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OJ 7/4, [64] - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated July 4, 1910

{recto}
[All in a decorated rule-frame]

[Absender:] H Schenker
III. Reisnerstr 38.

[An:] H Prof. M. Violin
Baden b. Wien
Jägerhausstr. 10

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 4.VII.10‒5 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

Fl .

Auf der Post! Soeben Alles, Alles abgeschickt. 1 Bin aber zerfetzt, tot. 2 Morgen packt mir Frau v. Eisl die Sachen ein u. Nachts oder Mittwoch früh fort. 3 Vom [?Pass] sofort mehr.


Gr. Dein Schreibkrampf
[signed:] H

4. 7 10.

© Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019
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[All in a decorated rule-frame]

[From:] H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Prof. M. Violin
Baden near Vienna
Jägerhausstraße 10

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 4.VII.10‒5 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

Floriz,

It's in the post! Everything ‒ the lot ‒ just mailed off. 1 I'm absolutely shattered, dead. 2 Tomorrow Mrs. von Eisl will pack my things for me and in the evening or Wednesday morning [I shall be] off. 3 More the moment I reach the [Karer] [?Pass].


Greetings, Yours with writer's cramp
[signed:] H.

July 4, 1910

© Translation Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019
{recto}
[All in a decorated rule-frame]

[Absender:] H Schenker
III. Reisnerstr 38.

[An:] H Prof. M. Violin
Baden b. Wien
Jägerhausstr. 10

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | 4.VII.10‒5 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

Fl .

Auf der Post! Soeben Alles, Alles abgeschickt. 1 Bin aber zerfetzt, tot. 2 Morgen packt mir Frau v. Eisl die Sachen ein u. Nachts oder Mittwoch früh fort. 3 Vom [?Pass] sofort mehr.


Gr. Dein Schreibkrampf
[signed:] H

4. 7 10.

© Transcription Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019
{recto}
[All in a decorated rule-frame]

[From:] H. Schenker
[Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38

[To:] Prof. M. Violin
Baden near Vienna
Jägerhausstraße 10

[postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | 4.VII.10‒5 | * 3a * ||

{verso}

Floriz,

It's in the post! Everything ‒ the lot ‒ just mailed off. 1 I'm absolutely shattered, dead. 2 Tomorrow Mrs. von Eisl will pack my things for me and in the evening or Wednesday morning [I shall be] off. 3 More the moment I reach the [Karer] [?Pass].


Greetings, Yours with writer's cramp
[signed:] H.

July 4, 1910

© Translation Ian Bent and William Drabkin, 2019

Footnotes

1 On Monday July 4, Schenker mailed the preface, table of contents, two sets of revised proofs, his suggestion as to the title-page, and the dedication page of Kontrapunkt 1 off to Cotta (see CA 115). In fact, Schenker still owed Cotta some text for the firm's publicity blurb; Schenker sent this on July 17 from Karerpass (CA 117).

2 Prior to delivering the prelims of Kontrapunkt 1 he had received and corrected the proofs of his edition of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue on June 3 and had returned them by June 20. Moreover, his teaching year would not have finished until about June 25. This accounts for his exhaustion.

3 Cf. Schenker's diary for July 3: "Beendigung der „Einleitung“ zu II1 , Absendung, u. Abreise nach dem Karerpass ." ("The 'Introduction' to Counterpoint 1 finished, sent off, and departure for the Karerpass."). — His arrival date in Karerpass was July 7.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph sender and recipient addresses, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Provenance
Violin, Moriz (document date-1956)--Heirs of Moriz Violin (1956-195?)--University of California, Riverside (195?--)
Rights Holder
Heirs of Henrich Schenker, deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. 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: 2019-11-25
Last updated: 2010-02-10