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OJ 15/6, [13] - Handwritten notecard from Fritz Wahle to Schenker, dated October 15, 1913


⇧ FRITZ WAHLE
WIEN
I. Börsengasse 7.

⇧ Lieber Freund!

Besten Dank für die ehrende Widmung 1 deiner Beethovenausgabe. 2 Ich konnte bis jetzt bei nur flüchtiger Nachsicht den treuen Fleiß schätzen[,] hoffe aber bei baldiger genauer Arbeit die Bedeutung deines Werkes würdigen zu können und reichlich Anregung, Belehrung zu finden.


Besten Gruß Dein
[signed:] Fritz Wahle

15/10 1913.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2022

⇧ FRITZ WAHLE
VIENNA I
Börsengasse 7

⇧ Dear friend,

My best thanks for the honorific dedication 1 of your Beethoven edition. 2 Until now I have been able to treasure your faithful diligence only with a hasty peek at it. But I soon hope, with more precise effort, to be able to appreciate the significance of your work and find there in ample stimulation and instruction.


Best greetings, Your
[signed:] Fritz Wahle

October 15, 1913

© Translation William Drabkin, 2022

⇧ FRITZ WAHLE
WIEN
I. Börsengasse 7.

⇧ Lieber Freund!

Besten Dank für die ehrende Widmung 1 deiner Beethovenausgabe. 2 Ich konnte bis jetzt bei nur flüchtiger Nachsicht den treuen Fleiß schätzen[,] hoffe aber bei baldiger genauer Arbeit die Bedeutung deines Werkes würdigen zu können und reichlich Anregung, Belehrung zu finden.


Besten Gruß Dein
[signed:] Fritz Wahle

15/10 1913.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2022

⇧ FRITZ WAHLE
VIENNA I
Börsengasse 7

⇧ Dear friend,

My best thanks for the honorific dedication 1 of your Beethoven edition. 2 Until now I have been able to treasure your faithful diligence only with a hasty peek at it. But I soon hope, with more precise effort, to be able to appreciate the significance of your work and find there in ample stimulation and instruction.


Best greetings, Your
[signed:] Fritz Wahle

October 15, 1913

© Translation William Drabkin, 2022

Footnotes

1 Widmung: presumably a handwritten inscription entered by Schenker at the front of the edition.

2 Schenker’s Erläuterungsausgabe (“elucidatory edition”) of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109, released on September 24, 1913. Schenker included Wahle’s name on a list of recipients of complimentary copies of the second of his Erläuterungsausgabe, Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in Aę major, Op. 110 (WSLB 228, September 27, 1914).

Commentary

Format
notecard, printed name and address, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, recto
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978-)
Rights Holder
Heirs and representatives of Richard and Fritz Wahle. Deemed to be in the public domain.
License
All reasonable attempts have been made to identify the heirs or representatives of Richard and Fritz Wahle. This document is deemed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk

Digital version created: 2022-10-20
Last updated: 2011-09-23