Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten lettercard from Röntgen and Oscar Posa to Schenker, dated June 17, [1901]

{recto}
BRIEFKAART

AAN Herrn D^r Heinrich Schenker
Oesterreich
Wien III
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || AMSTERDAM | 17 [?] 01 | * 12 6V * ||
[postmark:] || WIEN 3/3 49 | BESTELLT | 20.6.01 | 7-[illeg.] ||

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[photograph of woman, captioned:] ZUID-BEVELANDSCHE KLEEDERDRACHT.

Middelburg 17/6

Lieber Freund!

Ich empfehle diese Dame Ihrer Obhut[.] Behandeln Sie dieselbe mit Vorsicht. [cued from right margin sideways: und Rücksicht LL^t[?] J. R.]

Hezl[?] Gruß[?],
[ sign’d: ] Posa¹
[ sign’d: ] Julius Röntgen

© Roentgen: In the public domain; Posa: under inquiry.
© Transcription Kevin Karnes, 2006.

Handwritten lettercard from Röntgen and Oscar Posa to Schenker, dated June 17, [1901]

{recto}
LETTERCARD

To: Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Austria
Vienna III,
Reisnerstraße 38

[postmark:] || AMSTERDAM | 17 [?] 01 | * 12 6V * ||
[postmark:] || VIENNA 3/3 49 | DELIVERED | 26.6.01 | 7-[illeg.] ||

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[photograph of woman, captioned:] COSTUME IN THE STYLE OF SOUTH BEVELAND.

Middelburg June 17

Dear friend,

I recommend this woman for your care. Treat her with caution [cued from right margin sideways: and consideration LL^t[?] J.R.]

Heartfelt greetings[?],
[ sign’d: ] Posa¹
[ sign’d: ] Julius Röntgen

© Translation Kevin Karnes, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: Lettercard, addresses recto, printed picture, handwritten message, holograph signatures
Sender address: --
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstraße 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Oscar Posa (1873-1951), Austrian composer and conductor. An acquaintance of Schenker, Posa was a founding member of Schoenberg’s and Zemlinsky’s Vereinigung Schaffender Tonkünstler in 1904 (in which Schoenberg tried hard to persuade Schenker to be involved). It has been suggested that Posa, an otherwise obscure figure, might have penned the Society’s charter. (Joseph Auner, A Schoenberg Reader: Documents of a Life (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003), 42; Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker nach Tagebücher ... (Hildesheim: Olms, 1985), 179; Charlotte E. Erwin & Bryan R. Simms, “Schoenberg’s Correspondence with Heinrich Schenker,” Journal of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute 5 (1981), 23–43.)

SUMMARY:
Humorous comment on printed picture.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Kevin Karnes 2006

Karnes, Kevin
Röntgen, Julius
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Röntgen, Julius; Posa, Oscar C.; Schenker, Heinrich
Handwritten lettercard from Röntgen and Oscar Posa to Schenker, dated June 17, 1901
OJ 13/27, [3]
1901-06-17
2006-11-22
Röntgen
Posa
In the public domain.
Schenker, Heinrich (1901-1935)--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: Kevin Karnes.
Amsterdam
1901