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OJ 7/4, [67] - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Violin, dated August 11, 1910

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

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
Karerpass, Tirol
Karerpasshotel

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

[postmark:] || KARERSEE | 11.VIII.10 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Fl . (Postscription)

Eine Stunde nach Fertigstellung u. Absendung des Briefes an dich 1 gieng ich zum Arzt. Zum ersten Mal geschah es, daß mir das Ohr gespült wurde, u. ein schrecklicher Block kam heraus, der mir Alles sagte. Nun bin ich ruhiger, ich höre wieder. Dieses will ich [?hoch] in Freude nachgeschickt haben. Die Schrift u. der Ton des Briefes soll st du en dir [?nur] vom tauben Zustande her begreiflich werden. Hoffentlich geh ich morgen auf eine Tagestour, hörend, sehend. Augenblicklich „ungünstige Witterung“


Begruß dein
[signed:] H

11. 8..

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

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
Karerpass, Tyrol
Karerpass Hotel

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

[postmark:] || KARERSEE | 11.VIII.10 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Floriz, (Postscript)

An hour after completing and mailing off of my letter to you, 1 I went to the doctor. For the first time, my ear was washed out and a horrid mass came out that explained everything to me. Now I am calmer, I can hear again. I wanted to send you this follow-up news with great joy. The writing and the tone of the letter should convey to you [?just] what it's like from a deaf person's standpoint. I am hoping to go on a day-long tour tomorrow, with my hearing and sight intact. At the moment the weather is looking "unfavorable."


Greetings, your
[signed:] H.

August 11

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

[Absender:] ⇧ H Schenker
Karerpass, Tirol
Karerpasshotel

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

[postmark:] || KARERSEE | 11.VIII.10 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Fl . (Postscription)

Eine Stunde nach Fertigstellung u. Absendung des Briefes an dich 1 gieng ich zum Arzt. Zum ersten Mal geschah es, daß mir das Ohr gespült wurde, u. ein schrecklicher Block kam heraus, der mir Alles sagte. Nun bin ich ruhiger, ich höre wieder. Dieses will ich [?hoch] in Freude nachgeschickt haben. Die Schrift u. der Ton des Briefes soll st du en dir [?nur] vom tauben Zustande her begreiflich werden. Hoffentlich geh ich morgen auf eine Tagestour, hörend, sehend. Augenblicklich „ungünstige Witterung“


Begruß dein
[signed:] H

11. 8..

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

[From:] ⇧ H. Schenker
Karerpass, Tyrol
Karerpass Hotel

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

[postmark:] || KARERSEE | 11.VIII.10 | [illeg] ||

{verso}

⇧ Floriz, (Postscript)

An hour after completing and mailing off of my letter to you, 1 I went to the doctor. For the first time, my ear was washed out and a horrid mass came out that explained everything to me. Now I am calmer, I can hear again. I wanted to send you this follow-up news with great joy. The writing and the tone of the letter should convey to you [?just] what it's like from a deaf person's standpoint. I am hoping to go on a day-long tour tomorrow, with my hearing and sight intact. At the moment the weather is looking "unfavorable."


Greetings, your
[signed:] H.

August 11

© Translation Ian Bent, 2019

Footnotes

1 No letter from Schenker to Violin dated August 11 is known to survive. The "writing and tone of the letter" evidently conveyed his state of deafness.

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: 2019-12-05
Last updated: 2010-02-10