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WSLB 43 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated October 2, 1909

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[All in a decorative rule-frame]

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

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

[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] X.09 – 8 | * 38 * ||

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⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1

Sie würde mich sehr verpflichten, wenn Sie eine Exemplar meiner „Ornamentik“ II Aufl. an H. Prof. Fritz Wahle (einem renommierten Violinlehrer, ehemaliges Mitglied des Winklerquartettes), I. Börsegasse, 7 schicken ließen.


Mit bestem Dank u. Gruß
I[h]r ergeb
[signed:] H Schenker

2. 10. 09

[UE date-stamp:] ⇧ 6081

[written in left margin:] ⇧ ges. 6. X. 09

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2016
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[All in a decorative rule-frame]

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

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

[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] X.09 – 8 | * 38 * ||

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⇧ Dear Director! 1

I would be greatly obliged if you would send a copy of the 2nd edition of my Ornamentation to Professor Fritz Wahle (a renowned violin teacher, former member of the Winkler Quartet), [Vienna] I, Börsegasse, 7.


With many thanks and best wishes,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

October 2, 1909

[UE date-stamp:] ⇧ 6081

[written in left margin:] ⇧ sent 6. X. 09

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2016
{recto}
[All in a decorative rule-frame]

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

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

[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] X.09 – 8 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Direktor! 1

Sie würde mich sehr verpflichten, wenn Sie eine Exemplar meiner „Ornamentik“ II Aufl. an H. Prof. Fritz Wahle (einem renommierten Violinlehrer, ehemaliges Mitglied des Winklerquartettes), I. Börsegasse, 7 schicken ließen.


Mit bestem Dank u. Gruß
I[h]r ergeb
[signed:] H Schenker

2. 10. 09

[UE date-stamp:] ⇧ 6081

[written in left margin:] ⇧ ges. 6. X. 09

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2016
{recto}
[All in a decorative rule-frame]

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

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

[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] X.09 – 8 | * 38 * ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Director! 1

I would be greatly obliged if you would send a copy of the 2nd edition of my Ornamentation to Professor Fritz Wahle (a renowned violin teacher, former member of the Winkler Quartet), [Vienna] I, Börsegasse, 7.


With many thanks and best wishes,
Your devoted
[signed:] H. Schenker

October 2, 1909

[UE date-stamp:] ⇧ 6081

[written in left margin:] ⇧ sent 6. X. 09

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2016

Footnotes

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

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
Printed postcard, holograph sender and recipient addresses recto: holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, UE stamp and annotation
Provenance
Universal Edition Archive (document date-1976)—on permanent loan to the Wienbibliothek im Rathhaus (1976-)

Digital version created: 2016-09-15
Last updated: 2010-03-04