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OJ 11/10, [2] - Handwritten picture postcard from Frimmel to Schenker, postmarked October 19, 1902

{recto}

⇧ LEVELEZȌ-LAP.

[An] ⇧ Whlgb. Herrn Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Tonkünstler, Schriftsteller etc etc
Wien
III. Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || BU[DAPEST] | 302. [illeg] | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 19.10.02 | 9-11V ||

{verso}
[photograph of building, captioned: "Budapest Basilika"]

Verehrtester Herr Doctor! 1

Einige freie Minuten werden benutzt, Sie aus der Ferne herzlich zu begrüssen. Ich vermute, dass Sie jetzt schon mitten in den Proben stecken.


[signed:] Frimmel

© Transcription Heribert Esser, 2019
{recto}

⇧ POSTCARD

[To: ] ⇧ Dr. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.
Musician, Writer, etc., etc.
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || BU[DAPEST] | 302. [illeg] | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 19.10.02 | 9-11V ||

{verso}
[photograph of building, captioned "Budapest Basilica"]

Most revered Dr. Schenker, 1

A few free minutes will be used to greet you warmly from afar. I assume that you are now already busy with rehearsals.


[signed:] Frimmel

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2019
{recto}

⇧ LEVELEZȌ-LAP.

[An] ⇧ Whlgb. Herrn Dr. Heinr. Schenker
Tonkünstler, Schriftsteller etc etc
Wien
III. Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || BU[DAPEST] | 302. [illeg] | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT | 19.10.02 | 9-11V ||

{verso}
[photograph of building, captioned: "Budapest Basilika"]

Verehrtester Herr Doctor! 1

Einige freie Minuten werden benutzt, Sie aus der Ferne herzlich zu begrüssen. Ich vermute, dass Sie jetzt schon mitten in den Proben stecken.


[signed:] Frimmel

© Transcription Heribert Esser, 2019
{recto}

⇧ POSTCARD

[To: ] ⇧ Dr. Heinr. Schenker, Esq.
Musician, Writer, etc., etc.
Vienna III
Reisnerstrasse 38

[postmark:] || BU[DAPEST] | 302. [illeg] | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED | 19.10.02 | 9-11V ||

{verso}
[photograph of building, captioned "Budapest Basilica"]

Most revered Dr. Schenker, 1

A few free minutes will be used to greet you warmly from afar. I assume that you are now already busy with rehearsals.


[signed:] Frimmel

© Translation John Rothgeb, 2019

Footnotes

1 This picture postcard is postmarked as delivered on Wednesday October 19, so was probably written on October 17 or 18. Receipt is not recorded in Schenker's diary.

Commentary

Format
printed picture postcard: holograph recipient address, recto; photograph captioned "Budapest / Basilika", holograph salutation, message, and signature, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1945)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1945-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, reproduced here by kind permission
License
Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, permission kindly granted on July 4, 2019. 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.

Digital version created: 2020-07-20
Last updated: 2013-08-29