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OJ 9/6, [57a] - Handwritten postcard from Eugen d’Albert to Schenker, undated [July/August 1912]

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⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
Hotel Paneveggio
Paneveggio
Südtirol.

[postmark:] || SPITAL | [illeg] | [AM] SEMMERING ||

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⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Doctor!

ich erhielt erst vorgestern das Büchelchen vom [?Uni]verlag u. schreibe Ihnen daher erst jetzt. Ich finde den Stoff für die Oper doch zu dürftig – ein Schauspieldichter (Sie erwähnen ja Schnitzler) würde daraus etwas machen können; unsere Opernlibrettisten sind aber alle zu arm an Gedanken oder zu bequem um die notwendigen ausführlichen Ergänzungen zu erfinden. Ich danke Ihnen nochmals für die interessante Lektüre.


Mit freund[lichen] G[rü]ßen
Ihr
[signed:] Eugen d’Albert.
Spital a/S.

Vom 5 Sept ab: Wien. XIII. Elßlergaße 20 1

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Hotel Paneveggio
Paneveggio
South Tyrol.

[postmark:] || SPITAL | [illeg] | [AM] SEMMERING ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],

I didn’t receive your booklet from the [?Uni] publishing house until the day before yesterday, and am accordingly only now writing to you. I find the material too meager for opera – a playwright (you indeed mention Schnitzler) would be able to make something of it; our opera librettists are, however, all too lacking in ideas or too idle to provide the extensive additional detail necessary. Thank you again for the interesting reading.


With cordial greetings,
Your
[signed:] Eugen d’Albert.
Spital a[m] S[emmering]

From September 5 on: Vienna XIII, Elßlergaße 20 1

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}

⇧ Herrn Dr Heinrich Schenker
Hotel Paneveggio
Paneveggio
Südtirol.

[postmark:] || SPITAL | [illeg] | [AM] SEMMERING ||

{verso}

⇧ Sehr geehrter Herr Doctor!

ich erhielt erst vorgestern das Büchelchen vom [?Uni]verlag u. schreibe Ihnen daher erst jetzt. Ich finde den Stoff für die Oper doch zu dürftig – ein Schauspieldichter (Sie erwähnen ja Schnitzler) würde daraus etwas machen können; unsere Opernlibrettisten sind aber alle zu arm an Gedanken oder zu bequem um die notwendigen ausführlichen Ergänzungen zu erfinden. Ich danke Ihnen nochmals für die interessante Lektüre.


Mit freund[lichen] G[rü]ßen
Ihr
[signed:] Eugen d’Albert.
Spital a/S.

Vom 5 Sept ab: Wien. XIII. Elßlergaße 20 1

© Transcription Ian Bent, 2021
{recto}

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Hotel Paneveggio
Paneveggio
South Tyrol.

[postmark:] || SPITAL | [illeg] | [AM] SEMMERING ||

{verso}

⇧ Dear Dr. [Schenker],

I didn’t receive your booklet from the [?Uni] publishing house until the day before yesterday, and am accordingly only now writing to you. I find the material too meager for opera – a playwright (you indeed mention Schnitzler) would be able to make something of it; our opera librettists are, however, all too lacking in ideas or too idle to provide the extensive additional detail necessary. Thank you again for the interesting reading.


With cordial greetings,
Your
[signed:] Eugen d’Albert.
Spital a[m] S[emmering]

From September 5 on: Vienna XIII, Elßlergaße 20 1

© Translation Ian Bent, 2021

Footnotes

1 On May 11, 1912 (OJ 9/6, [56]), d‘Albert, having previously invited Schenker to his new Vienna home at Elßlergaße 20, had to “disinvite” him because the house was not ready. By December 4 OJ 9/6, [58] d’Albert wrote from that address on headed notepaper. Evidently therefore the house was, on current predictions, due to be ready by September. D’Albert does not appear in Lehmann’s Street Directory of Vienna for 1912, but does so for 1913.

Commentary

Format
printed postcard, holograph recipient address, recto; holograph salutation, message, valediction, signature, and postscript, 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: 2021-12-14
Last updated: 2013-07-23