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OJ 9/6, [38] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d'Albert to Schenker, postmarked December 30, 1903

{recto}
⇧ Pneumatisch!!
⇧ Correspo[ndenzkarte]

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker.
Komponist.
⇧ in ⇧ III
Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || WIEN [illeg] | 1–V 30.XII.03 | * 15 * || [three times]
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 2 10N 30 XII 03 | * 49* || BESTELLT ||

{verso}

⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor!

Ich muß Sie heute dringend sprechen – habe 2 Briefe von Scholz für Sie. Kommen Sie um 7 Uhr ins Hotel [in lower margin:] Bristol[end cue] (nicht † nahe!) oder ins Künstlerzimmer ins Concert. Nach dem Concert reise ich ab.


Hzl. Grüße
[signed:] E. d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Pneumatic Post!!
⇧ Post[card]

To ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Composer
⇧ in ⇧ [Vienna] III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || VIENNA [illeg] | 1–A.M. 30.XII.03 | * 15 * || [three times]
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 2 10 P.M. 30 XII 03 | * 49* || DELIVERED ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],

It’s urgent that I speak to you today. I have two letters from Scholz for you. Come to the hotel [in lower margin:] Bristol[end cue] (not † nearby!) at 7 p.m. or in the artists’ room [?during] the concert. I have to dash off after the concert.


Cordial greetings
[signed:] E. d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Pneumatisch!!
⇧ Correspo[ndenzkarte]

An ⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker.
Komponist.
⇧ in ⇧ III
Reisnerstr. 38.

[postmark:] || WIEN [illeg] | 1–V 30.XII.03 | * 15 * || [three times]
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 | 2 10N 30 XII 03 | * 49* || BESTELLT ||

{verso}

⇧ Lieber Herr Doctor!

Ich muß Sie heute dringend sprechen – habe 2 Briefe von Scholz für Sie. Kommen Sie um 7 Uhr ins Hotel [in lower margin:] Bristol[end cue] (nicht † nahe!) oder ins Künstlerzimmer ins Concert. Nach dem Concert reise ich ab.


Hzl. Grüße
[signed:] E. d‘Albert.

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}
⇧ Pneumatic Post!!
⇧ Post[card]

To ⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Composer
⇧ in ⇧ [Vienna] III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || VIENNA [illeg] | 1–A.M. 30.XII.03 | * 15 * || [three times]
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 | 2 10 P.M. 30 XII 03 | * 49* || DELIVERED ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],

It’s urgent that I speak to you today. I have two letters from Scholz for you. Come to the hotel [in lower margin:] Bristol[end cue] (not † nearby!) at 7 p.m. or in the artists’ room [?during] the concert. I have to dash off after the concert.


Cordial greetings
[signed:] E. d‘Albert

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021

Format

† Double underlined

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph sender 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: 2021-11-01
Last updated: 2013-07-23