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[Envelope:
]
{recto}
[An: ]Herrn Dr. Heinrich
Schenker
loco
III, Reisnerstrasse 38.
[postmark:]
|| 3/2 WIEN 49 | - 9 V. 13 8 10 | * [?B] * ||
[Letter:
]
Liebster Meister!
1
Habe heute von Prof. V. einen Brief
bekommen, der an Reitler und Konsorten hätte
adressiert werden können.
Ihn und die hoffentlich bessergelungenen [small
music example
2
] bringe morgen!
Herzlichst Ihr
[signed:]
Hans.
9. Juni 13.
© Transcription William Drabkin, 2007
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[Envelope:
]
{recto}
[To: ]Dr. Heinrich
Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38
[postmark:]
|| 3/2 VIENNA 49 | - 9 V. 13 8 10 | * [?B] * ||
[Letter:
]
Most beloved Master,
1
I received a letter today from Prof.
V., which might have been addressed to Reitler and his consorts.
I will bring it tomorrow – and also the [small
music example
2
], which I hope are more
successful [than the last].
Most cordially your
[signed:]
Hans
June 9, 1913
© Translation Alison Hiley, 2007
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[Envelope:
]
{recto}
[An: ]Herrn Dr. Heinrich
Schenker
loco
III, Reisnerstrasse 38.
[postmark:]
|| 3/2 WIEN 49 | - 9 V. 13 8 10 | * [?B] * ||
[Letter:
]
Liebster Meister!
1
Habe heute von Prof. V. einen Brief
bekommen, der an Reitler und Konsorten hätte
adressiert werden können.
Ihn und die hoffentlich bessergelungenen [small
music example
2
] bringe morgen!
Herzlichst Ihr
[signed:]
Hans.
9. Juni 13.
© Transcription William Drabkin, 2007
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[Envelope:
]
{recto}
[To: ]Dr. Heinrich
Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38
[postmark:]
|| 3/2 VIENNA 49 | - 9 V. 13 8 10 | * [?B] * ||
[Letter:
]
Most beloved Master,
1
I received a letter today from Prof.
V., which might have been addressed to Reitler and his consorts.
I will bring it tomorrow – and also the [small
music example
2
], which I hope are more
successful [than the last].
Most cordially your
[signed:]
Hans
June 9, 1913
© Translation Alison Hiley, 2007
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Footnotes
1 Receipt of this letter is not recorded in
Schenker's diary.
2 An arrangement of
whole notes and tied half-notes, suggestive of fourth-species counterpoint in four voices
(species line in the tenor). Schenker's lessonbook for Weisse on June 10 reads: "Exercises;
Fantasy [in G minor, Op. 77] by Beethoven several passages; on Fantasy in
general."
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Commentary
- Format
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1p letter: holograph salutation, message, valediction,, musical notation, and signature; envelope recto: holograph recipient address
- Provenance
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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
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Heirs of Hans Weisse, reproduced with kind permission
- License
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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: 2019-10-17
Last updated: 2010-06-25
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