Schenker Correspondence Project

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated January 26, 1920

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

Wien, den 26. Jänner 1920

[typed:]
Betrifft: Sofie Deutsch-Verl.

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor!

Ich habe von Herrn Kammerrat¹ eine zustimmende Erledigung auf Ihr geschätztes Schreiben² erhalten und bitte, nach vorheriger telefonischer Ankündigung³ um Ihren freundlichen Besuch.

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

{40v}
Wohlgeboren [/] Herrn Prof. Dr. Heinrich S c h e n k e r,
W i e n III.,
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Reisnerstrasse 38

© Under investigation
© Transcription Ian Bent, 2006.

Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated January 26, 1920

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

Vienna, January, 26 1920

[typed:]
Re: Sofie Deutsch Estate.

Revered Professor,

I have received an affirmative reaction from the Court Counsellor¹ to your est’d letter² and, after prior telephone communication,³ I request that you kindly call upon me.

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

{40v}
Prof. Heinrich S c h e n k e r, Esq.,
V i e n n a III,
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Reisnerstrasse 38

© Translation Ian Bent, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: 2p letter, printed letterhead, typed message, handwritten signature; this letter was used by S as scrap paper for notes for seminars with Manfred Willfort, Trude Kral, Grete Kraus, and Feliz Salzer, held between October 9, 1931 and February 12, 1932
Sender address: Vienna VII, Stiftgasse 1 (Hersmanskyhof)
Recipient address: Vienna III, Reisnerstrasse 38

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Fritz Mendl: Sofie Deutsch’s brother, leading Austrian industrialist.

² S’s letter, the whereabouts of which is unknown, was presumably his response to the request in OC 16/38v, December 13, 1919.

³ Presumably T is asking S to telephone him prior to calling on him.

SUMMARY:
Following affirmative reaction from Fritz Mendel, T asks S to call on him.

© 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; Mendel, Fritz; visit
Typed letter from Türkel to Schenker, dated January 26, 1920
OC 16/39v-40v
1920-01-26
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 (1920-1935)-- 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
1920