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OJ 14/23, [4] - Handwritten postcard from Seligmann to Schenker, dated February 24, 1903

{recto}

⇧ Correspondenz-Karte.
An: ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ III Reisnerstrasse 38.
Wien

[postmark:] || 24. 2. 03 | 9|3 WIEN 28 | 1–2 N | a. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | BESTELLT | 24. 2. 03 | 5–7 N ||

{verso}

⇧ Dienstag

Die vierstimmige Schnellpolka 1 findet also morgen bei mir statt, nicht bei Fr. E.


Herzl.
[signed:] Seligmann

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2022
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⇧ Postcard
To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Reisnerstrasse 38
Vienna III

[postmark:] || 24. 2. 03 | 9|3 VIENNA 28 | 1–2 p.m. | a. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | DELIVERED | 24. 2. 03 | 5–7 p.m. ||

{verso}

⇧ Tuesday

The four-voice Fast Polka 1 will take place tomorrow at my place, not at Mrs. E.’s.


Cordially
[signed:] Seligmann

© Translation William Drabkin, 2022
{recto}

⇧ Correspondenz-Karte.
An: ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ III Reisnerstrasse 38.
Wien

[postmark:] || 24. 2. 03 | 9|3 WIEN 28 | 1–2 N | a. ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | BESTELLT | 24. 2. 03 | 5–7 N ||

{verso}

⇧ Dienstag

Die vierstimmige Schnellpolka 1 findet also morgen bei mir statt, nicht bei Fr. E.


Herzl.
[signed:] Seligmann

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2022
{recto}

⇧ Postcard
To: ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Reisnerstrasse 38
Vienna III

[postmark:] || 24. 2. 03 | 9|3 VIENNA 28 | 1–2 p.m. | a. ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | DELIVERED | 24. 2. 03 | 5–7 p.m. ||

{verso}

⇧ Tuesday

The four-voice Fast Polka 1 will take place tomorrow at my place, not at Mrs. E.’s.


Cordially
[signed:] Seligmann

© Translation William Drabkin, 2022

Footnotes

1 The allusion is to an evening of chamber music playing.

Commentary

Format
Printed postcard: holograph recipient address, postmarks, postage stamp, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1934-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1956)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1956-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Adalbert Seligmann, deemed to be in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be in the publc domain. 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: 2022-11-18
Last updated: 2012-09-28