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OJ 10/3, [66] - Typewritten postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated August 2, 1927

{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte

[Absender:] ⇧ OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH
Wien, II. Böcklinstrasse 26,
Telefon-Nummer 42-8-22

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Galtür
Vorarlberg [recte Tirol]
{verso}
⇧ Wien, 2. August 27

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Heute, kurz vor meiner Abreise, sende ich Ihnen die ersten Auflage von Schindlers Beethoven, 2 die wir in einem schönen Exemplar – leider ohne das Porträt – eben bekommen haben. Ich bitte Sie, das Buch im September erst zurückzugeben.


Schöne Grüsse!
⇧ Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] O E Deutsch

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard

[From:] ⇧ OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH
Vienna II, Böcklinstrasse 26
Telephone number: 42-8-22

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Galtür
Vorarlberg [recte Tyrol]
{verso}
⇧ Vienna, August 2, 1927

Much revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

Today, shortly before my departure, I am sending you the first edition of Schindler’s Beethoven, 2 of which we have just received an attractive copy – unfortunately without the portrait. Please return the book only in September.


Best greetings!
⇧ Your very devoted
[signed:] O. E. Deutsch

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte

[Absender:] ⇧ OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH
Wien, II. Böcklinstrasse 26,
Telefon-Nummer 42-8-22

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Galtür
Vorarlberg [recte Tirol]
{verso}
⇧ Wien, 2. August 27

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor! 1

Heute, kurz vor meiner Abreise, sende ich Ihnen die ersten Auflage von Schindlers Beethoven, 2 die wir in einem schönen Exemplar – leider ohne das Porträt – eben bekommen haben. Ich bitte Sie, das Buch im September erst zurückzugeben.


Schöne Grüsse!
⇧ Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] O E Deutsch

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard

[From:] ⇧ OTTO ERICH DEUTSCH
Vienna II, Böcklinstrasse 26
Telephone number: 42-8-22

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Galtür
Vorarlberg [recte Tyrol]
{verso}
⇧ Vienna, August 2, 1927

Much revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

Today, shortly before my departure, I am sending you the first edition of Schindler’s Beethoven, 2 of which we have just received an attractive copy – unfortunately without the portrait. Please return the book only in September.


Best greetings!
⇧ Your very devoted
[signed:] O. E. Deutsch

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker’s diary. Schenker does, however, record completing and sending Deutsch a twelve-page letter on August 6, without summarizing its contents; this letter does not survive.

2 Anton Felix Schindler, Biographie von Ludwig van Beethoven (Münster, 1840). Schenker had asked Deutsch earlier in the summer to look for this book (see OJ 10/3, [63], letter of July 7).

Commentary

Format
printed postcard: stamped sender address and typewritten recipient address, postmark and postage stamp, recto; typewritten salutation, message, and valediction, holograph signature, 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: 2023-02-05
Last updated: 2015-09-19