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OJ 15/15, [21] - Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated January 21, 1927
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[printed:] ⇧ Postka[rte] [Absender:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, La Rochegasse 14 Wien XIII. [An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker Wien III. Keilgasse 8. [postmark:] || 13/1 WIEN 88 | 22 [illeg] | * b * || [for continuation of message from verso, see below] {verso} 21. Jänner 27. Lieber verehrter Meister! 1 Die Adresse von Gerald F. Warburg
läutet New York City 174 East. 79 Street.
U.S.A.
ferne bitte ich Sie um Auskunft ob Sie in der Sonate op 111 Takte [following figure circled:] VI1 folgende den Triller zu den Triolenwerten der linken Hand auch blos als Triole geschlagen haben wollen? Takt [following figure circled:] VI10 z.B. findet ich führt Ihre Fingersatznotierung irre: Sie haben dort bei g2 den Fingersatz 153 535[,] man vermutet demnach Triolen[;] beim zweiten Achtel steht 4545, 2 soll das {recto} einen Trillerwert von 4 Noten bezeichnen? (Gegen die Triole der linken Hand?) – 3 Sehr gerne wüßte ich[,] wie Sie sich zu Brahms, C mollstreichquartett stellen, zu der Stelle, die ich Ihnen unlängst zeigte: ob sich das wirklich rechtfertigen läßt. 4 © Transcription William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Postcard [sender:] ⇧ Dr. H. Weisse, La Rochegasse 14 Vienna XIII [to:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker Vienna III Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] || 13/1 WIEN 88 | 22 [illeg] | * b * || [for continuation of message from verso, see below] {verso} January 21, 1927 Dear revered Master, 1 The address for Gerald F. Warburg
is: New York City 174 East. 79 Street.
U. S. A.
May I also ask you whether, in the Erläuterungsausgabe of Op. 111, in variation 6, bars 1 ff., the trills [in the right hand] should be played merely as triplets, corresponding to the triplet values in the left hand part. In variation 6, bar 10, for example, I find that your fingering notations are misleading: you have given the fingering of the g2 there as 153 535, from which one would assume triplets; at the second eight-note there appears 4545: 2 does that {recto} indicate a trill value of four notes? (Against the the triplets of the left hand)? 3 I would gladly like to know what you think about Brahms's String Quartet in C minor, i.e. the passage that I recently showed you: whether it can really be justified. 4 © Translation William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Postka[rte] [Absender:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, La Rochegasse 14 Wien XIII. [An:] Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker Wien III. Keilgasse 8. [postmark:] || 13/1 WIEN 88 | 22 [illeg] | * b * || [for continuation of message from verso, see below] {verso} 21. Jänner 27. Lieber verehrter Meister! 1 Die Adresse von Gerald F. Warburg
läutet New York City 174 East. 79 Street.
U.S.A.
ferne bitte ich Sie um Auskunft ob Sie in der Sonate op 111 Takte [following figure circled:] VI1 folgende den Triller zu den Triolenwerten der linken Hand auch blos als Triole geschlagen haben wollen? Takt [following figure circled:] VI10 z.B. findet ich führt Ihre Fingersatznotierung irre: Sie haben dort bei g2 den Fingersatz 153 535[,] man vermutet demnach Triolen[;] beim zweiten Achtel steht 4545, 2 soll das {recto} einen Trillerwert von 4 Noten bezeichnen? (Gegen die Triole der linken Hand?) – 3 Sehr gerne wüßte ich[,] wie Sie sich zu Brahms, C mollstreichquartett stellen, zu der Stelle, die ich Ihnen unlängst zeigte: ob sich das wirklich rechtfertigen läßt. 4 © Transcription William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[printed:] ⇧ Postcard [sender:] ⇧ Dr. H. Weisse, La Rochegasse 14 Vienna XIII [to:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker Vienna III Keilgasse 8 [postmark:] || 13/1 WIEN 88 | 22 [illeg] | * b * || [for continuation of message from verso, see below] {verso} January 21, 1927 Dear revered Master, 1 The address for Gerald F. Warburg
is: New York City 174 East. 79 Street.
U. S. A.
May I also ask you whether, in the Erläuterungsausgabe of Op. 111, in variation 6, bars 1 ff., the trills [in the right hand] should be played merely as triplets, corresponding to the triplet values in the left hand part. In variation 6, bar 10, for example, I find that your fingering notations are misleading: you have given the fingering of the g2 there as 153 535, from which one would assume triplets; at the second eight-note there appears 4545: 2 does that {recto} indicate a trill value of four notes? (Against the the triplets of the left hand)? 3 I would gladly like to know what you think about Brahms's String Quartet in C minor, i.e. the passage that I recently showed you: whether it can really be justified. 4 © Translation William Drabkin, 2013 |
Footnotes1 Receipt of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary. It is in part a response to a request from Schenker (postcard of January 19, 1927, recorded at OJ 3/9, p. 3027) and was itself answered by Schenker in a postcard of January 23 (recorded at OJ 3/9, p. 3028). 2 Weisse's questions pertain to the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 111. In the Erläuterungsausgabe of the sonata (1915) and the reprint of the musical text by Universal Edition (1923–24), the bars of each variation are numbered separately; variation "VI" is the abbreviated repeat of the theme. In this postcard, Weisse has placed a slur underneath each group of numbers: 153, 535, and 4545; he asks whether the first two stand for triplet figures, and whether the last represents a a group of shorter note values. 3 No paragraph-break in source. 4 No paragraph-break in source. |
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