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OJ 11/42, [12] - Handwritten letter from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, undated [probably post-April 13, 1894, certainly pre-May 5, 1894]

[top right corner: ⇧ Dirigenten [/] Falstaff]

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
[decorative rule]


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

herzlichen Dank für Ihre sehr erfreulichen Mittheilungen. Ihre "Dirigenten" 1 sind besonders gut. Wollen Sie nicht noch über Falstaff 2 etwas sehr Schönes schreiben? Das würde mir rechte Freude machen; hier kanns keiner.


Herzlichen Gruß u. beste Wünsche von Ihren
siechen
[signed:] Harden

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
[top right corner: ⇧ Conductors [/] Falstaff]

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
[decorative rule]


⇧ Dear Sir,

Sincerest thanks for your very enjoyable submissions. Your "Conductors" 1 are particularly good. Won't you still write something very nice about Falstaff? 2 I'd be very happy with that; no one here can do it.


Sincere greetings and best wishes from
Your ailing
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
[top right corner: ⇧ Dirigenten [/] Falstaff]

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
[decorative rule]


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

herzlichen Dank für Ihre sehr erfreulichen Mittheilungen. Ihre "Dirigenten" 1 sind besonders gut. Wollen Sie nicht noch über Falstaff 2 etwas sehr Schönes schreiben? Das würde mir rechte Freude machen; hier kanns keiner.


Herzlichen Gruß u. beste Wünsche von Ihren
siechen
[signed:] Harden

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
[top right corner: ⇧ Conductors [/] Falstaff]

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
[decorative rule]


⇧ Dear Sir,

Sincerest thanks for your very enjoyable submissions. Your "Conductors" 1 are particularly good. Won't you still write something very nice about Falstaff? 2 I'd be very happy with that; no one here can do it.


Sincere greetings and best wishes from
Your ailing
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 "Konzertdirigenten," which appeared in Die Zukunft 7 (April 14, 1894), 88-92, and is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 75-82.

2 This suggestion eventually became the article "Verdis Falstaff," which appeared in Die Zukunft 7 (May 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
1p letter, printed letterhead, holograph salutations, message and signature, marginal annotation in unknown hand
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

Digital version created: 2014-12-07
Last updated: 2012-09-26