Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated March 13, 1917

[printed letterhead:]
D^R SIEGFRIED TÜRKEL
HOF- UND GERICHTS-ADVOKAT
KANZLEI: VII. MARIAHILFERSTRASSE 26
EINGANG: VII. STIFTGASSE 1

[left:] TELEPHON AUT. 35052 [right:] POSTSPARK.-KTO. NR 104651

[typed:]
Wien, den 13. /3. 17

T/N. Betr: Sofie Deutsch .

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ich bitte Sie tausendmal um Entschuldigung, dass mir ein Irrtum unterlaufen ist. Ich wusste nämlich wirklich nicht, dass Sie sozusagen Kollege¹ {31v} sind und war ich immer in der Meinung, dass Sie Doktor der Philosophie sind.

Ich habe in Ihnen, verehrter Herr Prof.[,] einen so liebenswürdigen Menschen kennen gelernt, dass Sie mir, diesen Irrtum nicht weiter übel nehmen. Sie werden inzwischen, verehrter Herr Professor, meine Mitteilung erhalten haben,² dass die 5000K.–³ bei mir bereits eingelangt sind. Wie bereits erwähnt, handelte es sich durchaus nicht um eine Ungefälligkeit des Herrn Kammerrat,⁴ sondern ich musste mich an den Herrn Kammerat[sic] wenden.

Herr Kammerat[sic] übermittelte diese {33v} Mitteilungen gerne entgegen und werde mich freuen Ihnen dienlich sein zu können.

Ich begrüsse Sie
Hochachtungsvoll Ihr sehr ergebener :
[ sign’d: ] Türkel

Wohlg. Herrn
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III.

© Under investigation.
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006.

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated March 13, 1917

[printed letterhead:]
D^R SIEGFRIED TÜRKEL
COURT AND IMPERIAL ADVOCATE
CHANCELLRY: VII. MARIAHILFERSTRASSE 26
ENTRANCE: VII. STIFTGASSE 1

[left:] TELEPHONE AUST. 35052 [right:] POST OFFICE BANK A/C 104651

[typed:]
Vienna, March 13, 1917

T/N. Re: Sofie Deutsch.

Dear Professor,

A thousand apologies for the error that I committed. For I really was unaware that you were so-to-speak a colleague¹ {31v}, and I was always under the impression that you were a Doctor of Philosophy.

So very kind a man have I found you to be, dear Professor, that [I hope] you will think no further ill of me for this error. You will in the meanwhile, dear Professor, have received my communication² that the 5,000 Kroner³ have already come into my hands. As mentioned before, there was no question of any reluctance to oblige on the part of the Chamber Counsellor⁴ but I had to address myself to the Chamber Counsellor.

The Chamber Counsellor was happy to communicate this information [to me], and [I] shall be delighted to be of service to you.

I am, Sir,
with kind regards,
yours very truly,
[ sign’d: ] Türkel

Prof. Heinrich Schenker, Esq.,
Vienna III.

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2p letter, printed letterhead, typed message, handwritten signature; p.1 has been cut into two horizontally, and the three resultant half-sheets used as scrap paper, with notes for lessons with Anthony van Hoboken from December 1-18, 1931 and February 23, 1932 on versos;
Sender address: Vienna VII, Mariahilferstraße 26
Recipient address: Vienna III

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. a fellow-lawyer: S graduated Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Vienna in 1889.

² Not OC 16/29r, 28v, 27v, March 10, 1917, so either this was a non-surviving letter or the communication was by some other means.

³ This is the legacy left S by Sofie Deutsch, as communicated in the letter of Fritz Mendel, OJ 12/52, January 12, 1917.

⁴ i.e. Fritz Mendel, Sofie Deutsch’s brother, leading Austrian industrialist.

SUMMARY:
T apologizes for failing to realise that S is a fellow-lawyer. —He has received the 5,000 Kroner legacy from the Sofie Deutsch estate.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian Bent 2006

Bent, Ian
Türkel, Siegfried
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Türkel, Siegfried; Schenker, Heinrich; Deutsch, Sofie; Sophie; lawyer; Legat; legacy; Mendl, Fritz
Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated March 13, 1917
OC 16/30v, 31v, 33v
1917-03-13
2006-09-20
Deutsch, Sofie
Türkel, Siegfried
This document is presumed to be in the public domain. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
Schenker, Heinrich (1917-1935)-- Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)
IPR: Under investigation; Image: New York Public Library, New York; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian Bent.
Vienna
1917