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OJ 5/38, [34] - Handwritten postcard from Heinrich & Jeanette to Wilhelm Schenker, dated August 29, 1927

{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

⇧ Absender: ⇧ Schenker
Wien III, Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
b. Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | * a * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Es geht schon wieder u. wir kommen zu Dir am Samstag dieser Woche. Und zwar: Wir reisen diesen Dienstag nach Wien, kommen dort Freitag 6 ½ früh an, ruhen Freitag über Tag u. Nacht zuhause u. steigen Samstag 9.15 ein. Mittags in Horn! Mit allerleichtestem Gepäck.


Auf Wiedersehen
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich u. LieLie

29. 8. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

⇧ From: ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8, Vienna III

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | * a * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

Things are back to normal and we are coming to your place on Saturday of this week. To wit: we are traveling this Tuesday to Vienna, arriving there early on Friday at 6:30, resting up at home on Friday during the day and night, and boarding the train on Saturday at 9:15 am. Midday arrival in Horn! With the lightest luggage possible.


Until we see each other,
Your
[signed:] Heinrich and LieLie

August 29, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

⇧ Absender: ⇧ Schenker
Wien III, Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
b. Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | * a * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Es geht schon wieder u. wir kommen zu Dir am Samstag dieser Woche. Und zwar: Wir reisen diesen Dienstag nach Wien, kommen dort Freitag 6 ½ früh an, ruhen Freitag über Tag u. Nacht zuhause u. steigen Samstag 9.15 ein. Mittags in Horn! Mit allerleichtestem Gepäck.


Auf Wiedersehen
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich u. LieLie

29. 8. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

⇧ From: ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8, Vienna III

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || GALTÜR | [illeg] | * a * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

Things are back to normal and we are coming to your place on Saturday of this week. To wit: we are traveling this Tuesday to Vienna, arriving there early on Friday at 6:30, resting up at home on Friday during the day and night, and boarding the train on Saturday at 9:15 am. Midday arrival in Horn! With the lightest luggage possible.


Until we see each other,
Your
[signed:] Heinrich and LieLie

August 29, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker’s diary.

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: 2024-07-10
Last updated: 2010-03-11