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OJ 5/38, [55] - Handwritten postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated April 13, 1929

{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

⇧ Absender: ⇧ Schenker
III, Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard /b Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.IV.29 | 12–13 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Warum hören wir nichts von dir?? Wie geht es dir u. der l. Frau Marie? Waren die Kinder bei dir? Über unsere Sommerpläne demnächst. Ein paar Zeilen erbittet.


Dich u. die l. Frau Marie bestens grüßend,
dein
[signed:] Heinrich

13. 4. 29

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

⇧ From: ⇧ Schenker
[Vienna] III, Keilgasse 8

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 13.IV.29 | 12–13 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

Why do we hear nothing from you?? How are you and your wife, Marie? Were the children at your place? Soon, something about our summer plans. Requesting a few lines.


Best greetings to you and your dear wife Marie.
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

April 13, 1929

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postkarte

⇧ Absender: ⇧ Schenker
III, Keilgasse 8

[An:] ⇧ H. Dr Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard /b Horn
Nd: Öst:
[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.IV.29 | 12–13 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Warum hören wir nichts von dir?? Wie geht es dir u. der l. Frau Marie? Waren die Kinder bei dir? Über unsere Sommerpläne demnächst. Ein paar Zeilen erbittet.


Dich u. die l. Frau Marie bestens grüßend,
dein
[signed:] Heinrich

13. 4. 29

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

⇧ From: ⇧ Schenker
[Vienna] III, Keilgasse 8

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 13.IV.29 | 12–13 | * 4f * ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

Why do we hear nothing from you?? How are you and your wife, Marie? Were the children at your place? Soon, something about our summer plans. Requesting a few lines.


Best greetings to you and your dear wife Marie.
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

April 13, 1929

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for April 13, 1929: “An Wilhelm (K.): Erkundigung nach dem Befinden” (“To Wilhelm (postcard): I ask after him”). — On the recto of this postcard are some pencil jottings: “Ludung Aff | Frauen [?Strassenwörter] 63 | 1855 | RP. | Frauen | 15/4 3/4 13.”

Commentary

Format
postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, annotations in unknown hand, 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: 2024-10-01
Last updated: 2010-03-11