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Postkarte
[Absender: ] Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[An: ] Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien IV III.
Reisnerstr. 38
[postmark:] || Freigegeben | St. ||
[postmark:] || ESSLINGEN (Nackerl) | 12. JAN 9.8 N | * 1 * || [twice]
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{verso} 12. I. 19.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

[written in upper margin: ]An den Bankverein habe ich quittiert.

Ich 1 teile Ihnen mit, daß ich von de r m C.K. priv. Wiener Bankverein in Ihrem Auftrag Achthundert und fünfzig und sechs Mark erhalten habe. 2 Nochmals danke ich Ihnen für diese Hilfe u. begrüße Sie mit Hochachtung u. herzlich.

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Ihr
[signed:] August Halm

Ich lasse Ihnen demnächst ein Heft der Freien Schulgemeinde zustanden, das Musik von mir enthält.

© Transcription Lee Rothfarb, 2006

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Postcard
[From: ] Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[To: ] Professor H. Schenker,
Vienna IV III,
Reisnerstraße 38
[postmark:] || Released | St. ||
[postmark:] || ESSLINGEN (Nackerl) | 12. JAN 9.8 p.m. | * 1 * || [twice]
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{verso} January 12, 1919

Dear Professor,

[written in upper margin: ]I sent acknowledgment of receipt to the Bank Association.

I 1 am notifying you that I received from the Imperial-Royal Privileged Vienna Bank Association : Eight hundred and fifty six Marks 2 Again, I thank you for this assistance and send you respectful, cordial regards.

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Yours,
[signed:] August Halm

I am having sent to you in the near future an issue of the Freie Schulgemeinde that contains music of mine.

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006

{recto} [printed:]

Postkarte
[Absender: ] Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[An: ] Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien IV III.
Reisnerstr. 38
[postmark:] || Freigegeben | St. ||
[postmark:] || ESSLINGEN (Nackerl) | 12. JAN 9.8 N | * 1 * || [twice]
[for continuation of recto, see below]
{verso} 12. I. 19.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

[written in upper margin: ]An den Bankverein habe ich quittiert.

Ich 1 teile Ihnen mit, daß ich von de r m C.K. priv. Wiener Bankverein in Ihrem Auftrag Achthundert und fünfzig und sechs Mark erhalten habe. 2 Nochmals danke ich Ihnen für diese Hilfe u. begrüße Sie mit Hochachtung u. herzlich.

{recto}

Ihr
[signed:] August Halm

Ich lasse Ihnen demnächst ein Heft der Freien Schulgemeinde zustanden, das Musik von mir enthält.

© Transcription Lee Rothfarb, 2006

{recto} [printed:]

Postcard
[From: ] Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[To: ] Professor H. Schenker,
Vienna IV III,
Reisnerstraße 38
[postmark:] || Released | St. ||
[postmark:] || ESSLINGEN (Nackerl) | 12. JAN 9.8 p.m. | * 1 * || [twice]
[for continuation of recto, see below]
{verso} January 12, 1919

Dear Professor,

[written in upper margin: ]I sent acknowledgment of receipt to the Bank Association.

I 1 am notifying you that I received from the Imperial-Royal Privileged Vienna Bank Association : Eight hundred and fifty six Marks 2 Again, I thank you for this assistance and send you respectful, cordial regards.

{recto}

Yours,
[signed:] August Halm

I am having sent to you in the near future an issue of the Freie Schulgemeinde that contains music of mine.

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006

Footnotes

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

2 The money is the "stipend" to which Halm refers in OJ 11/35, 10, December 14, 1918, and then again in OJ 11/35, [10a], December 31, 1918, when he asks Schenker to transfer the money to his savings account in Esslingen. It is used by Halm to defray publishing expenses (see OJ 11/35, 14, January 5, 1920).

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, stamped and holograph addresses, and holograph postscript recto, holograph message and signature verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935) -- Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of August Halm, published here with kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the principal heir, Eberhard Halm, 2006. 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: 2006-03-09
Last updated: 2010-04-28