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[coat of arms: in scroll:]
HOTEL BRISTOL
HOTEL BRISTOL
WIEN
⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor!
Herzlichsten Dank für „Salome“.
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Ich finde sie scheußlich; – aber das Werk wird auf zarte
Jungfrauen gewiß einen stark sinnlichen Reiz ausüben.
Auf Wiedersehen und wünsche Hzle
Wir reisen nach
Salzburg
(Hotel Bristol)
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
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[coat of arms: in scroll:]
HOTEL BRISTOL
HOTEL BRISTOL
VIENNA
⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],
Most cordial thanks for Salome.
1
I find it execrable. But the work will
certainly exert a strong sensual fascination upon tender maidens.
Until we next meet, and I send cordial best wishes,
We are off to
Salzburg
(Hotel Bristol)
© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
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[coat of arms: in scroll:]
HOTEL BRISTOL
HOTEL BRISTOL
WIEN
⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor!
Herzlichsten Dank für „Salome“.
1
Ich finde sie scheußlich; – aber das Werk wird auf zarte
Jungfrauen gewiß einen stark sinnlichen Reiz ausüben.
Auf Wiedersehen und wünsche Hzle
Wir reisen nach
Salzburg
(Hotel Bristol)
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
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[coat of arms: in scroll:]
HOTEL BRISTOL
HOTEL BRISTOL
VIENNA
⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],
Most cordial thanks for Salome.
1
I find it execrable. But the work will
certainly exert a strong sensual fascination upon tender maidens.
Until we next meet, and I send cordial best wishes,
We are off to
Salzburg
(Hotel Bristol)
© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
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Footnotes
1 Richard Strauss’s opera
Salome was first performed at the Dresden
Court Opera on December 9, 1905. Precisely what Schenker had sent d’Albert is
unclear.
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Commentary
- Format
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1p letter, printed sender address, holograph salutation, message, valediction, signature, and postscript
- Provenance
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Schenker, Heinrich (date of entry-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
- Rights Holder
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Heirs of Eugen d'Albert; deemed to be in the public domain
- License
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All reasonable attempts have been made to identify the heirs or representatives of Eugen d'Albert. This document is deemed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk.
Digital version created: 2021-12-14
Last updated: 2011-04-15
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