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OJ 11/16, [3] - Handwritten letter from Furtwängler to Schenker, dated November 26, 1920

Freitag 26. Nov.

Sehr geehrter Herr Schenker!

Würde 1 es Ihnen passen, wenn wir am Dienstag abends, 2 (irgendwo in einem Gasthaus, das Sie bestimmen mögen,) einen Abend zusammen sind? Vielleicht antworten Sie mir hierher (bei Frau Hauser, Universitätsstr. 2) ein paar Zeilen, wie Sie darüber denken.


Mit den schönsten Grüßen
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Wilhelm Furtwängler

© Transcription Christoph Hust, 2008
Friday November 26

Dear Mr. Schenker!

Would 1 it suit you if we were to get together on Tuesday evening 2 (somewhere in a restaurant of your choice)? Perhaps you could respond with a few lines (c/o Mrs. Hauser, Universitätsstraße 2) letting me know what you think about this.


With most cordial greetings.
Yours truly,
[signed:] Wilhelm Furtwängler

© Translation Ian Bent, 2008
Freitag 26. Nov.

Sehr geehrter Herr Schenker!

Würde 1 es Ihnen passen, wenn wir am Dienstag abends, 2 (irgendwo in einem Gasthaus, das Sie bestimmen mögen,) einen Abend zusammen sind? Vielleicht antworten Sie mir hierher (bei Frau Hauser, Universitätsstr. 2) ein paar Zeilen, wie Sie darüber denken.


Mit den schönsten Grüßen
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Wilhelm Furtwängler

© Transcription Christoph Hust, 2008
Friday November 26

Dear Mr. Schenker!

Would 1 it suit you if we were to get together on Tuesday evening 2 (somewhere in a restaurant of your choice)? Perhaps you could respond with a few lines (c/o Mrs. Hauser, Universitätsstraße 2) letting me know what you think about this.


With most cordial greetings.
Yours truly,
[signed:] Wilhelm Furtwängler

© Translation Ian Bent, 2008

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/2, p. 2299, November 29, 1920: "Von Furtwängler (Br.): ob u. wo ein Wiedersehen Dienstag abends möglich wäre?" ("From Furtwängler (letter): whether and where we could meet each other again on Tuesday evening?").

2 i. e. November 30, 1920.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, holograph message and signature
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 Wilhelm Furtwängler, published here by kind permission
License
Heirs of Wilhelm Furtwängler, permission to publish granted my Mme Elisabeth Furtwängler on February 2, 2005. 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: 2008-03-07
Last updated: 2010-12-17