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UMdK Z 767 D/1926, [1] - Handwritten letter from Schenker to the Akademie für Musik, dated December 17, 1926
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An die Direktion der Akademie für Musik u. darstellende Kunst! 1 Im Sinne der am 21. 10 25 u. 30. 10. 25 getauschten 2 Schreiben 3 erlaube ich mir anzufragen, ob ich zum 6. 1. 27 als dem Todestag der Stifterin Frau Sophie Deutsch 4 in der Lage sein werde, die Zinsen des angelegten Kapitals für dieses Jahr u. die vergangenen Jahre verteilen zu können. Für Ihre freundliche Mühe bestens dankend zeichne ich mit dem Ausdruck vorzüglicher Hochachtung 5 © Transcription Ian Bent & Martin Eybl, 2013, 2016 |
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To the Administration of the Academy for Music and Performing Art 1 In connection with the letters exchanged 2 on October 21, 1925 and October 30, 1925, 3 I take the liberty of inquiring whether I shall be in a position on January 6, 1927, the death date of the foundress, Mrs Sophie Deutsch, 4 to be able to distribute the interest on the invested capital for this year and past years. Thanking you cordially for your kind attention, I sign with expression of kind regards, 5 © Translation Ian Bent & Martin Eybl, 2013, 2016 |
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An die Direktion der Akademie für Musik u. darstellende Kunst! 1 Im Sinne der am 21. 10 25 u. 30. 10. 25 getauschten 2 Schreiben 3 erlaube ich mir anzufragen, ob ich zum 6. 1. 27 als dem Todestag der Stifterin Frau Sophie Deutsch 4 in der Lage sein werde, die Zinsen des angelegten Kapitals für dieses Jahr u. die vergangenen Jahre verteilen zu können. Für Ihre freundliche Mühe bestens dankend zeichne ich mit dem Ausdruck vorzüglicher Hochachtung 5 © Transcription Ian Bent & Martin Eybl, 2013, 2016 |
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To the Administration of the Academy for Music and Performing Art 1 In connection with the letters exchanged 2 on October 21, 1925 and October 30, 1925, 3 I take the liberty of inquiring whether I shall be in a position on January 6, 1927, the death date of the foundress, Mrs Sophie Deutsch, 4 to be able to distribute the interest on the invested capital for this year and past years. Thanking you cordially for your kind attention, I sign with expression of kind regards, 5 © Translation Ian Bent & Martin Eybl, 2013, 2016 |
Footnotes1 Writing of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3012, October 17, 1926: An die Akademie (Br.): ob das Stipendium am 6. I. 27 zur Auszahlung gelangen kann?" ("To the Academy (letter): Whether the stipend can be paid out on January 6, 1927?"). — A draft in Jeanette Schenker's hand is preserved as OJ 5/4, [2], the variants in which which are given here in footnotes. — In OJ 5/4, [2], Schenker has written in the left margin "1.27 zu haben?" ("to have in January 1927?"), and the date, "17.XII.26" is placed above the naming of the addressee. 2 "von uns" ("by us") in OJ 5/4, [2]. 3 = OJ 9/1, [1] and UMdK Z 641 D/1925, [1]. 4 The correct death date was January 5. The 1927 award would mark the tenth anniversary of the stipend, albeit it had not been awarded in every single year between 1918 and 1926. 5 No paragraph break in OJ 5/4, [2], and the sentence is preceded by "Im Voraus," (In advance"). |
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