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OJ 10/1, [7] - Handwritten field postcard from Dahms to Schenker, dated April 5, 1915

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⇧ Feldpostkarte

Absender: ⇧ Walter Dahms
20. Armeekorps
43. Armierungs-Bat.
4. Kompagnie
6. Korporalschaft
in Willudden
b/ Lötzen

An Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
in Wien III
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || Armierungs-Bataillon No. 43 | Brief- | Stempel | * ||

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5. 4. 15.


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Nun ist es auch bei mir mit der friedlichen Arbeit zu Ende und ich sitze hier in einem zerschossenen Dorf. Kurz vor meiner Einberufung konnte ich noch über Ihre Ausgabe von op. 110 einen kl. Artikel für die Kreuz-Zeitung schreiben. Sobald ich vom Abdruck höre, will ich es Ihnen schicken lassen.


Herzl. Gruss Ihr ergeb.
[signed:] Walter Dahms

© Transcription John Koslovsky, 2012
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⇧ Field Postcard

From: ⇧ Walter Dahms,
20th Army Corps,
43rd Armaments Battalion,
4th Company,
6th Corporal,
in Willudden
near Lötzen

To Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || Armaments Bataillon No. 43 | Letter | Stamp | * ||

{verso}

April 5, 1915.


Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

Finally peaceful work has also come to an end for me and I am now sitting here in a village that is completely destroyed. Shortly before my conscription I was able to write a short article on your edition of Beethoven Op. 110 for the Kreuz-Zeitung . As soon as I hear of the offprint I will have it sent to you.


Cordial greetings, Your devoted,
[signed:] Walter Dahms

© Translation John Koslovsky, 2012
{recto}

⇧ Feldpostkarte

Absender: ⇧ Walter Dahms
20. Armeekorps
43. Armierungs-Bat.
4. Kompagnie
6. Korporalschaft
in Willudden
b/ Lötzen

An Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
in Wien III
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] || Armierungs-Bataillon No. 43 | Brief- | Stempel | * ||

{verso}

5. 4. 15.


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Nun ist es auch bei mir mit der friedlichen Arbeit zu Ende und ich sitze hier in einem zerschossenen Dorf. Kurz vor meiner Einberufung konnte ich noch über Ihre Ausgabe von op. 110 einen kl. Artikel für die Kreuz-Zeitung schreiben. Sobald ich vom Abdruck höre, will ich es Ihnen schicken lassen.


Herzl. Gruss Ihr ergeb.
[signed:] Walter Dahms

© Transcription John Koslovsky, 2012
{recto}

⇧ Field Postcard

From: ⇧ Walter Dahms,
20th Army Corps,
43rd Armaments Battalion,
4th Company,
6th Corporal,
in Willudden
near Lötzen

To Dr. Heinrich Schenker,
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || Armaments Bataillon No. 43 | Letter | Stamp | * ||

{verso}

April 5, 1915.


Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

Finally peaceful work has also come to an end for me and I am now sitting here in a village that is completely destroyed. Shortly before my conscription I was able to write a short article on your edition of Beethoven Op. 110 for the Kreuz-Zeitung . As soon as I hear of the offprint I will have it sent to you.


Cordial greetings, Your devoted,
[signed:] Walter Dahms

© Translation John Koslovsky, 2012

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this field postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 1/18, pp. 901‒902, April 12, 1915: "Karte von Dahms aus dem Felde. Willudden bei Lötzen. Er teilt mir mit, daß er einen kleinen Aufsatz über „op. 110“ der Kreuz-Ztg übergeben habe." ("Postcard from Dahms from the front. Willudden near Lötzen. He informs me that he has submitted a short article about Op. 110 to the Kreuz-Zeitung.").

Commentary

Format
printed field postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)-- Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Walter Dahms, published here with kind permission.
License
Permission to publish granted by principal heir, Dahms's grand daughter, Cristina Texeio Coelho, August 12, 2009. 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.

Digital version created: 2012-08-14
Last updated: 2012-08-14