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OJ 5/38, [24] - Handwritten postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated February 28, 1927

{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ St. Bernhard
b Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 28 II 27 18 | * R * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Was war denn los? Es sieht, daß du auch mich zu sehen wünschtest, – plötzlich aber, da wir im Begriffe waren, zur Bahn zu gehen, kam das Telegramm, das deine Abreise meldete. Schade daß wir dich nicht zu sehen bekamen, wir haben uns sehr darauf gefreut. Wie geht es dir? Wir haben Arbeit über Arbeit zu Hause u. müssen sehen, daß wir trotzdem gesund bleiben.


Viele, viele Küsse von deinem getreuen
[signed:] Heinrich u. Lielie

2 78. 2. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] ⇧ Dr Wilhelm Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 28 II 27 18 | * R * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

What was going on? It appears that you also wanted to see me. Suddenly, however, as we were getting ready to leave for the train station, the telegram arrived reporting your departure. Too bad we didn’t get to see you. We were very much looking forward to it. How are you? At home, we have work piled on top of work and must nevertheless see to it that we remain healthy.


Many, many kisses from your faithful
[signed:] Heinrich and Lielie

February 2 78, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ St. Bernhard
b Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 28 II 27 18 | * R * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Was war denn los? Es sieht, daß du auch mich zu sehen wünschtest, – plötzlich aber, da wir im Begriffe waren, zur Bahn zu gehen, kam das Telegramm, das deine Abreise meldete. Schade daß wir dich nicht zu sehen bekamen, wir haben uns sehr darauf gefreut. Wie geht es dir? Wir haben Arbeit über Arbeit zu Hause u. müssen sehen, daß wir trotzdem gesund bleiben.


Viele, viele Küsse von deinem getreuen
[signed:] Heinrich u. Lielie

2 78. 2. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] ⇧ Dr Wilhelm Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 28 II 27 18 | * R * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

What was going on? It appears that you also wanted to see me. Suddenly, however, as we were getting ready to leave for the train station, the telegram arrived reporting your departure. Too bad we didn’t get to see you. We were very much looking forward to it. How are you? At home, we have work piled on top of work and must nevertheless see to it that we remain healthy.


Many, many kisses from your faithful
[signed:] Heinrich and Lielie

February 2 78, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for February 28, 1927: “An Wilhelm (K.): was ist in Baden geschehen, warum so plötzlich abgereist?” (“To Wilhelm (postcard): what happened in Baden, and why did you decide to leave so suddenly?”).

Commentary

Format
printed postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, postage stamp and postmark, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Provenance
Wilhelm Schenker (document date-1938?)—Jeanette Schenker (1938?-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; deemed to be in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. 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: 2024-07-09
Last updated: 2010-03-11