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OJ 11/54, [39] - Handwritten postcard from Hoboken to Schenker, dated May 12, 1932

{recto}

⇧ A. VAN HOBOKEN
WIEN IV., WIEDNER HAUPTSTRASSE 63


[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien.
III, Keilgasse 8, Tür 12

[postmark:] || 4 WIEN 50 | 12 V 32 [illeg] | * 4d * ||

{recto} 12 Mai 1932

Verehrter und lieber Herr Dr. ! 1

Ich bin auf einigen Tagen in Wien und möchte Sie gerne besuchen. Morgen (Freitag) komme ich dazu zwischen 5 und 6 zu Ihnen, bringe aber keine Arbeit mit. 2


Mit bestem Gruss
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] AvHoboken

© Transcription John Rothgeb & Heribert Esser, 2016
{recto}

⇧ A. VAN HOBOKEN
VIENNA IV, WIEDNER HAUPTSTRASSE 63


[To: ] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8, Door 12

[postmark:] || 4 VIENNA 50 | 12 V 32 [illeg] | * 4d * ||

{recto} May 12, 1932

Dear and revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am in Vienna for several days and would like very much to visit you. Tomorrow (Friday) I will come to you for that purpose between 5 and 6 o'clock, but will bring no work. 2


With best greetings,
Your devoted
[signed:] A. v. Hoboken

© Translation John Rothgeb & Heribert Esser, 2016
{recto}

⇧ A. VAN HOBOKEN
WIEN IV., WIEDNER HAUPTSTRASSE 63


[An: ] ⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien.
III, Keilgasse 8, Tür 12

[postmark:] || 4 WIEN 50 | 12 V 32 [illeg] | * 4d * ||

{recto} 12 Mai 1932

Verehrter und lieber Herr Dr. ! 1

Ich bin auf einigen Tagen in Wien und möchte Sie gerne besuchen. Morgen (Freitag) komme ich dazu zwischen 5 und 6 zu Ihnen, bringe aber keine Arbeit mit. 2


Mit bestem Gruss
Ihr ergebener
[signed:] AvHoboken

© Transcription John Rothgeb & Heribert Esser, 2016
{recto}

⇧ A. VAN HOBOKEN
VIENNA IV, WIEDNER HAUPTSTRASSE 63


[To: ] ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8, Door 12

[postmark:] || 4 VIENNA 50 | 12 V 32 [illeg] | * 4d * ||

{recto} May 12, 1932

Dear and revered Dr. [Schenker], 1

I am in Vienna for several days and would like very much to visit you. Tomorrow (Friday) I will come to you for that purpose between 5 and 6 o'clock, but will bring no work. 2


With best greetings,
Your devoted
[signed:] A. v. Hoboken

© Translation John Rothgeb & Heribert Esser, 2016

Footnotes

1 Schenker's diary at OJ 4/5, p. 3729, May 12, 1932 records a street encounter: "begegnen an der Kärntnerstraße v. Hoboken, will morgen „ohne Arbeit“ kommen!" ("we encounter Hoboken in the Kärntnerstraße; he will come tomorrow 'without work'!"). Receipt of this postcard is then recorded at OJ 4/5, p. 3729, May 13, 1932: "Von v. Hoboken (K.): kommt Freitag." ("From Hoboken (postcard): he is coming on Friday."). However, May 13 was itself a Friday, so there appears to be some confusion here.

2 The visit itself is not recorded in Schenker's diary (nor for the following Friday).

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, printed sender address, holograph recipient address recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, 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
IPR: Heirs of Anthony van Hoboken, published here with kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted by the heirs of Anthony van Hoboken February 3, 2007. 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: 2016-11-07
Last updated: 2011-03-01