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OJ 12/28, [2] - Handwritten calling card from Kux to Schenker, dated April 13, 1905

{verso}

⇧ Carissimo Dottore!

Wenn Sie an einem der nächsten Tage in der Nähe der Escomptebank kommen, erbittet sich Ihren frdl. Besuch¹

Ihr freundschaftlich
ergebener
13. 4. 1905 {recto}

[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director der Niederösterreichischen Escompte Gesellschaft

{verso}

⇧ Carissimo Dottore!

If you happen to be in the neighborhood of the Discount Bank during the next few days, your kind visit¹ is requested by

your cordially
devoted
April 13, 1905 {recto}

[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director of the Lower Austrian Discount Bank

{verso}

⇧ Carissimo Dottore!

Wenn Sie an einem der nächsten Tage in der Nähe der Escomptebank kommen, erbittet sich Ihren frdl. Besuch¹

Ihr freundschaftlich
ergebener
13. 4. 1905 {recto}

[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director der Niederösterreichischen Escompte Gesellschaft

{verso}

⇧ Carissimo Dottore!

If you happen to be in the neighborhood of the Discount Bank during the next few days, your kind visit¹ is requested by

your cordially
devoted
April 13, 1905 {recto}

[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director of the Lower Austrian Discount Bank

¹ The purpose of the requested visit is unknown, and receipt of this calling card is not recorded in Schenker’s diary.

Format: printed calling card: holograph salutation, message, and valediction, verso; printed signature, recto
Provenance: Schenker, Heinrich (document date‒1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935‒1942)—Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978-)
Rights Holder: Heirs or representatives of Wilhelm Kux, permission to publish granted.
License: Permission to publish kindly granted by his surviving relative Rohan Kux, January 22, 2025. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence(at)mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk

Digital version created: 2025-02-14
Last updated: 2012-11-02