Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated December 13, 1919

[printed letterhead:]
D^R. SIEGFRIED TÜRKEL
Rechtsanwalt
Kanzlei: VII. STIFTGASSE 1
(Hersmanskyhof)
Tel.: Aut. 35.052

Wien, den 13. Dezember 1919.

[typed:]
T/K.
Betr: S. Deutsch-Verl.

Sehr verehrter Herr Professor!

Ich habe Ihr geschätztes Schreiben¹ Herrn Kammerrat Mendl² zur Kenntnis gebracht aber weder Herr Kamerrat noch ich selbst haben den Inhalt Ihres gesch. Schreibens bezw. Ihre in demselben geäusserten Wünsche verstanden.

Im Auftrage des Herrn Kamerrat Mendl bitte ich daher um Ihre freundliche Aufklärung und zeichne inzwischen

hochachtungsvoll
Ihr sehr ergebener:
[ sign’d:] Türkel

© Under investigation
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006.

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated December 13, 1919

[printed letterhead:]
D^R. SIEGFRIED TÜRKEL
Attorney in Law
Chancellry: VII. STIFTGASSE 1
(Hersmanskyhof)
Tel.: Aust. 35.052

Vienna, December 13, 1919.

[typed:]
T/K.
Re: S. Deutsch Estate.

Most honored Professor,

I have brought your esteemed letter¹ to the attention of Court Counsellor Mendl,² but neither the Court Counsellor nor I myself have understood the content of your est’d letter or the wishes that you express there.

On the instructions of Court Counsellor Mendl, I therefore ask you please for an explanation, and I remain,

With kind regards,
Yours very truly,
[ sign’d: ] Türkel

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 1p letter, printed letterhead, typed message, handwritten signature; this letter was used by S as scrap paper for notes for his lessons with Evelina Pairamall (undated)
Sender address: Vienna VII. Stiftgasse 1 (Hersmanskyhof)
Recipient address: --

FOOTNOTES:

¹ The whereabouts of this letter is unknown.

² Fritz Mendl: Sofie Deutsch’s brother, leading Austrian industrialist.

SUMMARY:
Acks [non-extant] letter and requests explanation.

© 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; Mendl, Fritz
Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated December 13, 1919
OC 16/38v
1919-12-13
2006-10-16
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 (1919-1935)-- 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
1919