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OJ 15/15, [26] - Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated January 2, 1928

{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Po[stkarte]
[top-left, picture captioned: Bregenz, Vorarlberg]

[Absender:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, XIII.
Wattmanng. 5.

[An:] Herrn Dr
Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Keilgasse 8.
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN [illeg] [?] | 2. I. 28. 12 | * b[?] * ||
⇧ Rohrpost
{verso}
⇧ 2. Jänner 2 78.

Lieber, verehrter Meister, 1

weil Dr. Spiegler 2 Samstag abends von mir erwartet würde, zögerte ich mit der Bruno Walter betreffenden Antwort. Also: Bruno W. ist gegenwärtig in Budapest und kommt Mittwoch oder Donnerstag zurück. Er wohnt: Hotel Imperial.


Ihnen beiden alles Liebe und Gute für 1928 von uns beiden!
Ihr getreuer
[signed:] H.

Die Einladungen zur Mitwirkung ian der Tonkunst 3 sind bereits abgegangen.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[top-left, picture captioned: Bregenz, Vorarlberg]

[from:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, [Vienna] XIII,
Wattmanngasse 5

[to:] Dr
Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN [illeg] [?] | 2. I. 28. 12 | * b[?] * ||
⇧ by pneumatic mail
{verso}
⇧ January 2, 192 78.

Dear, revered Master, 1

Since Dr. Spiegler 2 was expected at my place in the evening, I hesitated with the reply regarding Bruno Walter. Here it is: Bruno W. is at present in Budapest and is returning on Wednesday or Thursday. He will be staying at the Hotel Imperial.


To the two of you, all good wishes for 1928 from the two of us!
Your faithful
[signed:] Hans

[P.S.] The invitations to contribute to Die Tonkunst 3 have just been sent out.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Po[stkarte]
[top-left, picture captioned: Bregenz, Vorarlberg]

[Absender:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, XIII.
Wattmanng. 5.

[An:] Herrn Dr
Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Keilgasse 8.
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN [illeg] [?] | 2. I. 28. 12 | * b[?] * ||
⇧ Rohrpost
{verso}
⇧ 2. Jänner 2 78.

Lieber, verehrter Meister, 1

weil Dr. Spiegler 2 Samstag abends von mir erwartet würde, zögerte ich mit der Bruno Walter betreffenden Antwort. Also: Bruno W. ist gegenwärtig in Budapest und kommt Mittwoch oder Donnerstag zurück. Er wohnt: Hotel Imperial.


Ihnen beiden alles Liebe und Gute für 1928 von uns beiden!
Ihr getreuer
[signed:] H.

Die Einladungen zur Mitwirkung ian der Tonkunst 3 sind bereits abgegangen.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013
{recto}
[printed:] ⇧ Postcard
[top-left, picture captioned: Bregenz, Vorarlberg]

[from:] ⇧ Dr H. Weisse, [Vienna] XIII,
Wattmanngasse 5

[to:] Dr
Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8
[postmark:] || [illeg] WIEN [illeg] [?] | 2. I. 28. 12 | * b[?] * ||
⇧ by pneumatic mail
{verso}
⇧ January 2, 192 78.

Dear, revered Master, 1

Since Dr. Spiegler 2 was expected at my place in the evening, I hesitated with the reply regarding Bruno Walter. Here it is: Bruno W. is at present in Budapest and is returning on Wednesday or Thursday. He will be staying at the Hotel Imperial.


To the two of you, all good wishes for 1928 from the two of us!
Your faithful
[signed:] Hans

[P.S.] The invitations to contribute to Die Tonkunst 3 have just been sent out.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/1, p. 3162 (January 2, 1928): "Von Weisse (K. expr.): Walter wohne im Hotel Imperial." ("From Weisse (express postcard): Walter is staying at the Hotel Imperial.")

2 Possibly Hans Spiegler.

3 Die Tonkunst: a projected periodical devoted to Schenker's ideas, which was to be edited by Schenker's pupils.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, message 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 Hans Weisse, reproduced with kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted on March 10, 2008 by the heirs of Hans Weisse. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk

Digital version created: 2013-09-06
Last updated: 2013-09-06