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WSLB 3 - Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated April 9, 1908
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⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte Absender: ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38 [An:] Herrn Direktor Hertzka I, Maximilianstr. 11. „Universal-Edition“ [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | [illeg] IV 08 – 4 | [illeg] || {verso} Sehr geehrter Herr Director! 1 Ich bringe morgen weitere Blätter mit, so gegen 5h. 2 Es ist, wie Sie sehen werden, eine wirklich starke Arbeit, die viel, viel Zeit braucht, aber auch eine gut verbesserte u. vermehrte Auflage bringt. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
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⇧ Postcard From: ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:]Director Hertzka [Vienna] I, Maximilianstraße 11 Universal Edition [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | [illeg] IV 08 – 4 | [illeg] || {verso} Dear Director, 1 I shall bring further pages with me tomorrow at about 5 p.m. 2 As you will see, it is a really formidable piece of work that takes a huge amount of time, but at the same time makes for a much improved and enlarged edition. © Translation Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
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⇧ Korrespondenz-Karte Absender: ⇧ H Schenker III., Reisnerstr. 38 [An:] Herrn Direktor Hertzka I, Maximilianstr. 11. „Universal-Edition“ [postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 49 | [illeg] IV 08 – 4 | [illeg] || {verso} Sehr geehrter Herr Director! 1 Ich bringe morgen weitere Blätter mit, so gegen 5h. 2 Es ist, wie Sie sehen werden, eine wirklich starke Arbeit, die viel, viel Zeit braucht, aber auch eine gut verbesserte u. vermehrte Auflage bringt. © Transcription Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
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⇧ Postcard From: ⇧ H. Schenker [Vienna] III, Reisnerstraße 38 [To:]Director Hertzka [Vienna] I, Maximilianstraße 11 Universal Edition [postmark:] || 3/3 VIENNA 49 | [illeg] IV 08 – 4 | [illeg] || {verso} Dear Director, 1 I shall bring further pages with me tomorrow at about 5 p.m. 2 As you will see, it is a really formidable piece of work that takes a huge amount of time, but at the same time makes for a much improved and enlarged edition. © Translation Ian Bent, 2004, 2016 |
Footnotes1 Writing of this letter is not recorded in Schenker's diary, but the following entry relates to it: OJ 1/7, p. 89, April 9, 1908: "Gleichwohl Besserung des Nervenzustandes im Zusammenhange mit der fortschreitenden Arbeit." ("Nevertheless, improvement in my nervous condition in connection with the on-going work."). The letter concerns production of revisions for the 2nd edition of the Beitrag zur Ornamentik . 2 There is no entry in Schenker's diary for April 10 (in fact there are no entries between April 9 and June 30). |