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Sbb B II 4425 - Handwritten letter with envelope from Schenker to Busoni, dated June 26, 1897


[envelope]

{recto}
⇧ Herrn Ferruccio B. Busoni
Tonkünstler.
Berlin W.
Tauenzienstr. 10

{verso}
[postmark:] || Bestellt | vom | Postamte [50] | 28. 6. [illeg] | 7¼–8½ [illeg] ||

[letter]

⇧ Wien, 26. VI. 1897

Verehrtester Herr!

Meinen besten Dank für Alles, was Sie schrieben! Als Theilzeichen, nicht gerade das beste, nehmen Sie ein paar meiner jüngsten Leistungen entgegen. 1 Vielleicht mag Sie das oder jenes daran erfreuen? Dann hat das Ziel erreicht


Ihr herzlichst ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker

III Reisnerstr. 18

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2013, 2022

[envelope]

{recto}
⇧ Mr. Ferruccio B. Busoni
Musician
Berlin W.
Tauenzienstrasse 10

{verso}
[postmark:] || Delivered | from | Post Office [50] | 28. 6. [illeg] | 7¼–8½ [illeg] ||

[letter]

⇧ Vienna, June 26, 1897

Most revered Sir,

My warmest thanks for all that you have written! As a token, not exactly the best, please accept a few of my most recent pieces of work. 1 Perhaps one or other of them may please you. If so, the goal will have been achieved of


Your most cordially devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

[Vienna] III, Reisnerstrasse 18

© Translation Ian Bent, 2013, 2022

[envelope]

{recto}
⇧ Herrn Ferruccio B. Busoni
Tonkünstler.
Berlin W.
Tauenzienstr. 10

{verso}
[postmark:] || Bestellt | vom | Postamte [50] | 28. 6. [illeg] | 7¼–8½ [illeg] ||

[letter]

⇧ Wien, 26. VI. 1897

Verehrtester Herr!

Meinen besten Dank für Alles, was Sie schrieben! Als Theilzeichen, nicht gerade das beste, nehmen Sie ein paar meiner jüngsten Leistungen entgegen. 1 Vielleicht mag Sie das oder jenes daran erfreuen? Dann hat das Ziel erreicht


Ihr herzlichst ergebener
[signed:] H Schenker

III Reisnerstr. 18

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2013, 2022

[envelope]

{recto}
⇧ Mr. Ferruccio B. Busoni
Musician
Berlin W.
Tauenzienstrasse 10

{verso}
[postmark:] || Delivered | from | Post Office [50] | 28. 6. [illeg] | 7¼–8½ [illeg] ||

[letter]

⇧ Vienna, June 26, 1897

Most revered Sir,

My warmest thanks for all that you have written! As a token, not exactly the best, please accept a few of my most recent pieces of work. 1 Perhaps one or other of them may please you. If so, the goal will have been achieved of


Your most cordially devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

[Vienna] III, Reisnerstrasse 18

© Translation Ian Bent, 2013, 2022

Footnotes

1 Schenker sent a selection of his journal articles, as can be seen in OJ 9/27, [4], June 29, 1897.

Commentary

Format
3p letter (Bogen format): holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature + envelope: holograph recipient address, recto; holograph sender address and date, postmark, verso
Provenance
Ferruccio Busoni (document date-1924) -- unknown (1924-19??) -- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (19??-)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain
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 Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk.

Digital version created: 2022-09-30
Last updated: 2011-09-23