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OJ 10/3, [133] - Handwritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated December 3, 1930

{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte
[picture, with town and mountainscape, captioned: “Lofer – Salzburg”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Deutsch, Böcklinstr. 26

[An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Keilgasse 8 {verso}
3. XII. 30

Lieber Verehrter! 1

Nur Eines drückt mich jetzt: ich muß am Freitag vom ½8h im Konzerthaus sein, weil Weingartners Wiedersehen mit Wien für meine Baseler Zeitung wichtig ist. 2 Ich könnte also nur bis ¼8 bleiben. Wenn Sie mir nicht aus Rücksicht auf die andere Gäste absagen, komme ich aber doch.


Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] O E Deutsch

Weißes Streichsextett hat meine Frau schon gehört.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[picture, with town and mountainscape, captioned: “Lofer – Salzburg”]

[From:] ⇧ Deutsch, Böcklinstraße 26

[To:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III {verso}
December 3, 1930

Dear revered friend, 1

Only one thing oppresses me now: I must be at the Konzerthaus on Friday, at 7:30, as Weingartner’s return engagement in Vienna is important for my Basel newspaper. I could stay only until 7:15. 2 If you do not say no to me, out of consideration for the other guests, then I shall still come.


Your very devoted
[signed:] O. E. Deutsch

My wife has already heard Weisse’s sextet.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte
[picture, with town and mountainscape, captioned: “Lofer – Salzburg”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Deutsch, Böcklinstr. 26

[An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Keilgasse 8 {verso}
3. XII. 30

Lieber Verehrter! 1

Nur Eines drückt mich jetzt: ich muß am Freitag vom ½8h im Konzerthaus sein, weil Weingartners Wiedersehen mit Wien für meine Baseler Zeitung wichtig ist. 2 Ich könnte also nur bis ¼8 bleiben. Wenn Sie mir nicht aus Rücksicht auf die andere Gäste absagen, komme ich aber doch.


Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] O E Deutsch

Weißes Streichsextett hat meine Frau schon gehört.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[picture, with town and mountainscape, captioned: “Lofer – Salzburg”]

[From:] ⇧ Deutsch, Böcklinstraße 26

[To:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III {verso}
December 3, 1930

Dear revered friend, 1

Only one thing oppresses me now: I must be at the Konzerthaus on Friday, at 7:30, as Weingartner’s return engagement in Vienna is important for my Basel newspaper. I could stay only until 7:15. 2 If you do not say no to me, out of consideration for the other guests, then I shall still come.


Your very devoted
[signed:] O. E. Deutsch

My wife has already heard Weisse’s sextet.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for December 4, 1930: “Von Deutsch (K.): bittet um Entschuldigung, wenn er wegen Weingartner’s Konzert, richtiger wegen der Baseler Zeitung, früher weggehen muß.” (“From Deutsch (postcard): he apologizes for having to leave early on account of Weingartner’s concert or, rather, on account of the Basel newspaper”.).

2 Schenker had invited a group of friends and pupils for Friday, December 5 to hear Hans Weisse speak about Schenker’s theories in advance of Weisse’s lectures at the Central Institute for Music Pedagogy in Berlin. Schenker’s diary for that day includes a lengthy account of the talk and the attendees. The lecture lasted from 6.30 to 9.15.

Commentary

License
Permission to publish granted by the heirs of Otto Erich Deutsch February 12, 2008. Any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk
Rights Holder
Heirs of Otto Erich Deutsch, published here by kind permission
Format
printed picture postcard: printed picture, holograph sender and recipient addresses, postmark, and postage stamp, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, signature, and postscript, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1956)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1956-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Otto Erich and Hanna Deutsch, published by kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the heirs of Otto Erich and Hanna Deutsch on February 12, 2008. Any claim to intellectual rights 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: 2023-05-31
Last updated: 2015-09-19