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OJ 14/23, [15] - Handwritten postcard from Seligmann to Schenker, postmarked October 14, 1910
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⇧ A. F. S. IX/3 Schwarzspanierhof 4. St. Hrn Dr Heinr. Schenker Musiker III Reisnerstr. 38 Wien [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN [?27] | 14. X. 10 X– | *4c * || {verso} ⇧ L. Fr. Dank für Ihren frdl. Zeilen. 1 Was der “Sieg” anlangt, bin ich eher skeptisch. „Verstand ist stets bei Wen’gen nur gewesen“ 2 u. das wird wohl so bleiben. Was unserer Musik-Lessing aus der Fischergasse anlangt, so wußte er selbstverständlich nichts von meinem Ausflug auf sein Gebiet u. dürfte inzwischen schon mehrere Klagebriefe an die Chefredaktion gerichtet haben. Daß ich diesen {recto} Schwätzer ärgern u. Ihnen zugleich einen Spaß machen konnte, war mir ein ganz besonderes Vergnügen! © Transcription William Drabkin, 2022 |
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⇧ A. F. S. [Vienna] IX/3, Schwarzspanierhof, 4th floor Dr. Heinrich Schenker Musician Reisnerstrasse 38 Vienna III [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA [?27] | 14. X. 10 X– | *4c * || {verso} ⇧ Dear friend, Thank you for your kind words. 1 As far as the “victory” is concerned, I am somewhat skeptical. “Understanding has always been granted only to a few” 2 and that will surely remain so. As concerns our musical Lessing from Fischergasse, he obviously knew nothing about my foray into his territory, and could in the meantime have addressed several letters of complaint to the Editor in Chief. To have been able to annoy these {recto} windbags and at the same time give you some enjoyment was a quite special treat for me! © Translation William Drabkin, 2022 |
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⇧ A. F. S. IX/3 Schwarzspanierhof 4. St. Hrn Dr Heinr. Schenker Musiker III Reisnerstr. 38 Wien [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN [?27] | 14. X. 10 X– | *4c * || {verso} ⇧ L. Fr. Dank für Ihren frdl. Zeilen. 1 Was der “Sieg” anlangt, bin ich eher skeptisch. „Verstand ist stets bei Wen’gen nur gewesen“ 2 u. das wird wohl so bleiben. Was unserer Musik-Lessing aus der Fischergasse anlangt, so wußte er selbstverständlich nichts von meinem Ausflug auf sein Gebiet u. dürfte inzwischen schon mehrere Klagebriefe an die Chefredaktion gerichtet haben. Daß ich diesen {recto} Schwätzer ärgern u. Ihnen zugleich einen Spaß machen konnte, war mir ein ganz besonderes Vergnügen! © Transcription William Drabkin, 2022 |
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⇧ A. F. S. [Vienna] IX/3, Schwarzspanierhof, 4th floor Dr. Heinrich Schenker Musician Reisnerstrasse 38 Vienna III [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA [?27] | 14. X. 10 X– | *4c * || {verso} ⇧ Dear friend, Thank you for your kind words. 1 As far as the “victory” is concerned, I am somewhat skeptical. “Understanding has always been granted only to a few” 2 and that will surely remain so. As concerns our musical Lessing from Fischergasse, he obviously knew nothing about my foray into his territory, and could in the meantime have addressed several letters of complaint to the Editor in Chief. To have been able to annoy these {recto} windbags and at the same time give you some enjoyment was a quite special treat for me! © Translation William Drabkin, 2022 |
Footnotes1 Seligmann must be thanking Schenker for praising his most recent feuilleton, "Aus dem Wiener Kunstleben," Neue Freie Presse, October 13, 1910, in which Seligmann pours scorn on a recent exhibition of the paintings of “the well-known and feared musician, Arnold Schoenberg … whose paintings look as if their creator hadn’t previously held a paintbrush in his hand until last week” (p. 2, col. 1). In the same article, he cites the Preface to Schenker’s Kontrapunkt 1, as an important statement on the present state of culture, and quotes extensively from it (p. 2, col. 3, and p. 3, col. 1). 2 The second line of the poem “Die Mehrheit?” by Friedrich Schiller. |
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Digital version created: 2022-11-24 |