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OJ 11/42, [5] - Handwritten postcard from Maximilian Harden to Schenker, dated September 29, 1893

{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] BERLIN W. c | 9 | 29 9 | 93 | 6½ -7N. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 30. 9. 93 | 7N. ||

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⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 29. 9 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

der Artikel über Leoncavallo 1 wird mir vor den Medici 2 sehr willkommen sein; vielleicht können wir ihn Gerede in der betr. Woche bringen. Auch Bruckner 3 ist willkommen. Wann wird seine Symphonie gespielt?


Mit bestem Dank, in herzlicher Hochachtung
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 | 29 9 | 93 | 6½ -7 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 30. 6. 93, 7 P.M. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ September 29, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE


⇧ Dear Sir,

I would very much welcome the article on Leoncavallo 1 before I Medici; 2 perhaps we can get him talked about during the appropriate week. The Bruckner 3 is welcome too. When will his symphony be played?


With sincere thanks, in cordial esteem,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006
{recto}

⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

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

[postmark:] BERLIN W. c | 9 | 29 9 | 93 | 6½ -7N. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 30. 9. 93 | 7N. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
HERAUSGEBER: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ 29. 9 ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.


⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr,

der Artikel über Leoncavallo 1 wird mir vor den Medici 2 sehr willkommen sein; vielleicht können wir ihn Gerede in der betr. Woche bringen. Auch Bruckner 3 ist willkommen. Wann wird seine Symphonie gespielt?


Mit bestem Dank, in herzlicher Hochachtung
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 | 29 9 | 93 | 6½ -7 P.M. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 30. 6. 93, 7 P.M. ||

{verso}
⇧ DIE ZUKUNFT.
EDITOR: MAXIMILIAN HARDEN.
BERLIN W. 9, ⇧ September 29, ⇧ [18]9⇧ 3
⇧ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE


⇧ Dear Sir,

I would very much welcome the article on Leoncavallo 1 before I Medici; 2 perhaps we can get him talked about during the appropriate week. The Bruckner 3 is welcome too. When will his symphony be played?


With sincere thanks, in cordial esteem,
Yours truly,
[signed:] Harden

© Translation William Pastille, 2006

Footnotes

1 This became "Ruggiero Leoncavallo," which appeared in Die Zukunft 6 (January 20, 1894), 138‒40. It is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), 66‒69.

2 That is, before the opera opens in Berlin. I Medici, first performed in Milan on November 9, 1893: the first part of Leoncavallo's planned historical trilogy Crepusculum, the remaining two parts of which remained unfinished.

3 This became "Anton Bruckner," which appeared in Die Zukunft 5 (October 21, 1893), 135‒37, and was republished as part of the composite article "Über Anton Bruckner" in Der Dreiklang 7 (October 1937), 166‒76. It is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), 57‒61.

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