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OJ 5/38, [5a] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich & Jeanette to Wilhelm Schenker, dated September 13, [1923]

{verso}
[picture: town beside river, captioned: Waidhofen a. d. Thaya]

{recto}
⇧ Abs: Dr. H. Schenker
Wien, III,
Keilgasse 8

[An:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
in
St. Bernhard b/ Horn
Nd: Öst.
[postmark:] || WAIDHOFEN a. d. THAYA | [illeg] ||


⇧ Lieber Wilhelm! 1

Sei uns herzlich gegrüßt von Waidhofen aus, wo wir das Grab der Mutter besucht haben! Zu dir müssen wir den Weg eigens machen, denn von hier ist die Verbindung unmöglich.


Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

⇧ Schöne Grüße
[signed:] ⇧ von Lie-Lie

⇧ 13. IX.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[picture: town beside river, captioned: Waidhofen on the Thaya]

{recto}
⇧ From: Dr. H. Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
in
St. Bernhard, near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || WAIDHOFEN a. d. THAYA | [illeg] ||


⇧ Dear Wilhelm, 1

Cordial greetings from Waidhofen, where we visited Mother’s grave! We have to make a special trip to you, since the connection from here is impossible.


Your
[signed:] Heinrich

⇧ Warm greetings
[signed:] ⇧ from Lie-Lie

⇧ September 13

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{verso}
[picture: town beside river, captioned: Waidhofen a. d. Thaya]

{recto}
⇧ Abs: Dr. H. Schenker
Wien, III,
Keilgasse 8

[An:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
in
St. Bernhard b/ Horn
Nd: Öst.
[postmark:] || WAIDHOFEN a. d. THAYA | [illeg] ||


⇧ Lieber Wilhelm! 1

Sei uns herzlich gegrüßt von Waidhofen aus, wo wir das Grab der Mutter besucht haben! Zu dir müssen wir den Weg eigens machen, denn von hier ist die Verbindung unmöglich.


Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

⇧ Schöne Grüße
[signed:] ⇧ von Lie-Lie

⇧ 13. IX.

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[picture: town beside river, captioned: Waidhofen on the Thaya]

{recto}
⇧ From: Dr. H. Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
in
St. Bernhard, near Horn
Lower Austria
[postmark:] || WAIDHOFEN a. d. THAYA | [illeg] ||


⇧ Dear Wilhelm, 1

Cordial greetings from Waidhofen, where we visited Mother’s grave! We have to make a special trip to you, since the connection from here is impossible.


Your
[signed:] Heinrich

⇧ Warm greetings
[signed:] ⇧ from Lie-Lie

⇧ September 13

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Schenker’s diary entry for September 13, 1923, records a visit to his mother’s grave, and the writing of postcards to Wilhelm, his sister Sophie, and his younger brother Moriz. He received a postcard from Wilhelm six days later, thanking him for sending greetings from Waidhofen.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: holograph (Heinrich) sender and recipient addresses, salutation, message, valediction, and signature, holograph (Jeanette) postscript valediction and signature, 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: 2024-06-10
Last updated: 2010-03-11