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OJ 15/15, [26] - Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated January 2, 1928
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[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. © Transcription William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[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. [P.S.] The invitations to contribute to Die Tonkunst 3 have just been sent out. © Translation William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[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. © Transcription William Drabkin, 2013 |
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[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. [P.S.] The invitations to contribute to Die Tonkunst 3 have just been sent out. © Translation William Drabkin, 2013 |
Footnotes1 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. |