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OJ 11/42, [4] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated June 27, 1893

{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 28 6| 93| 1-5V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49, | BESTELLT | 29. 6. 93, 8V. ||

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⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 27. 6 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

ein kl. Ueberblick—ohne Realismus 1 —über den Sonzogno-Markt 2 wird mir sehr willkommen sein. Den Smetana 3 fand ich vortrefflich. Besten Dank! Grüßen Sie mir Gelber, 4 der nicht kam u. nicht schreibt.


Mit bestem Gruß, in wilder Hast
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. c | 9 | 28 6 | 93, 1-5 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 29. 6. 93, 8 A.M. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ June 27, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE


⇧ Dear Sir,

A brief overview ‒ without Realism 1 ‒ of the Sonzogno market 2 would be very welcome. I found the Smetana 3 splendid. Many thanks! Send greetings for me to Gelber, 4 who didn't come and isn't writing.


With best wishes, in wild haste,
Yours,
[signed:] H.

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] || BERLIN W. c | 9 | 28 6| 93| 1-5V. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49, | BESTELLT | 29. 6. 93, 8V. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 27. 6 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

ein kl. Ueberblick—ohne Realismus 1 —über den Sonzogno-Markt 2 wird mir sehr willkommen sein. Den Smetana 3 fand ich vortrefflich. Besten Dank! Grüßen Sie mir Gelber, 4 der nicht kam u. nicht schreibt.


Mit bestem Gruß, in wilder Hast
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. c | 9 | 28 6 | 93, 1-5 A.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 29. 6. 93, 8 A.M. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ June 27, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE


⇧ Dear Sir,

A brief overview ‒ without Realism 1 ‒ of the Sonzogno market 2 would be very welcome. I found the Smetana 3 splendid. Many thanks! Send greetings for me to Gelber, 4 who didn't come and isn't writing.


With best wishes, in wild haste,
Yours,
[signed:] H.

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 That is, without a discussion of Realism.

2 This would eventually become "Der Sonzogno-Markt in Wien," which appeared in Die Zukunft 4 (August 5, 1893), 282‒83. In that article, Schenker critiques the consequences of the Viennese market for Italian operas largely subvented by the Italian publishing house Sonzogno: "We deserve, quite candidly, everything unpleasant that Sonzogno and Ricordi may yet visit on us in the future, since we are paying the price for abandoning the great prophets of our own art." ("[W]ir verdienen wohl redlich alles Uebel, das Sonzogno und Ricordi in Zukunft uns noch bescheren mögen, da wir den Abfall von den großen Propheten unserer eigenen Kunst büßen."). The article is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), 55.

3 This article, "Friedrich Smetana," was published in Die Zukunft 3 (July 1, 1893), 37‒40. It is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), 48‒53.

4 Probably the scholar of German language and literature, Adolph Gelber (1856‒1923).

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