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OJ 10/3, [84] - Typewritten picture postcard from Deutsch to Schenker, dated May 1, 1928

{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte
[picture: palace in park, captioned: “Wien – Schönbrunn”]

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
WIEN III.
Keilgasse 8
{verso}
⇧ Wien, den 1. Mai 1928.

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor 1

Die „Unvollendete“ habe ich mir neulich auch selbst gehauft ⇧ geholt. ⇧ Eine ähnliche Sache habe ich jetzt gerade auch mit der U. E. erlebt, und bei meiner Reklamation den Herren Ihre Angelegenheit 2 gleichzeitig etwas unter die Nase gerieben!

Ich fahre morgen auf einige Tage nach Zseliz (als Gast der jetzigen Besitzer ⇧ in ⇧ Gräfin Coudenhove); 3 am 10. ds ist wieder einmal ein Radio-Vortrag: Schbts. Scott-Gesänge. 4


Mit vielen Grüssen und besten
Empfehlungen von uns beiden –
Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] ⇧ O E Deutsch

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[picture: palace in park, captioned: “Vienna – Schönbrunn”]

[To:] ⇧ Professor H. Schenker
Keilgasse 8
VIENNA III
{verso}
⇧ Vienna, May 1, 1928

Much revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

I recently collected the “Unfinished” myself. I have just now experienced a similar thing with Universal Edition; and when I complained I also rubbed your own matter 2 into the noses of those gentlemen a bit!

I am going to Zseliz for a few days, as the guest of the current owner, Countess Coudenhove). 3 On the 10th of the month there is another radio talk, on Schubert’s settings of poems by Walter Scott. 4


With many greetings and
best regards from the two of us,
Your very devoted
[signed:] ⇧ O E Deutsch

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postkarte
[picture: palace in park, captioned: “Wien – Schönbrunn”]

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
WIEN III.
Keilgasse 8
{verso}
⇧ Wien, den 1. Mai 1928.

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor 1

Die „Unvollendete“ habe ich mir neulich auch selbst gehauft ⇧ geholt. ⇧ Eine ähnliche Sache habe ich jetzt gerade auch mit der U. E. erlebt, und bei meiner Reklamation den Herren Ihre Angelegenheit 2 gleichzeitig etwas unter die Nase gerieben!

Ich fahre morgen auf einige Tage nach Zseliz (als Gast der jetzigen Besitzer ⇧ in ⇧ Gräfin Coudenhove); 3 am 10. ds ist wieder einmal ein Radio-Vortrag: Schbts. Scott-Gesänge. 4


Mit vielen Grüssen und besten
Empfehlungen von uns beiden –
Ihr sehr ergebener
[signed:] ⇧ O E Deutsch

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[picture: palace in park, captioned: “Vienna – Schönbrunn”]

[To:] ⇧ Professor H. Schenker
Keilgasse 8
VIENNA III
{verso}
⇧ Vienna, May 1, 1928

Much revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

I recently collected the “Unfinished” myself. I have just now experienced a similar thing with Universal Edition; and when I complained I also rubbed your own matter 2 into the noses of those gentlemen a bit!

I am going to Zseliz for a few days, as the guest of the current owner, Countess Coudenhove). 3 On the 10th of the month there is another radio talk, on Schubert’s settings of poems by Walter Scott. 4


With many greetings and
best regards from the two of us,
Your very devoted
[signed:] ⇧ O E Deutsch

© Translation William Drabkin, 2023

Footnotes

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

2 Possibly Schenker’s anger at Universal Edition for having invited someone else to prepare a new edition of Mozart’s piano sonatas, based on the original manuscripts.

3 Mitsuko Thekla Maria, Countess of Coudenhove-Kalergi (1874–1941), the widow of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.

4 The program is listed in the May 7 edition of Radio Wien . It included Ellen’s first, second and third songs, the latter two not only in their original versions but also in ensemble arrangements by Brahms and Ferdinand Schubert, respectively.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Otto Erich Deutsch, published here by kind permission
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
Format
printed picture postcard: printed picture, 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: 2023-02-23
Last updated: 2015-09-19