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OJ 9/6, [D] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d’Albert to Schenker, undated

{recto}
⇧ Correspondez-Karte

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien. III
Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || [illeg] | 12.00 | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] WIEN 3/3 | 490 | BESTELLT | [illeg] ||

{verso}
⇧ [monogram "HB"] HOTEL BRISTOL
WIEN
I KÄRNTNERRING 5

⇧ Samstag.

Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Wir müssen morgen Abend zu [?Risler] gehen. Wollen Sie uns auch dorthin begleiten? Vielleicht gehen wir dann Montag ins Theater. Jedenfalls erwarten wir schon 6 Uhr ab morgen Abend.


H[er]zlichst
Ihr getr[euer]
[signed:] Eugen d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

To ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || [illeg] | 12.00 | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] VIENNA 3/3 | 490 | DELIVERED | [illeg] ||

{verso}
⇧ [monogram "HB"] HOTEL BRISTOL
VIENNA
I KÄRNTNERRING 5

⇧ Saturday

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

We have to go to [?Risler] tomorrow evening. Would you like to join us on that? Then we may perhaps be going to the theater on Monday. In any case, we expect to see you from 6 o’clock tomorrow evening.


Most cordially,
Your devoted
[signed:] Eugen d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Correspondez-Karte

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien. III
Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || [illeg] | 12.00 | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] WIEN 3/3 | 490 | BESTELLT | [illeg] ||

{verso}
⇧ [monogram "HB"] HOTEL BRISTOL
WIEN
I KÄRNTNERRING 5

⇧ Samstag.

Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Wir müssen morgen Abend zu [?Risler] gehen. Wollen Sie uns auch dorthin begleiten? Vielleicht gehen wir dann Montag ins Theater. Jedenfalls erwarten wir schon 6 Uhr ab morgen Abend.


H[er]zlichst
Ihr getr[euer]
[signed:] Eugen d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

To ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || [illeg] | 12.00 | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] VIENNA 3/3 | 490 | DELIVERED | [illeg] ||

{verso}
⇧ [monogram "HB"] HOTEL BRISTOL
VIENNA
I KÄRNTNERRING 5

⇧ Saturday

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

We have to go to [?Risler] tomorrow evening. Would you like to join us on that? Then we may perhaps be going to the theater on Monday. In any case, we expect to see you from 6 o’clock tomorrow evening.


Most cordially,
Your devoted
[signed:] Eugen d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021

Footnotes

1 On the basis of the mode of address, this postcard could date anywhere from 1895 onwards.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address, recto; printed sender address, holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Provenance
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
Heirs of Eugen d'Albert; deemed to be in the public domain
License
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: 2013-07-23