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CA 74 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cotta, dated January 16, 1908

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⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte

Absender ⇧ H Schenker
III Reisnerstr. 38
Wien

[An] Die J. G. Cotta'sche Buchh. Nfg.
Stuttgart
Deutschland
[written sideways below sender address:] ⇧ Schenker 16/1

[postmark:] || WIEN 9 | 16. I. 08 | 3a ||
[postmark:] || STUTTGART | 17. I. O8 | * (55) * ||

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⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr! 1

Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, ein Exemplar meiner „N. Th. u. Ph.“ auf meiner Rechnung an die Adresse: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni , Wien, Kärntnerring 1. Hotel Bristol , senden zu wollen, wenn möglich, umgehend!


Mit bestem Dank u. ausgez. Hochachtung,
[signed:] H Schenker
16. 1. 08

[bottom left corner, in pencil:] ⇧ [?ebd. † ] 17/I 08

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
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⇧ Postcard

From ⇧ H. Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[To] The Successors to J. G. Cotta's Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany
[written sideways below sender address:] ⇧ Schenker 16/1

[postmark:] || VIENNA 9 | 16. I. 08 | 3a ||
[postmark:] || STUTTGART | 17. I. O8 | * (55) * ||

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⇧ Dear Sir, 1

Please would you be so kind as to send a copy of my New Theories and Fantasies , to be charged to my account, to the address: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni , Vienna, Kärntnerring 1, Hotel Bristol , if possible by return?


With best wishes, and kind regards,
[signed:] H. Schenker
January 16, 1908

[bottom left corner, in pencil:] ⇧ [?received † ] 17/I 08

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
{recto}
⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte

Absender ⇧ H Schenker
III Reisnerstr. 38
Wien

[An] Die J. G. Cotta'sche Buchh. Nfg.
Stuttgart
Deutschland
[written sideways below sender address:] ⇧ Schenker 16/1

[postmark:] || WIEN 9 | 16. I. 08 | 3a ||
[postmark:] || STUTTGART | 17. I. O8 | * (55) * ||

{verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr! 1

Wollen Sie die Freundlichkeit haben, ein Exemplar meiner „N. Th. u. Ph.“ auf meiner Rechnung an die Adresse: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni , Wien, Kärntnerring 1. Hotel Bristol , senden zu wollen, wenn möglich, umgehend!


Mit bestem Dank u. ausgez. Hochachtung,
[signed:] H Schenker
16. 1. 08

[bottom left corner, in pencil:] ⇧ [?ebd. † ] 17/I 08

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2005, 2017
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

From ⇧ H. Schenker
Vienna III
Reisnerstraße 38

[To] The Successors to J. G. Cotta's Book Dealership
Stuttgart
Germany
[written sideways below sender address:] ⇧ Schenker 16/1

[postmark:] || VIENNA 9 | 16. I. 08 | 3a ||
[postmark:] || STUTTGART | 17. I. O8 | * (55) * ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Sir, 1

Please would you be so kind as to send a copy of my New Theories and Fantasies , to be charged to my account, to the address: Prof. Ferruccio Busoni , Vienna, Kärntnerring 1, Hotel Bristol , if possible by return?


With best wishes, and kind regards,
[signed:] H. Schenker
January 16, 1908

[bottom left corner, in pencil:] ⇧ [?received † ] 17/I 08

© Translation Ian Bent, 2005, 2017

Footnotes

1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary. For the invoice for this transaction, see OJ 9/32, [4].

Format

† Double underlined

Commentary

Rights Holder
Heirs of Henrich 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.
Format
Printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph salutation, message, valediction and signature verso
Provenance
J.G. Cotta’sche Nachfolger/Stuttgarter Zeitung (document date-c.1954); Cotta-Archiv (Stiftung der Stuttgarter Zeitung), Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach am Neckar, Germany (c.1954-)

Digital version created: 2017-09-13
Last updated: 2012-11-02