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OJ 5/38, [63] - Handwritten letter from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated May 2, 1930



Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Anbei das heute mir zugekommene Schreiben des l. Mozio. 2 Wollte Gott, daß ich dir schon – telegraphieren kann: „Geld erhalten“!

Sende mir, bitte, Mozio’s Bf zurück. 3

Mitten im schweren Unglück hat Lisl doch soviel Glück gehabt, daß sie vor — — 8 Tagen geheiratet hat, so daß sie auf Richtera’s Pension Recht hat. Ob sie zum Leben reichen wird?


Viele Grüße Euch Beiden
von uns Beiden
dein
[signed:] Heinrich

2. 5. 30

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024


My dear Wilhelm, 1

Enclosed is the letter that came to me today from Mozio. 2 Would to God that I could already send you a telegram: “Money received”!

Please return Mozio’s letter to me. 3

Amid a rough bit of bad luck, Lisl had so much good luck that she got married eight days ago so that she has a right to Richtera’s pension. [I wonder] whether it will suffice to live on?


Abundant greetings to you both
from us both,
your
[signed:] Heinrich

May 2, 1930

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024


Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Anbei das heute mir zugekommene Schreiben des l. Mozio. 2 Wollte Gott, daß ich dir schon – telegraphieren kann: „Geld erhalten“!

Sende mir, bitte, Mozio’s Bf zurück. 3

Mitten im schweren Unglück hat Lisl doch soviel Glück gehabt, daß sie vor — — 8 Tagen geheiratet hat, so daß sie auf Richtera’s Pension Recht hat. Ob sie zum Leben reichen wird?


Viele Grüße Euch Beiden
von uns Beiden
dein
[signed:] Heinrich

2. 5. 30

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024


My dear Wilhelm, 1

Enclosed is the letter that came to me today from Mozio. 2 Would to God that I could already send you a telegram: “Money received”!

Please return Mozio’s letter to me. 3

Amid a rough bit of bad luck, Lisl had so much good luck that she got married eight days ago so that she has a right to Richtera’s pension. [I wonder] whether it will suffice to live on?


Abundant greetings to you both
from us both,
your
[signed:] Heinrich

May 2, 1930

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this letter is recorded in Schenker’s diary for May 2, 1930: “An Wilhelm (Br.): schicke den Brief von Mozio” (“To Wilhelm (letter): I send him the letter from Mozio”).

2 Receipt of Mozio’s letter (OJ 14/5, [32]) is recorded in Schenker’s diary entry for May 2; the money due him would arrive in his bank account, and thus “order” between the two brothers would be restored.

3 “Sende … zurück.” (“Please … to me.”): underlined in pencil, probably by Wilhelm.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature
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: 2024-10-08
Last updated: 2010-03-11