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WSLB-Hds 191.564 - Handwritten picture postcard from Schenker to Deutsch, dated and postmarked June 30, 1928
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⇧ Postkarte [Absender:] ⇧ Schenker Galtür Tirol [An:] H Professor Otto Erich Deutsch Wien, II Böcklinstr. 26 [postmark:] || GALTÜR | 30. VI. 28 | [illeg] || 30. 6. [1928] ⇧ Lieber Herr Professor (2) (3)! 1 So etwas wie Pf.2, Pf.3 u s w sollte es noch geben zur Unterscheidung der wirklichen Verdienste von blos tagblättlich ergatterten ( Specht , Salten , Bricht etc.). Wir wünschen alles Schönste! Den ersten Nobelpreis für Musik wird Hindemith oder Stravinsky erhalten, tertio loco Krenek . Der Preis wäre schon da, nur die Jury fehlt noch (wie immer) {verso} [picture: village and mountain, captioned: “GALTÜR – BALLUNSPITZE”]© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023 |
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⇧ Postcard [From:] ⇧ Schenker Galtür Tirol [To:] Professor Otto Erich Deutsch Böcklinstraße 26 Vienna II [postmark:] || GALTÜR | 30. VI. 28 | [illeg] || June 30[, 1928] ⇧ Dear Professor (2) (3)! 1 There ought still to be such things as Professor 2, Professor 3, and so on, to distinguish true accomplishments from those that have been scavenged in a newspaperly fashion (Specht, Salten, Bricht, etc.). We send our best congratulations. The first Nobel Prize for music will be awarded to Hindemith or Stravinsky, with Krenek in third place. The prize would already be there, except that the jury is still missing (as always). {verso} [picture: village and mountain, captioned: “GALTÜR – BALLUNSPITZE”]© Translation William Drabkin, 2023 |
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⇧ Postkarte [Absender:] ⇧ Schenker Galtür Tirol [An:] H Professor Otto Erich Deutsch Wien, II Böcklinstr. 26 [postmark:] || GALTÜR | 30. VI. 28 | [illeg] || 30. 6. [1928] ⇧ Lieber Herr Professor (2) (3)! 1 So etwas wie Pf.2, Pf.3 u s w sollte es noch geben zur Unterscheidung der wirklichen Verdienste von blos tagblättlich ergatterten ( Specht , Salten , Bricht etc.). Wir wünschen alles Schönste! Den ersten Nobelpreis für Musik wird Hindemith oder Stravinsky erhalten, tertio loco Krenek . Der Preis wäre schon da, nur die Jury fehlt noch (wie immer) {verso} [picture: village and mountain, captioned: “GALTÜR – BALLUNSPITZE”]© Transcription William Drabkin, 2023 |
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⇧ Postcard [From:] ⇧ Schenker Galtür Tirol [To:] Professor Otto Erich Deutsch Böcklinstraße 26 Vienna II [postmark:] || GALTÜR | 30. VI. 28 | [illeg] || June 30[, 1928] ⇧ Dear Professor (2) (3)! 1 There ought still to be such things as Professor 2, Professor 3, and so on, to distinguish true accomplishments from those that have been scavenged in a newspaperly fashion (Specht, Salten, Bricht, etc.). We send our best congratulations. The first Nobel Prize for music will be awarded to Hindemith or Stravinsky, with Krenek in third place. The prize would already be there, except that the jury is still missing (as always). {verso} [picture: village and mountain, captioned: “GALTÜR – BALLUNSPITZE”]© Translation William Drabkin, 2023 |
Footnotes1 Writing of this postcard is recorded in Schenker’s diary for June 30, 1930: “An Deutsch (K.): Wünsche zum Titel!” (“To Deutsch (postcard): congratulations on his title!). |
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Digital version created: 2023-02-20 |