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OJ 5/18, [A] - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Jonas, dated October 31, 1918

{recto} [all in a decorative rule-frame]
[Absender: ] Dr H Schenker
III, Reisnerstr. 38

[An: ]H Oswald Jonas
III,
Untere Weißgärberstr. 37
[postmark:] [no postmark, stamp crossed through] {verso}

Geehrter Herr Jonas!

Ich 1 bitte Sie zunächst für Donnerstag, den 7. XI, um ½ 5 - ½ 6.


Ihr
[signed:] HSch 31. X. 1918

© Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto} [all in a decorative rule-frame]
[From: ]Dr H. Schenker,
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To: ]Mr. Oswald Jonas,
[Vienna] III,
Untere Weißgärberstraße 37
[postmark:] [no postmark, stamp crossed through] {verso}

Dear Mr. Jonas,

Please 1 come first of all on Thursday the 7th of November, 4:30-5:30.


Yours,
[signed:] H. Schenker October 31, 1918

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto} [all in a decorative rule-frame]
[Absender: ] Dr H Schenker
III, Reisnerstr. 38

[An: ]H Oswald Jonas
III,
Untere Weißgärberstr. 37
[postmark:] [no postmark, stamp crossed through] {verso}

Geehrter Herr Jonas!

Ich 1 bitte Sie zunächst für Donnerstag, den 7. XI, um ½ 5 - ½ 6.


Ihr
[signed:] HSch 31. X. 1918

© Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006
{recto} [all in a decorative rule-frame]
[From: ]Dr H. Schenker,
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To: ]Mr. Oswald Jonas,
[Vienna] III,
Untere Weißgärberstraße 37
[postmark:] [no postmark, stamp crossed through] {verso}

Dear Mr. Jonas,

Please 1 come first of all on Thursday the 7th of November, 4:30-5:30.


Yours,
[signed:] H. Schenker October 31, 1918

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2006

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 2/12, p. 2009: "An Jonas (K.): bestimme Donnerstag ½5- ½6h." ("To Jonas (postcard): I settle on Thursday 4:30-5:30.").

Commentary

Format
printed 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: 2006-03-24
Last updated: 2010-02-25