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OJ 9/6, [32] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d'Albert to Schenker, dated September 2, 1900
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⇧ UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE [etc.] SUISSE. SCHWEIZ. SWIZZERA. ⇧ Herrn Dr H. Schenker Lunz Nieder Österreich ⇧ Wien. III. Richardgasse 11. ⇧ Austria ⇧ Wien Reisnerstraße 38 1 [postmark:] || INTERLAKEN | 2. IX. 00 – 9 || [postmark:] || [illeg]NFURD[illeg] | 5 | SWIZZERA. | b SCHEIBBS || [postmark:] || 6. 9. 00 | LUNZ || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT |5. 9. 00 | 8–10 [V] || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT |8. 9. 00 | 8–10 V || {verso} Interlaken. 2. 9. 00. Lieber Herr Doctor! 2 Hoffentlich sind Sie jetzt vollständig wieder hergestellt. Die Zeichnung von [?Schligtmann] hat mich sehr interessirt – ich wußte nur nicht, ob sie ernst oder komisch aufzufassen sei. Wir sind den ganzen Sommer hier gewesen u. empfing ich Ihre freundl. Zeilen, wofür ich Ihnen bestens danke, nachgesandt. Ende September in Prag u. Dresden u. Kain 3 und „die Abreise“ 4 an einen † Abend. Später in München Stuttgart u. a. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [etc.] SWITZERLAND ⇧ Dr H. Schenker Lunz, Lower Austria ⇧ Vienna, III Richardgasse 11 ⇧ Austria ⇧ Vienna, Reisnerstraße 38 1 [postmark:] || INTERLAKEN | 2. IX. 00 – 9 || [postmark:] || [illeg]NFURD[illeg] | 5 | SWITZERLAND | b SCHEIBBS || [postmark:] || 6. 9. 00 | LUNZ || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED |5. 9. 00 | 8–10 [V] || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED |8. 9. 00 | 8–10 V || {verso} Interlaken, September 2, 1900 Dear Dr. [Schenker], 2 I hope that you are now completely restored. The drawing by [?Schligtmann] has very much caught my interest. But I could not tell whether it was to be taken seriously or humorously. We have been here the whole Summer and I received you friendly missive, for which my sincere thanks, forwarded on to me. At the end of September in Prague and Dresden Kain 3 and Die Abreise 4 [will be performed] on one † evening. Later in Munich, Stuttgart, and other places. © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE [etc.] SUISSE. SCHWEIZ. SWIZZERA. ⇧ Herrn Dr H. Schenker Lunz Nieder Österreich ⇧ Wien. III. Richardgasse 11. ⇧ Austria ⇧ Wien Reisnerstraße 38 1 [postmark:] || INTERLAKEN | 2. IX. 00 – 9 || [postmark:] || [illeg]NFURD[illeg] | 5 | SWIZZERA. | b SCHEIBBS || [postmark:] || 6. 9. 00 | LUNZ || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT |5. 9. 00 | 8–10 [V] || [postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 49 | BESTELLT |8. 9. 00 | 8–10 V || {verso} Interlaken. 2. 9. 00. Lieber Herr Doctor! 2 Hoffentlich sind Sie jetzt vollständig wieder hergestellt. Die Zeichnung von [?Schligtmann] hat mich sehr interessirt – ich wußte nur nicht, ob sie ernst oder komisch aufzufassen sei. Wir sind den ganzen Sommer hier gewesen u. empfing ich Ihre freundl. Zeilen, wofür ich Ihnen bestens danke, nachgesandt. Ende September in Prag u. Dresden u. Kain 3 und „die Abreise“ 4 an einen † Abend. Später in München Stuttgart u. a. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2021 |
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⇧ UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [etc.] SWITZERLAND ⇧ Dr H. Schenker Lunz, Lower Austria ⇧ Vienna, III Richardgasse 11 ⇧ Austria ⇧ Vienna, Reisnerstraße 38 1 [postmark:] || INTERLAKEN | 2. IX. 00 – 9 || [postmark:] || [illeg]NFURD[illeg] | 5 | SWITZERLAND | b SCHEIBBS || [postmark:] || 6. 9. 00 | LUNZ || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED |5. 9. 00 | 8–10 [V] || [postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 49 | DELIVERED |8. 9. 00 | 8–10 V || {verso} Interlaken, September 2, 1900 Dear Dr. [Schenker], 2 I hope that you are now completely restored. The drawing by [?Schligtmann] has very much caught my interest. But I could not tell whether it was to be taken seriously or humorously. We have been here the whole Summer and I received you friendly missive, for which my sincere thanks, forwarded on to me. At the end of September in Prague and Dresden Kain 3 and Die Abreise 4 [will be performed] on one † evening. Later in Munich, Stuttgart, and other places. © Translation Ian Bent, 2021 |
Footnotes1 This is the earliest known appearance of Reisnerstraße 38 in the Schenker correspondence. Schenker was living at Richardgasse 11 still at the end of June 1900 (OJ 9/20, [22]), so he must have moved during the summer of that year. This postcard shows both handwritten addresses: it would appear that Schenker had not notified d’Albert of his move, so the unknown hand that entered the latest address will probably have been that of the caretaker of Richardgasse 11, where it had arrived on September 5 and from where it had been delivered to Reisnerstraße 38 on September 8 (hence the presence of two Vienna postmarks). — There is a gap of just under two years since the previous surviving dated written communication between the two men. 2 From the first address and postmarks, it would seem that Schenker had been on vacation in Lunz, in Lower Austria, district Scheibbs. (No diary by Schenker for 1900 survives.) 3 Kain, opera, libretto by H. Bulthaupt, first performance Berlin, February 17, 1900. 4 Die Abreise, opera, libretto by F. von Sporck after A. von Steigentesch, first performance Frankfurt, October 20, 1898. |
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Digital version created: 2021-11-01 |