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OJ 5/38, [36] - Handwritten postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 18, 1927

{recto} ⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: palace, captioned: “Wien – Schönbrunn”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An]: H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
b/Horn
Nd: Öst.
[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 19 IX 27 | * R * ||

{verso}


⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Seit gestern Nachmittag trage ich das neue Stück: Sprechen konnte ich schon gleich, aber das Essen geht noch schwer, – das Stück muß noch gerichtet werden u. bis es ganz passt, erst dann zahle ich. Du begreifst, daß ich bis jetzt nirgends hingehen konnte, in dieser Woche wollen wir mit unseren Fragen wegen des l. Tonerl beginnen. 2

Das in Eile, dich,


die l. Frau Marie u. Tonerl
von uns Beiden bestens grüßend
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

18. 9. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postcard
[small picture: palace, captioned: “Vienna – Schönbrunn”]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To]: Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 19 IX 27 | * R * ||

{verso}


⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

I am using the new denture since yesterday afternoon. I was able to talk right away, but eating is still difficult, – the denture still has to be adjusted and I will pay only when it fits perfectly. You understand that until now I couldn’t go anywhere. This week, we want to start our inquiries about dear Tonerl. 2

This in haste, to you,


your dear wife Marie and Tonerl,
best regards from both of us
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

September 18, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: palace, captioned: “Wien – Schönbrunn”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An]: H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
b/Horn
Nd: Öst.
[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 19 IX 27 | * R * ||

{verso}


⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Seit gestern Nachmittag trage ich das neue Stück: Sprechen konnte ich schon gleich, aber das Essen geht noch schwer, – das Stück muß noch gerichtet werden u. bis es ganz passt, erst dann zahle ich. Du begreifst, daß ich bis jetzt nirgends hingehen konnte, in dieser Woche wollen wir mit unseren Fragen wegen des l. Tonerl beginnen. 2

Das in Eile, dich,


die l. Frau Marie u. Tonerl
von uns Beiden bestens grüßend
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

18. 9. 27

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postcard
[small picture: palace, captioned: “Vienna – Schönbrunn”]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To]: Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard
near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 19 IX 27 | * R * ||

{verso}


⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

I am using the new denture since yesterday afternoon. I was able to talk right away, but eating is still difficult, – the denture still has to be adjusted and I will pay only when it fits perfectly. You understand that until now I couldn’t go anywhere. This week, we want to start our inquiries about dear Tonerl. 2

This in haste, to you,


your dear wife Marie and Tonerl,
best regards from both of us
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

September 18, 1927

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for September 18, 1927: “An Wilhelm (K.): wir setzen die Umfragen wegen Tonerl fort” (“To Wilhelm (postcard): we shall continue making inquiries on behalf of Tonerl”).

2 Evidence of Heinrich’s efforts on behalf of Tonerl can be seen in his diary for September 24, 1927: “Bei Kellner wegen Tonerl.” (“At Kellner’s [furniture store], with regard to Tonerl”) and in OJ 5/38, [37], September 24, 1927, and OJ 5/38, [38], October 5, 1927.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, postage stamp, postmarks, and printed picture, 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: 2024-07-11
Last updated: 2010-03-11