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WSLB 40 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated June 26, 1909

{recto}
[All in a green decorated rule-frame:]

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III., Reisnerstr. 38

[An:] Herrn Direktor Emil Hertzka
I. Wipplingerstr. 32
„Universal-Edition“

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 26.VI.09 – 1 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1

Wenn ich nicht irre, vergaß ich Sie zu bitten, der Steingr. u. Br-H.’schen Ausgabe 2 auch noch die von Röntgen („ U.-E.“) 3 beizufügen. Hiemit geschieht es, ich erwarte 3 Ausgaben.


Zeichne hochachtungsvoll ergeben
I[h]r
[signed:] H Sch

26. 6. 09

⇧ [illegible word overwritten sideways upon left side of paragraph]

[UE receipt stamp, above date: ] ⇧ 4053

[written beside signature: ] ⇧ Röntgen

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2016
{recto}
[All in a green decorated rule-frame:]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Director Emil Hertzka
[Vienna] I, Wipplingerstraße 32
Universal Edition

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 26.VI.09 – 1 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

Dear Director, 1

If I am not mistaken, I forgot to ask you to include the Röntgen edition (UE) 3 in addition to those of Steingräber and Breitkopf & Härtel. 2 With this, I am expecting three editions. With grateful thanks for your last letter,


I remain, with kind regards
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

June 26, 1909

⇧ [illegible word overwritten sideways upon left side of paragraph]

[UE receipt stamp, above date: ] ⇧ 4053

[written beside signature: ] ⇧ Röntgen

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2016
{recto}
[All in a green decorated rule-frame:]

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
III., Reisnerstr. 38

[An:] Herrn Direktor Emil Hertzka
I. Wipplingerstr. 32
„Universal-Edition“

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 26.VI.09 – 1 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1

Wenn ich nicht irre, vergaß ich Sie zu bitten, der Steingr. u. Br-H.’schen Ausgabe 2 auch noch die von Röntgen („ U.-E.“) 3 beizufügen. Hiemit geschieht es, ich erwarte 3 Ausgaben.


Zeichne hochachtungsvoll ergeben
I[h]r
[signed:] H Sch

26. 6. 09

⇧ [illegible word overwritten sideways upon left side of paragraph]

[UE receipt stamp, above date: ] ⇧ 4053

[written beside signature: ] ⇧ Röntgen

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006, 2016
{recto}
[All in a green decorated rule-frame:]

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Director Emil Hertzka
[Vienna] I, Wipplingerstraße 32
Universal Edition

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 26.VI.09 – 1 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

Dear Director, 1

If I am not mistaken, I forgot to ask you to include the Röntgen edition (UE) 3 in addition to those of Steingräber and Breitkopf & Härtel. 2 With this, I am expecting three editions. With grateful thanks for your last letter,


I remain, with kind regards
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

June 26, 1909

⇧ [illegible word overwritten sideways upon left side of paragraph]

[UE receipt stamp, above date: ] ⇧ 4053

[written beside signature: ] ⇧ Röntgen

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006, 2016

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary.

2 Requested in WSLB 39, June 23, 1909.

3 UE 520, published c.1902.

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Heinrich Schenker, in the public domain
License
This document is deemed to have been in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk.
Format
[recto not available]: holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, UE stamp, annotations in unknown hands verso
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2016-09-13
Last updated: 2010-03-04