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{recto}
[printed:] Postkarte
[top-left, picture captioned: Kufstein, Tirol]

[An:] Herrn
Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8.
Wien III.
[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] | [illeg] 1c * ||
[for continuation of message from verso, see below]
{verso}
2. Jänner 1929

Lieber verehrter Meister! 1

Ihre Karte 2 kam eben, als ich diese schreiben wollte. Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn Sie Sonntag vormittag vielleicht gegen 11 oder später (½12) (wie es Ihnen passt) kämen. Die Nachmittage sind vorläufig noch mit Wöchnerinnen und Kinderpflege so sehr ausgefüllt, dass wir Sie leider nicht für Nachmittag bitten können. 3


Alles Herzliche von uns {recto} beiden an Sie beide und hoffentlich auf Wiedersehen am Sonntag.
Ihr
[signed:] Hans

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013

{recto}
[printed:] Postcard
[top-left, picture captioned: Kufstein, Tyrol]

[to:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III
[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] | [illeg] 1c * ||
[for continuation of message from verso, see below]
{verso}
January 2, 1929

Dear revered Master, 1

Your card 2 arrived just as I was going to write this one. We would be delighted if you could come Sunday morning, perhaps towards eleven o'clock, or later, at half past eleven (as it suits you). The afternoons are, at present, so occupied by new mothers and childcare that we cannot unfortunately invite you for the afternoons. 3


All good wishes from {recto} the two of us to the two of you; we hope to see you on Sunday.
Yours,
[signed:] Hans

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

{recto}
[printed:] Postkarte
[top-left, picture captioned: Kufstein, Tirol]

[An:] Herrn
Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8.
Wien III.
[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] | [illeg] 1c * ||
[for continuation of message from verso, see below]
{verso}
2. Jänner 1929

Lieber verehrter Meister! 1

Ihre Karte 2 kam eben, als ich diese schreiben wollte. Wir würden uns sehr freuen, wenn Sie Sonntag vormittag vielleicht gegen 11 oder später (½12) (wie es Ihnen passt) kämen. Die Nachmittage sind vorläufig noch mit Wöchnerinnen und Kinderpflege so sehr ausgefüllt, dass wir Sie leider nicht für Nachmittag bitten können. 3


Alles Herzliche von uns {recto} beiden an Sie beide und hoffentlich auf Wiedersehen am Sonntag.
Ihr
[signed:] Hans

© Transcription William Drabkin, 2013

{recto}
[printed:] Postcard
[top-left, picture captioned: Kufstein, Tyrol]

[to:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Keilgasse 8
Vienna III
[postmark:] || [illeg] | [illeg] | [illeg] 1c * ||
[for continuation of message from verso, see below]
{verso}
January 2, 1929

Dear revered Master, 1

Your card 2 arrived just as I was going to write this one. We would be delighted if you could come Sunday morning, perhaps towards eleven o'clock, or later, at half past eleven (as it suits you). The afternoons are, at present, so occupied by new mothers and childcare that we cannot unfortunately invite you for the afternoons. 3


All good wishes from {recto} the two of us to the two of you; we hope to see you on Sunday.
Yours,
[signed:] Hans

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 4/2, p. 3305 (January 3, 1929): "Von Weisse (K.): erbittet unseren Besuch für Sonntag 11–½12h (!!)." ("From Weisse (postcard): asks us to visit on Sunday, 11–11:30 (!!).")

2 Not known to survive, not recorded in Schenker's diary.

3 No paragraph-break in source.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph address, message continuation and signature recto, holograph message beginning 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
Heirs of Hans Weisse, reproduced with kind permission
License
Permission to publish granted on March 10, 2008 by the heirs of Hans Weisse. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk

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Last updated: 2013-09-10