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OJ 5/38, [86] - Handwritten picture postcard from Heinrich to Wilhelm Schenker, postmarked March 29, 1934[?]

{verso}
[picture: sheep in meadow, captioned: “Frohes Osterfest!”]

{recto}
[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

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

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 29.III.3[illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Zum Eintritt in den neuen Frühling, in ein neues Lebensjahr 2 sehr viele Wünsche u. Küsse von mir u. LieLiechen!

In nächster Woche schreibe ich. 3

Wie geht es Euch Beiden?


Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[picture: sheep in meadow, captioned: “Happy Easter!”]

{recto}
[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

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

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 29.III.3[illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

On entering into the new spring, into a new year of life, 2 best wishes and kisses from me and LieLiechen!

Next week I will write. 3

How are the two of you?


Your
[signed:] Heinrich

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024
{verso}
[picture: sheep in meadow, captioned: “Frohes Osterfest!”]

{recto}
[Absender:] ⇧ Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

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

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 29.III.3[illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

⇧ Mein lieber Wilhelm! 1

Zum Eintritt in den neuen Frühling, in ein neues Lebensjahr 2 sehr viele Wünsche u. Küsse von mir u. LieLiechen!

In nächster Woche schreibe ich. 3

Wie geht es Euch Beiden?


Dein
[signed:] Heinrich

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2024
{verso}
[picture: sheep in meadow, captioned: “Happy Easter!”]

{recto}
[From:] ⇧ Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III

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

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 40 | 29.III.3[illeg] 19 | * 4f * ||

⇧ My dear Wilhelm, 1

On entering into the new spring, into a new year of life, 2 best wishes and kisses from me and LieLiechen!

Next week I will write. 3

How are the two of you?


Your
[signed:] Heinrich

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2024

Footnotes

1 The date of this postcard is ambiguous. In the postmark, ”29. III.” is clear; the digits for year are either 31 or 34 (they are obscured by Schenker’s return address). None of the diary entries for late March between 1930 and 1934 records the writing of a postcard to Wilhelm, though the latter date is more likely (see footnote 3).

2 Wilhelm celebrated his 72nd birthday on March 12, 1934.

3 Schenker did write a letter in Wilhelm in April 15, 1934 (OJ 5/38, [87]); there are, however, no letters dating from April 1931.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: holograph sender and recipient addresses, salutation, message, valediction, and signature; postage stamp, postmark, and stamp, recto; picture, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Provenance
Heirs of Arnold Schoenberg, published by kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the author's son, Mr. Lawrence Schoenberg, January 2, 2011. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document 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: 2024-11-12
Last updated: 2010-03-11