Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten card from Halm to Schenker, dated January 12, 1919

{recto}
Postkarte
[Absender:]
[ stamp: ]
Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[An:]
Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
Wien IV III
Reisnerstr. 38

[ postmarks: ] || Freigegeben | St. || || ESSLINGEN (Neckar) | 12.JAN 9.8 N | 1 || [ twice ]
[ for continuation of message, see below ]

{verso}
An den Bankverein habe ich quittiert.
12.I.19.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ich teile Ihnen mit, daß ich von der^m C.K. priv. Wie[ner] Bankverein in Ihrem Auftrag

Achthundert und fünfzig und sechs Mark

erhalten habe.¹ Nochmals danke ich Ihnen für diese Hilfe u. begrüße Sie mit Hochachtung u. herzlich.

Ihr
[ sign’d: ] August Halm

{recto}
Ich lasse Ihnen demnächst ein Heft der Freien Schulgemeinde zustanden, das Musik von mir enthält.

© In the public domain; published with the agreement of the heirs of August Halm 2006.
© Transcription Lee Rothfarb, 2006.

Handwritten card from Halm to Schenker, dated January 12, 1919

{recto}
Postcard
[Sender:]
[ stamp: ]
Aug. Halm
ESSLINGEN
Panorama 11

[To:]
Professor H. Schenker
Vienna IV III
Reisnerstraße 38

[ postmarks: ] || Freigegeben | St. || || ESSLINGEN (Neckar) | 12.JAN 9.8 N | 1 || [ twice ]
[ for continuation of message, see below ]

{verso}
I sent acknowledgment of receipt to the bank association.
January 12, 1919

Dear Professor,

I am notifying you that I received from the Imperial-Royal Privileged Vienna Bank Association¹ at your request

Eight hundred and fifty six Marks

Again, I thank you for this assistance and send you respectful,
cordial regards.

Yours,
[ sign’d: ] August Halm

{recto}
I am having sent to you in the near future an issue of the Freie Schulgemeinde that contains music of mine.

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: card, holograph message and signature on recto
Sender address: --
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ The money is the “stipend” to which Halm refers in OJ 11/35, 10, December 14, 1918, and then again in OJ 11/35, [10a], December 31, 1918, when he asks Schenker to transfer the money to his savings account in Esslingen. It is used by H to defray publishing expenses (see OJ 11/35, 14, January 5, 1920).

SUMMARY:
H acks receipt of 856 Mk.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Lee Rothfarb 2006

Rothfarb, Lee
Halm, August
H acks receipt of 856 Mk.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: In the public domain; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Lee A. Rothfarb 2006.
Halm, August; Schenker, Heinrich; money; receipt; Wiener Bankverein; Vienna Bank Association
Handwritten letter from Halm to Schenker, dated January 12, 1919
card
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 11/35, 9[d]
1919-01-12
2006-03-09
Halm
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2000, and is published with the agreement of the heirs of August Halm 2006.
holograph message and signature.
Schenker, Heinrich (1919-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: In the public domain; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Lee Rothfarb.
Esslingen
1919