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OJ 12/28, [5] - Handwritten calling card from Kux to Schenker, dated December 16, 1910

{verso}


⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Auf Ihre Anfragen, wann Sie mich besuchen können, antwortete ich, daß ich jederzeit zu Ihrer Verfügung stehe. 2 Seither bin ich jedoch ohne Ihre Nachricht & muss annehmen, daß Ihnen mein Brief nicht zukam.

{recto}


⇧ 16. 12. 1910

Beste Grüße Ihres ergebenen
[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director der Niederösterreichischen Escompte Gesellschaft

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2025
{verso}


⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

To your inquiries about when you might be able to visit me, I replied that I was at your service at any time. 2 Since then I have not had any news from you and must therefore assume that you did not receive my letter.

{recto}


⇧ December 16, 1910

Best greetings from your devoted
[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director of the Lower Austrian Discount Bank

© Translation William Drabkin, 2025
{verso}


⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Auf Ihre Anfragen, wann Sie mich besuchen können, antwortete ich, daß ich jederzeit zu Ihrer Verfügung stehe. 2 Seither bin ich jedoch ohne Ihre Nachricht & muss annehmen, daß Ihnen mein Brief nicht zukam.

{recto}


⇧ 16. 12. 1910

Beste Grüße Ihres ergebenen
[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director der Niederösterreichischen Escompte Gesellschaft

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2025
{verso}


⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

To your inquiries about when you might be able to visit me, I replied that I was at your service at any time. 2 Since then I have not had any news from you and must therefore assume that you did not receive my letter.

{recto}


⇧ December 16, 1910

Best greetings from your devoted
[signed:] ⇧ Wilhelm Kux
[signed:] Director of the Lower Austrian Discount Bank

© Translation William Drabkin, 2025

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this calling card is not recorded in Schenker’s diary; the subject matter of the requested visit is unknown.

2 = OJ 12/28, [4].

Commentary

Format
printed calling card: holograph salutation and message, verso; holograph valediction and 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