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Handwritten postcard from Elsa Bienenfeld to Schenker, dated Monday, postmark May 29, 1933

{recto}
Abs. E. Bienenfeld
Wien IX. Liechtensteinstr. 32
Tel. A 15-2-25

[An:] Herrn Professor [/] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
III. Keilgasse 8
Wien.

{verso}
Montag.

Hochverehrter Herr Professor,

von Ihrer gütigen Erlaubnis mache ich sehr gerne Gebrauch u. werde mir erlauben, Freitag, den 2ten um 5h bei Ihnen vorzusprechen. Ein langjähriger Wunsch geht in Erfüllung!

In grosser Verehrung Ihre sehr ergebene
[ sign’d: ] Elsa Bienenfeld

Sollte Ihnen irgend etwas dazwischenkommen, erbitte ich, mich nur teleph. A 15-2-25 verständigen zu lassen.

© IPR under investigation
© Transcription Martin Eybl, 2006

Handwritten postcard from Elsa Bienenfeld to Schenker, dated Monday, postmark May 29, 1933

{recto}
From: E. Bienenfeld
Vienna IX, Liechtensteinstraße 32
Tel. A 15-2-25

[To:] Professor [/] Heinrich Schenker
III, Keilgasse 8
Vienna

{verso}
Monday
Dear Professor,

I shall be delighted to avail myself of your kind offer,1 and to call on you on Friday [June] 2nd at 5 p.m. It will be the fulfilment of a longstanding ambition.

With great respect, yours very truly,
[ sign’d: ] Elsa Bienenfeld

If anything makes this inconvenient to you, please let me know by telephoning A 15-2-25.

© Translation Geoffrey A. Chew, 2006

COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna IX, Liechtensteinstraße 32
Recipient address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8

FOOTNOTES:

1 Source unknown, but the visit arises out of B's request in OJ 9/15, [1], May 22, 1933, so S's response must have dated from within May 22-28.

SUMMARY:
Thanks S for inviting her to visit him and promises to come on June 2, 1933.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent, 2006

Eybl, Martin
Chew, Geoffrey A.
Bienenfeld, Elsa
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Bienenfeld, Elsa; Schenker, Heinrich; visit
Handwritten postcard from Bienenfeld to Schenker, dated May 29, 1933
OJ 9/15, [2]
1933-05-29
2006-08-26
Bienenfeld
Vienna critics
Permission to publish on this website is under investigation
Schenker, Heinrich (1933-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: under investigation; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Footnotes, Commentary: Martin Eybl; Translation: Geoffrey A. Chew.
Vienna
1933

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