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OJ 9/5, [1] - Handwritten letter from Gerhard Albersheim to Schenker, dated May 3, 1926
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hierdurch möchte ich mir die Anfrage erlauben, ob Sie mich von Herbst an als Schüler annehmen wollen. 2 Ihre Adresse verdanke ich Herrn Felix Hupka. 3 © Transcription Christoph Hust, 2007 |
I should like to take the liberty hereby of inquiring whether you will take me on as a pupil from next fall. 2 I am indebted to Mr. Felix Hupka for your address. 3 © Translation Ian Bent, 2007 |
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hierdurch möchte ich mir die Anfrage erlauben, ob Sie mich von Herbst an als Schüler annehmen wollen. 2 Ihre Adresse verdanke ich Herrn Felix Hupka. 3 © Transcription Christoph Hust, 2007 |
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I should like to take the liberty hereby of inquiring whether you will take me on as a pupil from next fall. 2 I am indebted to Mr. Felix Hupka for your address. 3 © Translation Ian Bent, 2007 |
Footnotes1 Receipt of this letter is recorded in Schenker's diary for May 6, 1926: “Von Albersheim (Br.): Anmeldung für den Herbst.” (“From Albersheim (letter): Enrollment for the Fall.”). 2 Albersheim began lessons with Schenker on October 5, 1926, at twelve lessons a month, and continued until June 14, 1929 (lessonbooks), at which point he got married, remaining in Vienna but dropping his lessons. Schenker wrote him a letter of recommendation at his last lesson. His place in Schenker’s schedule was given to Erich Voss (OJ 5/7a, [23], May 15, 1929). — For further on Albersheim’s pupillage, see Ian Bent, "Schenker as Teacher: The Case of Gerhard Albersheim," Journal of Schenkerian Studies, vol. 4 (2010), 35–68. 3 Felix Hupka had been Schenker's pupil since a recommendation by Eugen d'Albert in 1912, cf. Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker nach Tagebüchern und Briefen ... (Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1985), p. 68. He advised Albersheim to take lessons with Schenker (ibid., p. 35). |