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OJ 11/42, [11] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated April 13, 1894

{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien
⇧ Wohnung ⇧ III Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/4 | 94 | 11-12V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/1 | f 49 | 14.4.94 | 9V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 14.-4.94 | 11V. ||

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[in vertical format]

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

nun wirds für den Falstaff 1 doch wohl zu spät sein, wenn nicht Paris besonderen Stoff liefert, nicht?


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr erg.
[signed:] Harden

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III
⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/4 | 94 | 11-12 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/1 | f 49 | 14.4.94 | 9 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 14.-4.94 | 11 A.M. ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Dear Sir,

Now it will probably be too late for the Falstaff 1 unless Paris furnishes some distinctive material, no?


With best greetings,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien
⇧ Wohnung ⇧ III Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/4 | 94 | 11-12V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/1 | f 49 | 14.4.94 | 9V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 14.-4.94 | 11V. ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

nun wirds für den Falstaff 1 doch wohl zu spät sein, wenn nicht Paris besonderen Stoff liefert, nicht?


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr erg.
[signed:] Harden

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Vienna III
⇧ Address: ⇧ Traungasse 1

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 13/4 | 94 | 11-12 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/1 | f 49 | 14.4.94 | 9 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 14.-4.94 | 11 A.M. ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Dear Sir,

Now it will probably be too late for the Falstaff 1 unless Paris furnishes some distinctive material, no?


With best greetings,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 Schenker's article "Verdis Falstaff," which appeared in Die Zukunft 7 (March 5, 1894), 230‒33, and is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 85–89.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address recto, holograph salutations, message and signature verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Maximilian Harden, deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Maximilian Harden. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence (at) mus (dot) camc (dot) uk

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Last updated: 2012-09-26