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OJ 5/38, [59] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 2, 1929

{recto}
⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: lake with village and mountains, captioned: “Zell am See, Salzburg”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard b/Horn
(Nd: Öst.)
[postmark:] || SALZ[BURG] | [illeg] | * 8a * ||

{verso}


⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Der Tag, die Stunde naht: erwarte uns Mittw. Vm. in Horn!


Beste Grüße von mir u.
LieLiechen Euch Beiden
[signed:] H u LL Sch

2. 9. 29

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard
[small picture: lake with village and mountains, captioned: “Zell am See, Salzburg”]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard near Horn
(Lower Austria)
[postmark:] || SALZ[BURG] | [illeg] | * 8a * ||

{verso}


⇧ My Dear Wilhelm, 1

The day and the hour cometh: expect us Wednesday mid-morning in Horn!


Best greetings to you both
from me and LieLiechen
[signed:] H u LL Schenker

September 2, 1929

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: lake with village and mountains, captioned: “Zell am See, Salzburg”]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard b/Horn
(Nd: Öst.)
[postmark:] || SALZ[BURG] | [illeg] | * 8a * ||

{verso}


⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Der Tag, die Stunde naht: erwarte uns Mittw. Vm. in Horn!


Beste Grüße von mir u.
LieLiechen Euch Beiden
[signed:] H u LL Sch

2. 9. 29

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto}
⇧ Postcard
[small picture: lake with village and mountains, captioned: “Zell am See, Salzburg”]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard near Horn
(Lower Austria)
[postmark:] || SALZ[BURG] | [illeg] | * 8a * ||

{verso}


⇧ My Dear Wilhelm, 1

The day and the hour cometh: expect us Wednesday mid-morning in Horn!


Best greetings to you both
from me and LieLiechen
[signed:] H u LL Schenker

September 2, 1929

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Schenker’s diary entry for September 1, 1929, records the writing of a picture postcard to Wilhelm.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: printed picture, holograph (all in pencil) sender and recipient addresses, recto; salutation, message, valediction, and signatures, 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: 2024-10-07
Last updated: 2010-03-11