Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Jonas to Schenker, dated March 30, [1931]

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Postkarte
Absender: D^r Oswald Jonas
Schönebg
Mühlenstr 2

[An:] D^r. Heinrich Schenker
in Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || BERLIN C | 30. 3. 31. 11-12 | [illeg] ||

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30. III

Sehr verehrter Herr Doktor!

Herzlichsten Dank für Ihren freundlichen Brief.¹ Inzwischen haben Sie wohl erfahren, daß Herr D^r E.² den Aufsatz³ bringt ebenso (wahrscheinlich schon im nächsten Heft) eine Buchbesprechung des “Meisterwerks Bd III”,⁴ die hoffentlich Ihren Beifall finden wird. Eine Anfrage möchte ich mir erlauben: Sie haben in einem der Tonwille Hefte ein N.B. Beethovens zur zweiten C dur Fuge Bachs ^besprochen – ich habe nun den Notennachlaß Beeth.s hier durchgesehn, da ist aber nebst Partiten und Inventionen (mit mehreren solcher x) nur der I. Band Wohltemp. Kl. enthalten.⁵ Sehr dankbar wäre ich Ihnen, wenn Sie mir darüber eine Mitteilung zukommen ließen, ob ^wo dieser II Bd. ist oder ob Sie von dritter Seite darüber Kenntnis erhalten haben. Indes verbleibe ich mit bestem Dank und einem herzlichen Ostergruß an Sie und werte Frau Gemahlin

Ihr ergebenster
[ sign’d: ] Oswald Jonas

© Heirs of Oswald Jonas, reproduced here with kind permission.
© Transcription John Rothgeb 2006.

Handwritten postcard from Jonas to Schenker, dated March 30, [1931]

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Postcard
Sender: Dr Oswald Jonas
Schöneberg
Mühlenstraße 2

[To:] Dr. Heinrich Schenker
in Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || BERLIN C | 30. 3. 31. 11-12 | [illeg] ||

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March 30

Dear Doctor,

Warmest thanks for your cordial letter.¹ In the meantime you may have heard that Dr. Einstein² is publishing the essay,³ likewise (probably in the very next issue) a book review of Meisterwerk III,⁴ which I hope will meet with your approval. I take the liberty of asking: in one of the Tonwille issues you ^discussed an “N.B.” written by Beethoven on Bach’s second C-major fugue—I have looked through Beethoven’s musical Nachlaß here; but along with partitas and inventions (with several such x’s), it contains only the first volume of the Well-Tempered Clavier.⁵ I would be most grateful if you could write and tell me where this second volume is, or whether you learned of it from somebody else. Meanwhile I remain with best thanks and with a heartfelt Easter greeting to you and your good wife,

Yours most faithfully,
[ sign’d: ] Oswald Jonas

© Translation John Rothgeb 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. OJ 5/18, 4, March 16, 1931.

² Alfred Einstein [create biogfile and link]. He was editor of the Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft 1918–33, to which J is referring here.

³ The essay was “Das Autograph von Beethovens Violinkonzert,” Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft XIII (May 1931), 443-450.

⁴ A review entitled „Heinrich Schenker: 'Das Meisterwerk in der Musik’“ appeared in the Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft for June 1931, a copy surviving in S’s scrapbook, OC 2/p.83.

⁵ J is recalling "Bach - Beethoven," the first section of "Vermischtes" (Miscellanea), Der Tonwille, Heft 5 (1923); the passage in question appears on p. 43 (trans., vol. I, p. 162), and the discussion is of WTC, Book II, C minor Fugue. S corrects this and gives the citation in OJ 5/18, 6, April 1, 1931, q.v.

SUMMARY:
Thanks S for OJ 5/18, 4; reports that his own essay and a review of Das Meisterwerk III will appear in Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft; asks question about a discussion in Der Tonwille of a Bach fugue copied out by Beethoven.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary John Rothgeb, 2006

Rothgeb, John
Jonas, Oswald
Thanks S for OJ 5/18, 4; reports that his own essay and a review of Das Meisterwerk III will appear in Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft; asks question about a discussion in Der Tonwille of a Bach fugue copied out by Beethoven.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Oswald Jonas, reproduced here by kind permission; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: John Rothgeb, 2006.
Jonas, Oswald; Schenker, Heinrich; essay; article; Einstein, Alfred; Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft; Meisterwerk III; Masterwork III; Tonwille; Beethoven; Bach, J. S.; Well-Tempered Clavier; Book I; Fugue; Nachlaß; Partitas; Inventions
Handwritten postcard from Jonas to Schenker, dated March 30, 1931
postcard
academic; musicology; music theory
OJ 12/6, [8]
1931-03-30
2006-05-03
Jonas
Permission to publish on this website granted by the heirs of Oswald Jonas, March 2006.
holograph message and signature
Schenker, Heinrich (1931-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: Heirs of Oswald Jonas; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: John Rothgeb.
Vienna
1931