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OJ 9/6, [39] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d'Albert to Schenker, dated May 25, 1905
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⇧ CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA (CARTE POSTALE D’ITALIE). ⇧ Austria. Herrn Dr Schenker Vienna Wien † . III Reisnerstr 38. Austria † [postmark:] || [illeg] | 27 | 5 | 05 | [illeg] || [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 29.V.05 IIII | BESTELLT || {verso} 25. 5. 05. Lieber Herr Doctor! Wolff-Berlin sandte mir soeben Ihre Depeche sämtlich per Buch-Post nach. 1 Soeben bin ich aus Deutschland [?aus] [?meiner] 2 Idylle zurückgestellt u. bleibe hier bis zum Herbst. Ich stehe Ihnen stets gerne zur Verfügung[.] Es würde mich sehr freuen Sie hier zu begrüßen. Ihre gef. Nachricht entgegensehend u. mit Hzl. Grüße von meiner Frau u. mir © Transcription Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA (CARTE POSTALE D’ITALIE) ⇧ Austria. Dr. Schenker Vienna † III Reisnerstraße 38 Austria † [postmark:] || [illeg] | 27 | 5 | 05 | [illeg] || [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 29.V.05 IIII | DELIVERED || {verso} May 25, 1905 Dear Dr. [Schenker], Wolff-Berlin has just forwarded to me your dispatches together by book post. 1 I have just returned from Germany [?from] [?my] 2 idyll, and will stay here until the Fall. I remain always at your disposal. It would give me great pleasure to welcome you here. Looking forward to your news, and with cordial greetings from my wife and © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA (CARTE POSTALE D’ITALIE). ⇧ Austria. Herrn Dr Schenker Vienna Wien † . III Reisnerstr 38. Austria † [postmark:] || [illeg] | 27 | 5 | 05 | [illeg] || [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 29.V.05 IIII | BESTELLT || {verso} 25. 5. 05. Lieber Herr Doctor! Wolff-Berlin sandte mir soeben Ihre Depeche sämtlich per Buch-Post nach. 1 Soeben bin ich aus Deutschland [?aus] [?meiner] 2 Idylle zurückgestellt u. bleibe hier bis zum Herbst. Ich stehe Ihnen stets gerne zur Verfügung[.] Es würde mich sehr freuen Sie hier zu begrüßen. Ihre gef. Nachricht entgegensehend u. mit Hzl. Grüße von meiner Frau u. mir © Transcription Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ CARTOLINA POSTALE ITALIANA (CARTE POSTALE D’ITALIE) ⇧ Austria. Dr. Schenker Vienna † III Reisnerstraße 38 Austria † [postmark:] || [illeg] | 27 | 5 | 05 | [illeg] || [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 29.V.05 IIII | DELIVERED || {verso} May 25, 1905 Dear Dr. [Schenker], Wolff-Berlin has just forwarded to me your dispatches together by book post. 1 I have just returned from Germany [?from] [?my] 2 idyll, and will stay here until the Fall. I remain always at your disposal. It would give me great pleasure to welcome you here. Looking forward to your news, and with cordial greetings from my wife and © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
Footnotes1 The contents of Schenker’s “Depeche” are unclear. Tempting as it is to suggest that it was a draft of his Harmonielehre , in support of the publication of which d’Albert wrote successfully to the publisher J. G. Cotta on November 13 (cf. OJ 9/31, [2], November 14), it is more likely that it was the libretto or scenario of Amor und Psyche, as acknowledged by d’Albert in OJ 9/6, [40], June 3, and responded to in OJ 9/6, [41], June 15. 2 “aus meiner”: the diacritic over the first word confirms this reading, more likely though it might seem that d’Albert would be returning to his idyllic home and wife in Italy; however, this may be yet another sign of his fervent German nationalism (cf. OJ 9/6, [7]). |
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