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OJ 5/18, 7 - Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Jonas, undated [c.April 2, 1931(?)]

{recto}
⇧ Postkarte
[top left: picture captioned: "Wien‒Belvedere"]

[Absender: ] ⇧ Schenker,
Wien, III
Keilgasse 38

[An: ] H Dr Oswald Jonas
Berlin-Schöneberg
Mühlenstr. 2

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | [illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

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Sehr geehrter Herr Dr Jonas ! 1

Wenn ich nicht irre, vergaß ich Sie eigens zu bitten, mir den Aufsatz 2 zukommen zu lassen, falls er hier oder dort zum Abdruck gelangt.


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H Schenker

Hat mich kürzlich Hofrath Marx namenlos („ “) angeführt, gleich drauf Reitler 3 (ohne „ “), so gestern wieder J.K. 4 mit „ “. Es wird immer lustiger, die Herrschaften schämen sich . . . .

© Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto}
⇧ Postcard
[top left: picture captioned: "Vienna‒Belvedere"]

[From: ] ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 38

[To: ]Dr. Oswald Jonas
Berlin-Schöneberg
Mühlenstraße 2

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | [illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

Dear Dr. Jonas, 1

If I am not mistaken, I forgot to ask you particularly to have the essay 2 sent me in case it gets reprinted here or there.


With best greetings
Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

Court Counsellor Marx recently cited me namelessly (" ") and immediately afterward Reitler 3 (without " "), then yesterday again J.K. 4 with " ". It gets funnier all the time, the gentlemen shame themselves . . . .

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto}
⇧ Postkarte
[top left: picture captioned: "Wien‒Belvedere"]

[Absender: ] ⇧ Schenker,
Wien, III
Keilgasse 38

[An: ] H Dr Oswald Jonas
Berlin-Schöneberg
Mühlenstr. 2

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | [illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

Sehr geehrter Herr Dr Jonas ! 1

Wenn ich nicht irre, vergaß ich Sie eigens zu bitten, mir den Aufsatz 2 zukommen zu lassen, falls er hier oder dort zum Abdruck gelangt.


Mit bestem Gruß
Ihr
[signed:] H Schenker

Hat mich kürzlich Hofrath Marx namenlos („ “) angeführt, gleich drauf Reitler 3 (ohne „ “), so gestern wieder J.K. 4 mit „ “. Es wird immer lustiger, die Herrschaften schämen sich . . . .

© Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto}
⇧ Postcard
[top left: picture captioned: "Vienna‒Belvedere"]

[From: ] ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 38

[To: ]Dr. Oswald Jonas
Berlin-Schöneberg
Mühlenstraße 2

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | [illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

Dear Dr. Jonas, 1

If I am not mistaken, I forgot to ask you particularly to have the essay 2 sent me in case it gets reprinted here or there.


With best greetings
Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

Court Counsellor Marx recently cited me namelessly (" ") and immediately afterward Reitler 3 (without " "), then yesterday again J.K. 4 with " ". It gets funnier all the time, the gentlemen shame themselves . . . .

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2006

Footnotes

1 There is no record of this postcard having been written in Schenker's diary between April 2 and 19. This suggested dateframe is based only on the number "7" that has been written in the top-left corner of the verso.

2 Presumably the one recently mentioned in 12/6, [8].

3 Possibly Josef Reitler (1915‒38), writer on music, and one of the directors of the Neues Wiener Konservatorium.

4 Identity unknown: perhaps Julius Korngold?

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Provenance
Oswald Jonas (document date-1978)—Special Collections, University of California, Riverside (1978-)
Rights Holder
In the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. All reasonable efforts have been made to identify heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights 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: 2015-04-23
Last updated: 2011-02-07