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OJ 9/6, [31a] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d’Albert to Schenker, postmarked November 14, [1899]

{recto}
⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien. III.
Richardgasse II

[postmark:] || FRANKFURT | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || WIEN [illeg] | BESTELLT | 14. 11. [illeg] | 10–11V ||

{verso}

Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Ich danke Ihnen bestens für die freundl. Uebersendung der Syrischen Tänze, welche ich sehr schätze. Anbei sende ich Ihnen den Clav-Auszug von „Kain“. Ich hoffe Sie bestimmt zwischen 17 u. 21 in Wien zu sehen. Wohne Bristol.


Hzl Gruß
Ihres eiligen
[signed:] E. d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To ⇧ Dr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Richardgasse II

[postmark:] || FRANKFURT | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA [illeg] | DELIVERED | 14. 11. [illeg] | 10–11V ||

{verso}

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I thank you most warmly for kindly sending your Syrian Dances , which I think very highly of. By the same post, I am sending you the piano reduction of Kain. I emphatically hope to see you in Vienna between the 17th and 21st. I will be living at the Hotel Bristol.


Cordial greetings,
from yours in haste,
[signed:] E. d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Wien. III.
Richardgasse II

[postmark:] || FRANKFURT | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || WIEN [illeg] | BESTELLT | 14. 11. [illeg] | 10–11V ||

{verso}

Lieber Herr Doctor! 1

Ich danke Ihnen bestens für die freundl. Uebersendung der Syrischen Tänze, welche ich sehr schätze. Anbei sende ich Ihnen den Clav-Auszug von „Kain“. Ich hoffe Sie bestimmt zwischen 17 u. 21 in Wien zu sehen. Wohne Bristol.


Hzl Gruß
Ihres eiligen
[signed:] E. d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ German Imperial Post
Postcard

To ⇧ Dr. Schenker
⇧ in ⇧ Vienna III
Richardgasse II

[postmark:] || FRANKFURT | [illeg] ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA [illeg] | DELIVERED | 14. 11. [illeg] | 10–11V ||

{verso}

Dear Dr. [Schenker], 1

I thank you most warmly for kindly sending your Syrian Dances , which I think very highly of. By the same post, I am sending you the piano reduction of Kain. I emphatically hope to see you in Vienna between the 17th and 21st. I will be living at the Hotel Bristol.


Cordial greetings,
from yours in haste,
[signed:] E. d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021

Footnotes

1 Schenker’s Syrische Tänze were published in October 1899, and first performed in Vienna by Schenker and Moriz Violin on January 26, 1900. D’Albert’s opera Kain was first performed on January 8, 1900 in Berlin (according to Charlotte Pangels, Eugen d’Albert: Wunderpianist und Komponist, Zürich: Atlantis, 1981, p. 196); when the piano reduction was issued is unclear. The editorial year-dating of this postcard is based on this information.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, and signature, verso
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (date of entry-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 Eugen d'Albert; deemed to be in the public domain
License
All reasonable attempts have been made to identify the heirs or representatives of Eugen d'Albert. This document is deemed to be in the public domain. 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: 2021-12-12
Last updated: 2013-07-23