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OJ 12/9, [11] - Handwritten calling card from Karpath to Schenker, dated January 8, 1915

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⇧ LUDWIG KARPATH
⇧ dankt herzlichst für Ihre gütige Teilnahme. 1


Wien, 8/I. 1915

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© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2013
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⇧ LUDWIG KARPATH
⇧ thanks you most cordially for your kind condolences. 1


Vienna, January 8, 1915

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© Translation Ian Bent, 2016
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⇧ LUDWIG KARPATH
⇧ dankt herzlichst für Ihre gütige Teilnahme. 1


Wien, 8/I. 1915

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[ blank]

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2013
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⇧ LUDWIG KARPATH
⇧ thanks you most cordially for your kind condolences. 1


Vienna, January 8, 1915

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© Translation Ian Bent, 2016

Footnotes

1 Schenker's diary records for January 4, 1915 (OJ 1/17, p. 835): "Brief an Karpath mit einer Art Condolenz wegen Goldmark’s." ("Letter to Karpath with a sort of expression of [my] condolences regarding Goldmark's [death]"). (Karl Goldmark had died on January 2, 1915). Karpath's reply is recorded on January 9 (ibid, p. 838): "Karpath dankt für den Ausdruck meiner Teilnahme." ("Karpath thanks [me] for my expression of sympathy.").

Commentary

Format
calling card, printed name, hologaph message
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Ludwig Karpath
License
Permission to publish being sought. Any claim to intellectual rights 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: 2016-06-10
Last updated: 2012-11-02