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OC 18/40 - Handwritten picture postcard from Karpath to Schenker, undated, postmarked October 13, 1931

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⇧ Postkarte
[picture, with caption: Admont, Steiermark]

⇧ HOFRAT LUDWIG KARPATH
WIEN IV.,
PRINZ EUGEN-STRASSE Nr. 16
TELEPHON: U-49-0-61

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4 WIEN 50 | 13.X.31. 1 | * 4g * ||

L. F. 1

Bitte entweder anzurufen – zwischen 10–11 oder 4–5 – oder an irgendeinem Tag gegen 11 oder gegen 5 mich zu besuchen.


Schönster Gruß
[signed:] Karpath

[verso: [blank]]

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2013
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⇧ Postcard
[picture, with caption: Admont, Styria]

⇧ COURT COUNSELOR LUDWIG KARPATH
VIENNA IV
PRINZ EUGEN-STRASSE 16
TELEPHONE: U-49-0-61

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4 VIENNA 50 | 13.X.31. 1 | * 4g * ||

Dear Friend, 1

Please either telephone me ‒ between 10 and 11 or 4 and 5 ‒ or come and call on me any day around 11 or around 5.


Best greetings
[signed:] Karpath

[verso: [blank]]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2016
{recto}
[all in a decorated rule-frame]

⇧ Postkarte
[picture, with caption: Admont, Steiermark]

⇧ HOFRAT LUDWIG KARPATH
WIEN IV.,
PRINZ EUGEN-STRASSE Nr. 16
TELEPHON: U-49-0-61

[An:] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4 WIEN 50 | 13.X.31. 1 | * 4g * ||

L. F. 1

Bitte entweder anzurufen – zwischen 10–11 oder 4–5 – oder an irgendeinem Tag gegen 11 oder gegen 5 mich zu besuchen.


Schönster Gruß
[signed:] Karpath

[verso: [blank]]

© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2013
{recto}
[all in a decorated rule-frame]

⇧ Postcard
[picture, with caption: Admont, Styria]

⇧ COURT COUNSELOR LUDWIG KARPATH
VIENNA IV
PRINZ EUGEN-STRASSE 16
TELEPHONE: U-49-0-61

[To:] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4 VIENNA 50 | 13.X.31. 1 | * 4g * ||

Dear Friend, 1

Please either telephone me ‒ between 10 and 11 or 4 and 5 ‒ or come and call on me any day around 11 or around 5.


Best greetings
[signed:] Karpath

[verso: [blank]]

© Translation Ian Bent, 2016

Footnotes

1 Schenker's diary for October 13, 1931 (OJ 4/5, p. 3669) has two pertinent entries: "An Karpath (Br. expreß): bitte ihn in Violins Angelegenheit um eine Audienz." [...] — Von Karpath (Br.): bestimmt die Stunde." ("To Karpath (express letter): I ask for an audience with him concerning Violin's matter. [...] — From Karpath (letter): determines the time [of the meeting]."). The meeting is reported the following day (p. 3670): "Bei Karpath: verspricht Hilfe durch Wiener ‒ seine Hofrat-Eitelkeit war durch die Bemerkung Deutsch’, namentlich die des Dr. Thomasberger gereizt." (At Karpath's: he promises help, via Wiener ‒ his Counselor vanity was aroused by Deutsch's observation, in particular that concerning Dr. Thomasberger."). On October 10, Moriz Violin had petitioned for the title of "Professor" for himself, for which his citizenship was thought to be an issue. Schenker had discussed the matter with Otto Erich Deutsch on the 12th. Deutsch had also suggested that Anthony van Hoboken be recommended for a state honor.

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Format
printed postcard; picture, stamped sender address, holograph recipient address, salutation, message, valediction and signature recto; verso blank
Rights Holder
Heirs of Ludwig Karpath
License
Permission being sought from heirs of Ludwig Karpath. 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
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2016-06-16
Last updated: 2010-03-18