Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Halm to Schenker, dated November 22, 1927

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Postkar[te]
Absender: [stamp:] A. Halm, Wickersdorf bei Saalfeld

[An:] Herrn Professor Dr. H. Schenker
in: Wien III.
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || SAALFELD | (Saale) 2 | [illeg].4.5R | * der Feengrotten * ||

[ for continuation of message, see below ]

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22.XI.27

Lieber u. verehrter Herr Professor!

Das Jahrbuch^II habe ich richtig[?] erhalten;¹ zunächst kann ich unmöglich darin studieren, freue mich aber darauf, namentlich auf das über Bachs Fugen Ausgeführte.² Zu dem Dank für ^diese Ihre Gabe bin ich Ihnen auch noch Dank für Ihre freundlichen Briefe schuldig—ich bin aber gesundheitlich nicht prima bestellt gegenwärtig, u. bin schrecklich im Rückstand mit eiligen Arbeiten (Neuauflage der Klavierübung).³ Also bitte ich Sie um freundliche Geduld. Ich weiss nicht mehr, ob ich Ihnen meine Bühnenmusik II (Viel Lärme um Nichts) gesandt habe.⁴

{recto} Wenn nicht, so bitte ich Sie um gelegentliche Nachricht.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen
Ihr
[ sign’d: ] A. Halm.

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

Handwritten postcard from Halm to Schenker, dated November 22, 1927

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Postcard
Sender: [stamp:] A. Halm, Wickersdorf bei Saalfeld

[To:] Professor H. Schenker
in: Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || SAALFELD | (Saale) 2 | [illeg].4.5R | * der Feengrotten * ||

[ for continuation of message, see below ]

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November 22, [19]27

Dear Professor,

I received the yearbook, volume 2.¹ For the time being I can’t possibly do any reading in it, but I look forward to it, particularly to the discussion of Bach’s fugues.² In addition to owing you thanks for your gift, I also owe thanks for your cordial letters. However, I am presently not in top-notch health and am horribly delinquent with urgent projects (new edition of the Piano Method).³ I therefore ask for friendly patience. I no longer know whether I sent you my Theater Music II (Much Ado About Nothing).⁴

{recto} If not, please let me know at some point.

With cordial greetings,
Yours,
[ sign'd: ] A. Halm

© Translation Lee Rothfarb, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Printed postcard, stamped and holograph addresses, holograph message-continuation recto, holograph message-beginning and signature verso
Sender address: Wickersdorf bei Saalfeld
Recipient address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. S’s Das Meisterwerk in der Musik, vol. II, dated 1926, but actually published around September 1927 (Munich: Drei Masken Verlag, 1926) (see OC 54/188, September 30, 1927).

² i.e. “Das Organische der Fugue,” Meisterwerk II, pp. 57–95 (Eng. trans., pp. 31–54).

³ Halm’s Klavierübung ultimately comprised three volumes: vol. 1, Stuttgart, Zumsteeg, 1918; 2nd edn [unknown]; 3rd rev. edn. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1928; vol. 2, ed. Willi Apel (a former Wickersdorf student of Halm), 1932; vol. 3 (unpublished).

⁴ Halm's Bühnenmusik, vol.2, consisting of Viel Lärm um Nichts, was published by Bärenreiter (Augsburg) in 1927.

SUMMARY:
H acks receipt of Meisterwerk vol. II.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Lee Rothfarb, 2006

Rothfarb, Lee
Halm, August
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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; Meisterwerk in der Musik; Masterwork in Music; Jahrbuch II; Klavierübung; Piano Method; Bühnenmusik II; Stage Music II; Much Ado About Nothing
Handwritten postcard from Halm to Schenker, dated November 22, 1927
OJ 11/35, 25
1927-11-22
2006-07-14
Halm
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2000, and is published with the permission of the heirs of August Halm, March 2006.
Schenker, Heinrich (1927-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
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Wickersdorf
1927