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OJ 8/5, [12] - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated November 7, 1932

{recto}

⇧ Postkarte

Absender: ⇧ Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] Prof. M. Violin
Hamburg
Rotenbaum-Chaussee 221

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 47 | 7. XI. 32. 18 | * 4h * ||

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Fl! 1

Kalmus schreibt mir, Hofrat Marx möchte gern meine Harmonielehre an der Akademie einführen (gekürzt u. billig gemacht), nach 26 Jahren! In äußerster Not wissen sie die Adresse.


Viele Grüße Euch Allen von uns beiden
Dein
[signed:] H

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2015
{recto}

⇧ Postcard

From: ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof. M. Violin
Hamburg
Rotenbaum-Chaussee 221

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 47 | 7. XI. 32. 18 | * 4h * ||

{verso}

Fl! 1

Kalmus has written to me that Court Counselor Marx would gladly like to introduce my Theory of Harmony to the Academy (in an abridged and cheaper edition), after twenty-six years! When things are desperate, they know my address.


Best greetings to you all from the two of us,
Your
[signed:] H.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2015
{recto}

⇧ Postkarte

Absender: ⇧ Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] Prof. M. Violin
Hamburg
Rotenbaum-Chaussee 221

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 47 | 7. XI. 32. 18 | * 4h * ||

{verso}

Fl! 1

Kalmus schreibt mir, Hofrat Marx möchte gern meine Harmonielehre an der Akademie einführen (gekürzt u. billig gemacht), nach 26 Jahren! In äußerster Not wissen sie die Adresse.


Viele Grüße Euch Allen von uns beiden
Dein
[signed:] H

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2015
{recto}

⇧ Postcard

From: ⇧ Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof. M. Violin
Hamburg
Rotenbaum-Chaussee 221

[postmark:] || 3 VIENNA 47 | 7. XI. 32. 18 | * 4h * ||

{verso}

Fl! 1

Kalmus has written to me that Court Counselor Marx would gladly like to introduce my Theory of Harmony to the Academy (in an abridged and cheaper edition), after twenty-six years! When things are desperate, they know my address.


Best greetings to you all from the two of us,
Your
[signed:] H.

© Translation William Drabkin, 2015

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary for November 7, 1932: “An Violin (K.): über Marx” (“To Violin (postcard): concerning Marx”).

Commentary

Format
Printed postcard, holograph sender and recipient addresses, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain
Provenance
Violin, Moriz (document date-1956)--Heirs of Moriz Violin (1956-197?)--University of California, Riverside (197?--)
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: 2022-01-23
Last updated: 2013-07-03