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OJ 70/17, [2] - Typewritten letter from Furtwängler to whomever, dated June 25, 1934


⇧ BERLIN W.35 ⇧ 25. Juni 1934.
⇧ GRAF-SPEE-STR. 9

⇧ Professor 1 Moritz Violin kenne ich als hervorragenden Musiker, der durch ungewöhnliche Intelligenz und echtmusikalischen Instinkt innerhalb der Reihen seiner Fachkollegen bemerkenswert hervortritt.


[signed:] ⇧ W. Furtwängler

© Transcription Ian Bent.

⇧ BERLIN W.35 ⇧ June 25, 1934
⇧ GRAF-SPEE-STRASSE 9

⇧ I 1 know Professor Moriz Violin to be a first-rate musician who, through extraordinary intelligence and genuinely musical instinct, stands out remarkably among the ranks of his fellow musicians.


[signed:] ⇧ W. Furtwängler

© Translation Ian Bent, 2015

⇧ BERLIN W.35 ⇧ 25. Juni 1934.
⇧ GRAF-SPEE-STR. 9

⇧ Professor 1 Moritz Violin kenne ich als hervorragenden Musiker, der durch ungewöhnliche Intelligenz und echtmusikalischen Instinkt innerhalb der Reihen seiner Fachkollegen bemerkenswert hervortritt.


[signed:] ⇧ W. Furtwängler

© Transcription Ian Bent.

⇧ BERLIN W.35 ⇧ June 25, 1934
⇧ GRAF-SPEE-STRASSE 9

⇧ I 1 know Professor Moriz Violin to be a first-rate musician who, through extraordinary intelligence and genuinely musical instinct, stands out remarkably among the ranks of his fellow musicians.


[signed:] ⇧ W. Furtwängler

© Translation Ian Bent, 2015

Footnotes

1 This item, which is an open letter of recommendation, was enclosed with OJ 11/16, [14] of the same date, and was forwarded by Schenker to Violin. OJ 70 represents the Moriz Violin Papers, housed within the Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection.

Commentary

Format
1p letter, printed letterhead, typewritten date and message, holograph signature
Rights Holder
Heirs of Wilhelm Furtwänger, published by kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the late Mrs. Elisabeth Furtwängler, February 2, 2005. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence (at) mus (dot) cam (dot) uk
Provenance
Moriz Violin (document date-1956) -- Heirs of Moriz Violin (1956-1978) -- University of California, Riverside (1978-)

Digital version created: 2015-01-28
Last updated: 2010-06-28