; holograph recipient address, valediction, and signature, 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: 2019-02-12
Last updated: 2011-03-05