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OJ 14/45, [116] - Handwritten picture postcard from Moriz Violin and others to Schenker, undated, c. December 10, 1930

{verso}
[Picture of restaurant interior, captioned: Grosser Kurfürst, Potsdamerstr. 124 Kurfürsten-Zimmer]

{recto}
[in upper-left corner: bust in an oval frame]

⇧ Grosser Kurfürst
Inh: Hans Dörre
Potsdamer Straße 124
a. d. Brücke
Telephon B 2 Lützow 471

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr.
Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || Werdet | Rundfunkteilnehmer | Berlin – Charlottenburg 2 | [illeg] ||


⇧ L. H.! 1

Ich werde Dir sofort aus Hamburg schreiben. Dr W. wird Dir bald berichten. Wir sitzen nach Schluß des 2ten Vorgrags beisammen u. grüßen „Väterchen“[.]


Dein
[signed:] Floriz

⇧ Vielle herzliche Grüsse! Werde mündlich Bericht erstatten[.]
[signed:] Hans

⇧ S war alles ausgezeichnet!
Ihr
[signed:] A v Hoboken

⇧ Beste Grüße
[signed:] Dr Jonas

[signed:] ⇧ Dr Felix Salzer

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013
{verso}
[Picture of restaurant interior, captioned: Grosser Kurfürst, Potsdamerstr. 124 Kurfürsten-Zimmer]

{recto}
[in upper-left corner: bust in an oval frame]

⇧ Grosser Kurfürst
Inh: Hans Dörre
Potsdamer Straße 124
a. d. Brücke
Telephon B 2 Lützow 471

[to:] ⇧ Herrn Dr.
Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || Werdet | Rundfunkteilnehmer | Berlin – Charlottenburg 2 | [illeg] ||


⇧ Dear Heinrich, 1

I shall write to you immediately from Hamburg. Dr. Weisse will soon give you a report. We are sitting together after the end of the second lecture and send our "dear little father" greetings.


Your
[signed:] Floriz

⇧ Many affectionate greetings! Will give you my report in person.
[signed:] Hans

⇧ Everthing was outstanding!
Yours,
[signed:] A v Hoboken

⇧ Best greetings
[signed:] Dr Jonas

[signed:] ⇧ Dr Felix Salzer

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013
{verso}
[Picture of restaurant interior, captioned: Grosser Kurfürst, Potsdamerstr. 124 Kurfürsten-Zimmer]

{recto}
[in upper-left corner: bust in an oval frame]

⇧ Grosser Kurfürst
Inh: Hans Dörre
Potsdamer Straße 124
a. d. Brücke
Telephon B 2 Lützow 471

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr.
Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || Werdet | Rundfunkteilnehmer | Berlin – Charlottenburg 2 | [illeg] ||


⇧ L. H.! 1

Ich werde Dir sofort aus Hamburg schreiben. Dr W. wird Dir bald berichten. Wir sitzen nach Schluß des 2ten Vorgrags beisammen u. grüßen „Väterchen“[.]


Dein
[signed:] Floriz

⇧ Vielle herzliche Grüsse! Werde mündlich Bericht erstatten[.]
[signed:] Hans

⇧ S war alles ausgezeichnet!
Ihr
[signed:] A v Hoboken

⇧ Beste Grüße
[signed:] Dr Jonas

[signed:] ⇧ Dr Felix Salzer

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013
{verso}
[Picture of restaurant interior, captioned: Grosser Kurfürst, Potsdamerstr. 124 Kurfürsten-Zimmer]

{recto}
[in upper-left corner: bust in an oval frame]

⇧ Grosser Kurfürst
Inh: Hans Dörre
Potsdamer Straße 124
a. d. Brücke
Telephon B 2 Lützow 471

[to:] ⇧ Herrn Dr.
Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || Werdet | Rundfunkteilnehmer | Berlin – Charlottenburg 2 | [illeg] ||


⇧ Dear Heinrich, 1

I shall write to you immediately from Hamburg. Dr. Weisse will soon give you a report. We are sitting together after the end of the second lecture and send our "dear little father" greetings.


Your
[signed:] Floriz

⇧ Many affectionate greetings! Will give you my report in person.
[signed:] Hans

⇧ Everthing was outstanding!
Yours,
[signed:] A v Hoboken

⇧ Best greetings
[signed:] Dr Jonas

[signed:] ⇧ Dr Felix Salzer

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/4, p. 3555 (December 12, 1930): "Von Violin, Weisse, v. Hoboken, Jonas, Salzmann [recte Salzer] (Ansichtsk.): Grüße aus Berlin." ("From Violin, Weisse, Hoboken, Jonas, Salzmann [recte Salzer] (picture postcard): greetings from Berlin.")

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard, holograph recipient address, several holograph messages and signatures recto, picture with caption 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 Moriz Violin, reproduced here by kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the heirs of Moriz Violin, June 25, 2006. 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: 2013-07-23
Last updated: 2013-07-23