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OJ 15/15, [3] - Handwritten postcard from Weisse to Schenker, dated April 17, 1914

{recto}
[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN | 17. IV. 14 | * 36 * ||

{verso}

Lieber Meister! 1

Für Sicherheit: das betreffende Wort, anschauen[,] kommt nur in der Ihnen bereits bekannten Gestalt vor: δεωξείν. 2


Allerherzlichst Ihr
[signed:] Hans

© Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2007
{recto}
[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA | 17. IV. 14 | * 36 * ||

{verso}

Dear Master, 1

To confirm: the word in question, "anschauen," exists only in the form that is already known to you: δεωξείν. 2


Most cordially, your
[signed:] Hans

© Translation William Drabkin, 2008
{recto}
[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN | 17. IV. 14 | * 36 * ||

{verso}

Lieber Meister! 1

Für Sicherheit: das betreffende Wort, anschauen[,] kommt nur in der Ihnen bereits bekannten Gestalt vor: δεωξείν. 2


Allerherzlichst Ihr
[signed:] Hans

© Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2007
{recto}
[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA | 17. IV. 14 | * 36 * ||

{verso}

Dear Master, 1

To confirm: the word in question, "anschauen," exists only in the form that is already known to you: δεωξείν. 2


Most cordially, your
[signed:] Hans

© Translation William Drabkin, 2008

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary.

2 δεωξείν, the Greek infinitive from which the word "theory" is derived. There is nothing in Schenker's diary or lessonbook at this time which explains this message.

Commentary

Format
Printed postcard: holograph recipient address, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, 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: 2019-10-22
Last updated: 2010-06-25