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OJ 13/26, [3] - Handwritten postcard from Richard Robert to Schenker, dated September 18, 1914

{recto}

Rich. Robert
IX Liechtensteinstr. 43

[An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Tonkünstler u. Schriftsteller
Wien III
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] [twice]|| 9/4 WIEN 68 | 17.IX/14 – 11 | * 7g * ||



Sehr verehrter Freund! 1

Ich habe Sie dringend zu sprechen und möchte Sie daher bitten, gef. 2 mitzuteilen, wann u. wo es Ihnen passen würde. Ich stehe Ihnen Samstag von 6 Uhr an und Sonntag 3 den ganzen Tag zur Verfügung. {verso} Sollten Sie mir das Vergnügen Ihres lieben Besuches machen, würde mich das natürlich ganz besonders erfreuen.


Mit besten Grüssen
Ihr aufrichtig ergebener
[signed:] Rich. Robert

18. IX 1914 4

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007
{recto}

Richard Robert
[Vienna] IX, Liechtensteinstraße 43

[To:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Musician and Writer
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] [twice]|| 9/4 VIENNA 68 | 17.IX/14 – 11 | * 7g * ||



Greatly revered Friend! 1

I urgently need to speak with you and should therefore like to ask you kindly to let me know when and where would suit you. I am at your disposal on Saturday from 6 p.m. and the whole of Sunday. 3 {verso} I should naturally be most particularly pleased if you would give me the pleasure of a visit from you.


With best wishes,
Yours very truly,
[signed:] Richard Robert

September 18, 1914 4

© Translation Ian Bent, 2008
{recto}

Rich. Robert
IX Liechtensteinstr. 43

[An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Tonkünstler u. Schriftsteller
Wien III
Reisnerstr. 38

[postmark:] [twice]|| 9/4 WIEN 68 | 17.IX/14 – 11 | * 7g * ||



Sehr verehrter Freund! 1

Ich habe Sie dringend zu sprechen und möchte Sie daher bitten, gef. 2 mitzuteilen, wann u. wo es Ihnen passen würde. Ich stehe Ihnen Samstag von 6 Uhr an und Sonntag 3 den ganzen Tag zur Verfügung. {verso} Sollten Sie mir das Vergnügen Ihres lieben Besuches machen, würde mich das natürlich ganz besonders erfreuen.


Mit besten Grüssen
Ihr aufrichtig ergebener
[signed:] Rich. Robert

18. IX 1914 4

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2007
{recto}

Richard Robert
[Vienna] IX, Liechtensteinstraße 43

[To:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Musician and Writer
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] [twice]|| 9/4 VIENNA 68 | 17.IX/14 – 11 | * 7g * ||



Greatly revered Friend! 1

I urgently need to speak with you and should therefore like to ask you kindly to let me know when and where would suit you. I am at your disposal on Saturday from 6 p.m. and the whole of Sunday. 3 {verso} I should naturally be most particularly pleased if you would give me the pleasure of a visit from you.


With best wishes,
Yours very truly,
[signed:] Richard Robert

September 18, 1914 4

© Translation Ian Bent, 2008

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 1/16, p. 712, September 18, 1914: "Karte von Rich. Robert, der die Taktlosigkeit begeht, mich um einen Besuch zu bitten, trotzdem er offenbar eine Bitte vorzubringen hat." ("Postcard from Richard Robert, who has the gall to ask me to call on him despite his clearly having a request to make of me."); and his reply is recorded at OJ 1/16, p. 714, September 19, 1914: "Antwort an Frl. Kahn u. Rich. Robert, den ich ins Café Museum bestelle." ("Replies to Miss Kahn and Richard Robert, whom I tell to meet me at the Café Museum.").

2 i.e. gefälligst.

3 i.e. September 19 or 20, 1914.

4 The two postmarks, which give September 17, establish that the postcard was written one day earlier than dated.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph sender and recipient addresses and message beginning recto, message completion, salutation 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 Richard Robert, deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Richard Robert. 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: 2012-09-28