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OJ 11/42, [16] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated July 15, 1894

{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Kautzen i/ Oesterreich
⇧ Wohnung [left blank]

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 15/7 | 94 | 2-3N. ||
[postmark:] || KAUTZEN | 17 | 7 | 94 ||

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[in vertical format]

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

im Prinzip bin ich durchaus einverstanden. Natürlich muß ich von Fall zu Fall ein Urtheil vorbehalten. Die Neue Revue ist ja gewiß schön, aber da haben Sie kein Publikum, u. das ist auch nicht ganz unwichtig. 1

Rosenthal u. Brahms tacent.


Mit verbindlichen Grüßen
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Harden


15/7 94

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Kautzen in Austria
⇧ Address: [left blank]

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 15/7 | 94 | 2-3 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || KAUTZEN | 17 | 7 | 94 ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Dear Sir,

In principle, I am in complete agreement. Naturally, I have to reserve judgment from case to case. The Neue Revue is well and good, but you have no public there, and that is not an entirely trivial matter. 1

Rosenthal and Brahms are staying silent.


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


July 15, 1894

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An: ⇧ Herrn Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Kautzen i/ Oesterreich
⇧ Wohnung [left blank]

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 15/7 | 94 | 2-3N. ||
[postmark:] || KAUTZEN | 17 | 7 | 94 ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

im Prinzip bin ich durchaus einverstanden. Natürlich muß ich von Fall zu Fall ein Urtheil vorbehalten. Die Neue Revue ist ja gewiß schön, aber da haben Sie kein Publikum, u. das ist auch nicht ganz unwichtig. 1

Rosenthal u. Brahms tacent.


Mit verbindlichen Grüßen
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] Harden


15/7 94

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To: ⇧ Dr. H. Schenker
⇧ in: ⇧ Kautzen in Austria
⇧ Address: [left blank]

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 15/7 | 94 | 2-3 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || KAUTZEN | 17 | 7 | 94 ||

{verso}
[in vertical format]

⇧ Dear Sir,

In principle, I am in complete agreement. Naturally, I have to reserve judgment from case to case. The Neue Revue is well and good, but you have no public there, and that is not an entirely trivial matter. 1

Rosenthal and Brahms are staying silent.


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


July 15, 1894

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 This message seems to indicate that Schenker had asked Harden for his approval in regard to publishing something in Vienna on which Harden presumably had some claim. This may concern the fact that Schenker published an article entitled "Anton Rubinstein" in the Neue Revue 5/18 (April 18, 1894), 566‒67 before publishing a different article under the same title in Die Zukunft 8 (August 18, 1894), 326‒29. The two articles are reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 82‒84 and 103‒09 respectively.

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