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OJ 5/38, [3] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich Schenker to Albin Bednař, snr, dated July 3, 1923

{verso}
[Picture: river valley with mountains]

{recto}
⇧ Langesthei in Paznaun.

⇧ Abs. Dr. H. Schenker
dzt. Galtür, (Paznaun.)
Tirol

[An: ] H Oberinspektor Albin Bednař
Wien, III,
Obergellergasse 10/6
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | [illeg] ||


⇧ Excellenz! 1

Die Reise ist ohne Abenteuer glatt verlaufen. Von hier aus danken wir für Ihre Freundlichkeit noch einmal. Sollten Sie aus St. Bernhard Neues hören, dann bitten wir um eine Zeile, denn der l. Wilhelm würde auf eine Anfrage doch nicht antworten.


Beste Grüße Euer Excellenz u. den Ihrigen
Ihr
[signed:] H. Schenker

3. VII. 1923

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[Picture: river valley with mountains]

{recto}
⇧ Langesthei in Paznaun

⇧ From: Dr. H. Schenker
currently at Galtür (Paznaun)
Tyrol

[To: ] Superintendent Albin Bednař
Obergellergasse 10/6
Vienna III
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | [illeg] ||


⇧ Excellency, 1

The trip unfolded smoothly, without adventure. From here, we thank you again for your kind assistance. Should you hear anything new from St. Bernhard, we request a line, for dear Wilhelm certainly would not answer an inquiry.


Best regards to Your Excellency and yours,
Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

July 3, 1923

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{verso}
[Picture: river valley with mountains]

{recto}
⇧ Langesthei in Paznaun.

⇧ Abs. Dr. H. Schenker
dzt. Galtür, (Paznaun.)
Tirol

[An: ] H Oberinspektor Albin Bednař
Wien, III,
Obergellergasse 10/6
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | [illeg] ||


⇧ Excellenz! 1

Die Reise ist ohne Abenteuer glatt verlaufen. Von hier aus danken wir für Ihre Freundlichkeit noch einmal. Sollten Sie aus St. Bernhard Neues hören, dann bitten wir um eine Zeile, denn der l. Wilhelm würde auf eine Anfrage doch nicht antworten.


Beste Grüße Euer Excellenz u. den Ihrigen
Ihr
[signed:] H. Schenker

3. VII. 1923

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[Picture: river valley with mountains]

{recto}
⇧ Langesthei in Paznaun

⇧ From: Dr. H. Schenker
currently at Galtür (Paznaun)
Tyrol

[To: ] Superintendent Albin Bednař
Obergellergasse 10/6
Vienna III
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | [illeg] ||


⇧ Excellency, 1

The trip unfolded smoothly, without adventure. From here, we thank you again for your kind assistance. Should you hear anything new from St. Bernhard, we request a line, for dear Wilhelm certainly would not answer an inquiry.


Best regards to Your Excellency and yours,
Your
[signed:] H. Schenker

July 3, 1923

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Sending of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for July 3, 1923: “An den Oberinspektor (Ansichtsk.): danken noch einmal u. erkundigen uns nach den Dingen in St. Bernhard.” (“To the Chief Inspector (picture postcard): we thank him again and ask how things are in St. Bernhard.”). — By this date, Wilhelm Schenker had moved from Kautzen, near Waidhofen, to St. Bernhard, near Horn.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, salutation, message, valediction, and signatures, postage stamp and postmark, recto; printed picture, 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: 2024-06-07
Last updated: 2010-03-11