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OJ 7/4, [55] - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Moriz Violin, dated November 5, 1909
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[All in a decorated rule-frame] [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38 [An:] H. Prof. M. Violin XIV. Sechshauserstr 126 [postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN 49 | 5. XI. 09‒4 | R || {verso} Fl! 1 Ich wollte es vor G. 2 nicht sagen: Es würde dir Alles nur weisgemacht. Denn in Wahrheit handelt es sich noch immer um den Wahn, in „moderner Richtung“ Fortschritte zu erzielen: die Esel sind noch immer vom Epigonentum eines Brahms u. [von] der Fortschritt[s]kunst eines Zeml. überzeugt. Das allein ist des Pudels Kern! Nur zu! Sie werden auch diese Sache einmal verstehen, es wird aber zu spät sein für die kommenden Talente. Morgen mehr. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2018 |
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[All in a decorated rule-frame] [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:] Prof. M. Violin [Vienna] XIV, Sechshauserstraße 126 [postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA 49 | 5. XI. 09‒4 | R || {verso} Floriz, 1 I didn't want to say it in front of G.: 2 it would only have made you believe everything. For in truth it remains a question of the delusion of making progress "in the direction of modernity." The fools are for ever convinced by the epigonism of a Brahms and the progress-art of a Zemlinsky. That alone is the crux of the matter! More power to you! They will one day understand even this, but [by then] it will be too late for the talented ones of the future. More tomorrow. © Translation Ian Bent, 2018 |
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[All in a decorated rule-frame] [Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38 [An:] H. Prof. M. Violin XIV. Sechshauserstr 126 [postmark:] || 1/1 WIEN 49 | 5. XI. 09‒4 | R || {verso} Fl! 1 Ich wollte es vor G. 2 nicht sagen: Es würde dir Alles nur weisgemacht. Denn in Wahrheit handelt es sich noch immer um den Wahn, in „moderner Richtung“ Fortschritte zu erzielen: die Esel sind noch immer vom Epigonentum eines Brahms u. [von] der Fortschritt[s]kunst eines Zeml. überzeugt. Das allein ist des Pudels Kern! Nur zu! Sie werden auch diese Sache einmal verstehen, es wird aber zu spät sein für die kommenden Talente. Morgen mehr. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2018 |
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[All in a decorated rule-frame] [From:] ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:] Prof. M. Violin [Vienna] XIV, Sechshauserstraße 126 [postmark:] || 1/1 VIENNA 49 | 5. XI. 09‒4 | R || {verso} Floriz, 1 I didn't want to say it in front of G.: 2 it would only have made you believe everything. For in truth it remains a question of the delusion of making progress "in the direction of modernity." The fools are for ever convinced by the epigonism of a Brahms and the progress-art of a Zemlinsky. That alone is the crux of the matter! More power to you! They will one day understand even this, but [by then] it will be too late for the talented ones of the future. More tomorrow. © Translation Ian Bent, 2018 |
Footnotes1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary. No letters or postcards from Moriz Violin to Schenker from 1909 survive. 2 G.: identity unknown, but one possibility is the bass singer Eduard Gärtner, who was active in performance with Schenker between 1900 and 1911. |
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Digital version created: 2018-05-23 |