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OJ 11/42, [29] - Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated April 18, 1897

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⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. | 18.4.97.4-5N. | 9 ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 20.4.97 | 8-10V. ||

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⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 18/4 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 7
⇧ 8 KÖNIGIN AUGUSTASTR.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

mein Brahms-Mann ist plötzlich schwer erkrankt. Ist Ihr Artikel 1 noch frei?


Mit schönem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
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⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. | 18.4.97.4-5 P.M. | 9 ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 20.4.97 | 8-10 A.M. ||

{verso}

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ April 18, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 7
⇧ 8 KÖNIGIN AUGUSTASTRAßE


⇧ Dear Sir,

My Brahms man has suddenly become quite ill. Is your article 1 still available?


With congenial greetings,
Yours,
[signed:] H

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. | 18.4.97.4-5N. | 9 ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 20.4.97 | 8-10V. ||

{verso}

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 18/4 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 7
⇧ 8 KÖNIGIN AUGUSTASTR.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

mein Brahms-Mann ist plötzlich schwer erkrankt. Ist Ihr Artikel 1 noch frei?


Mit schönem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H

© Transcription William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. | 18.4.97.4-5 P.M. | 9 ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 20.4.97 | 8-10 A.M. ||

{verso}

⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ April 18, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 7
⇧ 8 KÖNIGIN AUGUSTASTRAßE


⇧ Dear Sir,

My Brahms man has suddenly become quite ill. Is your article 1 still available?


With congenial greetings,
Yours,
[signed:] H

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 The article in question is "Johannes Brahms," which appeared in Die Zukunft 19 (May 8, 1897), 261‒65, and is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 230–36. This is the last article that Schenker wrote for Harden's journal.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address recto, printed letterhead, 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