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OJ 12/29, [5] - Typewritten letter from Carl Lafite (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) to Schenker, dated September 14, 1912
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⇧ K. K. GESELLSCHAFT DER MUSIKFREUNDE IN WIEN ⇧ Offenbar rückdatirt Wien ⇧ 14. September 1912 ⇧ I., Giselusstraße 12 ⇧ Samstag 1 ⇧ Hochverehrter Herr! 2 Wegen Festsetzung von Thema, Datum und Honorar Ihrer freundlichst angemeldeten Vorträge erbitte ich mit [recte mir] Ihren alsbaldigen Besuch in meiner Kanzlei, am besten während meiner Sprechstunde von 10 bis 11 Uhr. Mit verehrungsvollen Grüssen ergebenst [signed:] ⇧ DER GENERALSEKRETÄR [signed:] der k.k. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. [signed:] ⇧ Carl Lafite [note in margin] ⇧ Angelangt 16. † Nachmitt. 2. Post! ⇧ Hochwohlgeboren Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker Wien [note in margin] ⇧ Sonntg 15, Ankündigung in der N. Fr. P. 3 [?Ws] © Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007, 2009 |
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⇧ IMPERIAL & ROYAL SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC IN VIENNA ⇧ Clearly backdated Vienna I, ⇧ September 14, 1912 ⇧ Giselusstraße 12 ⇧ Saturday 1 ⇧ Highly revered Sir, 2 With a view to settling the topic, date, and honorarium of the lectures that you have most kindly offered, I should be grateful if you would call on me in my Chancery at the earliest opportunity during my office hours, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.. In admiration, I send you my greetings, Yours most truly, [signed:] ⇧ THE GENERAL SECRETARY [signed:] of the Imperial & Royal Society of the Friends of Music. [signed:] ⇧ Carl Lafite [note in margin] ⇧ Arrived 16th † Afternoon 2nd Post! ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Esq. Vienna [note in margin] ⇧ Sunday 15, Announcement in the Neue freie Presse 3 [?Ws] © Translation Ian Bent, 2008, 2009 |
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⇧ K. K. GESELLSCHAFT DER MUSIKFREUNDE IN WIEN ⇧ Offenbar rückdatirt Wien ⇧ 14. September 1912 ⇧ I., Giselusstraße 12 ⇧ Samstag 1 ⇧ Hochverehrter Herr! 2 Wegen Festsetzung von Thema, Datum und Honorar Ihrer freundlichst angemeldeten Vorträge erbitte ich mit [recte mir] Ihren alsbaldigen Besuch in meiner Kanzlei, am besten während meiner Sprechstunde von 10 bis 11 Uhr. Mit verehrungsvollen Grüssen ergebenst [signed:] ⇧ DER GENERALSEKRETÄR [signed:] der k.k. Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. [signed:] ⇧ Carl Lafite [note in margin] ⇧ Angelangt 16. † Nachmitt. 2. Post! ⇧ Hochwohlgeboren Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker Wien [note in margin] ⇧ Sonntg 15, Ankündigung in der N. Fr. P. 3 [?Ws] © Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007, 2009 |
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⇧ IMPERIAL & ROYAL SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDS OF MUSIC IN VIENNA ⇧ Clearly backdated Vienna I, ⇧ September 14, 1912 ⇧ Giselusstraße 12 ⇧ Saturday 1 ⇧ Highly revered Sir, 2 With a view to settling the topic, date, and honorarium of the lectures that you have most kindly offered, I should be grateful if you would call on me in my Chancery at the earliest opportunity during my office hours, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.. In admiration, I send you my greetings, Yours most truly, [signed:] ⇧ THE GENERAL SECRETARY [signed:] of the Imperial & Royal Society of the Friends of Music. [signed:] ⇧ Carl Lafite [note in margin] ⇧ Arrived 16th † Afternoon 2nd Post! ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Esq. Vienna [note in margin] ⇧ Sunday 15, Announcement in the Neue freie Presse 3 [?Ws] © Translation Ian Bent, 2008, 2009 |
Footnotes1 Schenker doubts that Lafite in fact wrote the letter of September 14, a Saturday, on which the office was normally closed. 2 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 1/11, p. 229, September 16, 1912: "Vom Generalsekretär der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Einladung zu einer Besprechung erhalten, nachdem Tags vorher in den Zeitungen die Notiz von einer angeblichen Anmeldung des Vortrags bereits erschienen war. Echt Wienerische Geschäftslist (mehr östlich-russisch), den Namen zu Geschäftszwecken zu mißbrauchen u. hinterher Vorträge anzustreben!" ("From the General Secretary of the Society of the Friends of Music, invitation received to come for a conversation, when the day previous the notice in the newspapers of an allegedly enlisted lecture had already appeared. Typically Viennese business trickery (more easterly-Russian) to abuse the names for business purposes and afterwards seek for the lectures!") 3 Neue Freie Presse, September 15, 1912, see OJ 11/22, [4]. On Schenker's annoyance over the premature announcement, see also WSLB 135, September 15, 1912. |
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Digital version created: 2014-11-14 |