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OJ 5/38, [80] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, dated June 13, 1932

{recto} ⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: viaduct with mountain peaks behind, captioned: "Hinterbregenzerwaldstraße, Vorarlberg"]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard b/ Horn
Nd: Öst.

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.VI.32 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Wir reisen am Mittw., 15d. ab, machen Halt in Salzburg u. sind am 16ten schon in: Igls b/Innsbruck Igler Hof

Auf den Duft deines Briefes 2 bin ich schon sehr gespannt.


Beste Grüße Euch Beiden
von uns Beiden
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

13. 6. 32

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postcard
[small picture: viaduct with mountain peaks behind, captioned: "Hinterbregenzerwaldstraße, Vorarlberg"]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard, near Horn
Lower Austria

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 13.VI.32 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

We are departing on Wednesday, the 15th of the month, stopping over in Salzburg, and on the 16th we will already be in Igls, near Innsbruck,
staying at the Igler Hof.

I am really very curious about the fragrance of your letter. 2


Greetings to you both
from the both of us.
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

June 13, 1932

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postkarte
[small picture: viaduct with mountain peaks behind, captioned: "Hinterbregenzerwaldstraße, Vorarlberg"]

[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard b/ Horn
Nd: Öst.

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.VI.32 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Wir reisen am Mittw., 15d. ab, machen Halt in Salzburg u. sind am 16ten schon in: Igls b/Innsbruck Igler Hof

Auf den Duft deines Briefes 2 bin ich schon sehr gespannt.


Beste Grüße Euch Beiden
von uns Beiden
Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

13. 6. 32

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{recto} ⇧ Postcard
[small picture: viaduct with mountain peaks behind, captioned: "Hinterbregenzerwaldstraße, Vorarlberg"]

[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

[To:] Dr. Wilhelm Schenker
St. Bernhard, near Horn
Lower Austria

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 13.VI.32 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

We are departing on Wednesday, the 15th of the month, stopping over in Salzburg, and on the 16th we will already be in Igls, near Innsbruck,
staying at the Igler Hof.

I am really very curious about the fragrance of your letter. 2


Greetings to you both
from the both of us.
Your
[signed:] Heinrich

June 13, 1932

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for June 13, 1932: “An Wilhelm (K.): Adresse: Igls” (“To Wilhelm (postcard): address in Igls”).

2 Schenker’s diary records the receipt of a letter from Wilhelm the same day, expressing thanks and including some jokes.

Commentary

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