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{recto}
[printed:] Postkarte
[top-left, picture captioned: Feldkirch-Vorarlberg]
[Absender:] Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H Prof.
Felix v. Cube
Duisburg (Rhld)
Gellertstr.
2
[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.VI.31. 19 | [illeg] ||
{verso}


Lieber Prof. v. Cube! 1

Gleichzeitig sende ich Ihnen als Drucksache Weisse -Stücke, die ich Sie zur Erinnerung an mich u. Weisse zu behalten bitte. 2 Diesmal kommt er bach’isch, aber gut u. besser als alle Andere. Schöne Führung, inniger Ausdruck u.s.w.

Wie gesagt, aus Galtür komme ich mit Brief.


Beste Grüße
Ihr
[signed:] H Schenker
12.6.31

[verso, along left margin, top to bottom:] [illeg] als Manuscript gedrückt!!!

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2006

{recto}
[printed:] Postcard
[top-left, picture captioned: Feldkirch-Vorarlberg]
[From:] Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof.
Felix v. Cube,
Duisburg (Rhineland),
Gellertstraße
2
[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 13.VI.31. 19 | [illeg] ||
{verso}


Dear Professor von Cube, 1

At the same time [as this postcard], I am sending you, as printed papers, pieces by Weisse, which I am asking you to keep as a souvenir of me and Weisse. 2 This time the music sounds Bachian, but it is good, and better than anything else, with beautiful [voice-]leading, innate expression, etc.

As I have said, I shall send you a letter from Galtür.


Best greetings.
Yours,
[signed:] H. Schenker
June 12, 1931

[verso, along left margin, top to bottom:] [illeg] printed from the manuscript!!!

© Translation William Drabkin, 2006

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard does not appear to be recorded in Schenker's diary.

2 From the content of this postcard, including the postscript running down the side, it appears as if some works of Hans Weisse in a Bachian style had been printed from the composer's own manuscript copy.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, picture and holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Provenance
Felix-Eberhard von Cube (document date--????) -- photocopies: W.M.Drabkin (1985-2011) -- Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection (2011-)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence [at] mus (dot) cam (dot) ac (dot) uk

Digital version created: 2006-11-11
Last updated: 2011-10-28