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OJ 11/36, [13] - Handwritten postcard from Hammer to Schenker, postmarked May 21, 1924

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⇧ Postkarte

An ⇧ H. Herrn Prof Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4/4 WIEN 15 | 29.V.24 | * 3b * ||

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⇧ Verehrter Herr Professor, 1

es ist mir diese Woche doch nicht mehr möglich, verzeihn Sie. Ich werde sobald ich zurück kehre Sie wieder bitten, vielleicht noch vor Pfingsten. 2


Herzlichster Gruß.
[signed:] Victor Hammer

© Transcription Hedi Siegel & Stephanie Probst, 2019
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⇧ Postcard

To ⇧ Prof. Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in [Vienna] ⇧ III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4/4 VIENNA 15 | 29.V.24 | * 3b * ||

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⇧ Revered Professor, 1

This week is no longer possible for me, forgive me. I will invite you again as soon as I return, perhaps even before Pentecost. 2


Most cordial greetings,
[signed:] Victor Hammer

© Translation Hedi Siegel & Stephanie Probst, 2019
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⇧ Postkarte

An ⇧ H. Herrn Prof Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4/4 WIEN 15 | 29.V.24 | * 3b * ||

{verso}

⇧ Verehrter Herr Professor, 1

es ist mir diese Woche doch nicht mehr möglich, verzeihn Sie. Ich werde sobald ich zurück kehre Sie wieder bitten, vielleicht noch vor Pfingsten. 2


Herzlichster Gruß.
[signed:] Victor Hammer

© Transcription Hedi Siegel & Stephanie Probst, 2019
{recto}
⇧ Postcard

To ⇧ Prof. Heinr. Schenker
⇧ in [Vienna] ⇧ III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || 4/4 VIENNA 15 | 29.V.24 | * 3b * ||

{verso}

⇧ Revered Professor, 1

This week is no longer possible for me, forgive me. I will invite you again as soon as I return, perhaps even before Pentecost. 2


Most cordial greetings,
[signed:] Victor Hammer

© Translation Hedi Siegel & Stephanie Probst, 2019

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in the diary entry of May 22, 1924 (p. 2671): "Von Hammer (K.): vertagt die Sitzungen auf die nächste Woche." ("From Hammer (postcard): postpones the sittings until next week.").

2 Pentecost (Whit Sunday) fell on June 8 in 1924. The sittings for Schenker's portrait, which had begun on May 7 and continued until May 14 (see Schenker's letter of May 3, JOB 94-3, [8]), resumed in Hammer's studio on Wednesday, June 18 (see the postcards sent by Hammer on June 16 and 17 (OJ 11/36, [15] and OJ 11/36, [16]).