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OJ 7/4, [66] - Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated August 2, 1910
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[picture of mountain range with house in foreground, captioned: "Rosengarten-Gruppe v. Karersee-Hotel"] {recto} [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker Karerpass, Tirol Karerpasshotel [An:] H Prof M. Violin Baden b/Wien Jägerhausstr. 10 [postmark:] || KARERSEE | 2.VIII.10 | [illeg] || Fl. Täglich, stündlich, minutlich erwarte ich deinen Brief. Ja, ich halte sogar mit einem Brief meinerseits zurück, worin ich dir Meldung zu erstatten hätte. Also heraus damit! Du uzest mich, u. willst mich hungern wissen, 1 ‒ der alte Hallunka, der du immer bist ‒ aber du machst die Rechnung ohne meinen: ich trete halt dekolletiert auf, 2 freilich nicht ohne Scham u. Mühe. ‒ Also, also! Die II Korrektur der „chrom. fant.“ kommt in paar Tagen. Da heißt es wieder an den Tisch. Wirst du kommen? Schicke, dann schreibe ich dir, u. du magst wünschen. Dieses also zur Erinnerung. Viel schöne Wege habe ich gemacht. © Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019 |
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[picture of mountain range with house in foreground, captioned: "Rosengarten Group from the Karersee Hotel"] {recto} [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker Karerpass, Tyrol Karerpass Hotel [to:] Prof. M. Violin Baden near Vienna Jägerhausstraße 10 [postmark:] || KARERSEE | 2.VIII.10 | [illeg] || Floriz, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, I await your letter. Yes, I am even holding off from writing a letter from my end in which I would have given you a report. So, out with it! You tease me, and want to know that I am going hungry 1 ‒ old scoundrel that you always are ‒ but you are reckoning without my [letter]: I make my entrance simply décolleté, 2 admittedly not without shame and effort. ‒ Come on! Let's have it! The second proofs of the Chromatic Fantasy arrive in a couple of days. That will mean I'll again be tied to my desk. Will you come? Send [yours], then I will write to you and you may wish. This to serve as a reminder. I have walked many beautiful trails. © Translation Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019 |
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[picture of mountain range with house in foreground, captioned: "Rosengarten-Gruppe v. Karersee-Hotel"] {recto} [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker Karerpass, Tirol Karerpasshotel [An:] H Prof M. Violin Baden b/Wien Jägerhausstr. 10 [postmark:] || KARERSEE | 2.VIII.10 | [illeg] || Fl. Täglich, stündlich, minutlich erwarte ich deinen Brief. Ja, ich halte sogar mit einem Brief meinerseits zurück, worin ich dir Meldung zu erstatten hätte. Also heraus damit! Du uzest mich, u. willst mich hungern wissen, 1 ‒ der alte Hallunka, der du immer bist ‒ aber du machst die Rechnung ohne meinen: ich trete halt dekolletiert auf, 2 freilich nicht ohne Scham u. Mühe. ‒ Also, also! Die II Korrektur der „chrom. fant.“ kommt in paar Tagen. Da heißt es wieder an den Tisch. Wirst du kommen? Schicke, dann schreibe ich dir, u. du magst wünschen. Dieses also zur Erinnerung. Viel schöne Wege habe ich gemacht. © Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019 |
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[picture of mountain range with house in foreground, captioned: "Rosengarten Group from the Karersee Hotel"] {recto} [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker Karerpass, Tyrol Karerpass Hotel [to:] Prof. M. Violin Baden near Vienna Jägerhausstraße 10 [postmark:] || KARERSEE | 2.VIII.10 | [illeg] || Floriz, Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, I await your letter. Yes, I am even holding off from writing a letter from my end in which I would have given you a report. So, out with it! You tease me, and want to know that I am going hungry 1 ‒ old scoundrel that you always are ‒ but you are reckoning without my [letter]: I make my entrance simply décolleté, 2 admittedly not without shame and effort. ‒ Come on! Let's have it! The second proofs of the Chromatic Fantasy arrive in a couple of days. That will mean I'll again be tied to my desk. Will you come? Send [yours], then I will write to you and you may wish. This to serve as a reminder. I have walked many beautiful trails. © Translation Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019 |
Footnotes1 Probably a reference to the on-going discussion of debt and financial stringency between the two men. 2 dekolletiert: French loan word ("décolleté") meaning "low-cut" of a woman's garment, or "wearing a low-cut garment" of a woman. Schenker's meaning is obscure. |
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Digital version created: 2019-11-30 |