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Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated October 8, 1928

{recto}
Postkarte

[top-left, picture, captioned: Baden b. Wien, Niederösterr.]

[Absender:] Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse [/] 8

[An:] H. Prof. [/] Felix v. Cube
Duisburg, (Rhld)
Pulverweg [/] 41

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 8. X. 28 | 10–11 ||

{verso}
Mein lieber Herr v. Cube!

Danke für Briefchen u. Bild!¹ Wenn Sie nach Köln kommen, so besuchen Sie die Eltern meines Schülers aus Köln, der das 3^te Jahr hier bei mir studiert: H. Sanitätsrat Dr Albersheim:² sie werden sich gewiß sehr freuen, einen Kollegen ihres[corr] Sohnes bei sich zu begrüßen. Desgleichen stöbern Sie im Opernhause den Kapellm. Felix Hupka auf, der auch bei mir war. Beste Grüße von mir und meiner Frau

Ihr
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker
8. 10. 28

Mitte Okt. kommt Vrieslander nach Wien zu Hoboken.

[along the left side:]
Grüßen Sie H. u. Frau Albersheim
[one illegible line]

© In the public domain.
© Transcription William Drabkin, 2006.

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated October 8, 1928

{recto}
Postcard

[top-left, picture, captioned: Baden b. Wien, Niederösterr.]

[Sender:] Schenker
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof. Felix v. Cube
Duisburg, (Rhineland)
Pulverweg 41

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 8. X. 28 | 10–11 ||

{verso}
My dear Mr. v. Cube,

Thank you for the letter and the picture¹ When you arrive in Cologne, visit the parents of my pupil from Cologne, who is in his third year of study with me: Dr Albersheim, a senior health official.² They will certainly be delighted to greet a colleague of their son at their home. You should likewise track down the conductor Felix Hupka at the opera house; he also studied with me. Best greetings from me and my wife.

Yours,
[ sign’d: ] H. Schenker
October 8, 1928

In mid-October, Vrieslander is coming to Vienna to see Hoboken.

[along the left side:]
Send [my] greetings to Mr. and Mrs. Albersheim.
[plus one illegible line]

© Translation William Drabkin, 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed picture postcard, picture and holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Recipient address: Duisburg, (Rhineland), Pulverweg 41

FOOTNOTES:

¹ S had supplied C with two copies of Victor Hammer’s mezzotint portrait of S, one of which was displayed in the exhibit in the Scheuermann bookshop in Duisburg in June 1924 for S’s 60th birthday (OJ 9/34, [13], July 6, 1928). S had told C to keep one for himself, and asked for “the second Hammer portrait” to be sent to him in Vienna in October (vC 17, July 13, 1928) and C dispatched it on October 4 (OJ 9/34, [14]).

² Gerhard Albersheim [create biogfile and link] was a pupil of Schenker’s in the late 1920s. An early essay, “Heinrich Schenker: Grundlagen und Bedeutung seines Werkes,” was written with his teacher’s help and published in the Rheinisches Theater- und Musik-Zeitung in 1930. The original draft is preserved as OC B/112-134, and copies of the published article as OC B/135 and OJ 21/23.

SUMMARY:
S acks receipt of Hammer portrait; urges C when in Cologne to visit Gerhard Albersheim's parents and Felix Hupka.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary William Drabkin 2006.

Drabkin, William
Schenker, Heinrich
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Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Schenker, Heinrich; Cube, Felix-Eberhard von; Hammer, Victor; mezzotint; portrait; Albersheim, Gerhard; Hupka, Felix; Köln; Cologne
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cube, dated October 8, 1928
vC 20
1928-10-08
2006-07-30
Cube
This document is deemed to be in the public domain as of January 1, 2006. Any claim to intellectual rights should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
Felix-Eberhard von Cube (1928-87)—Heirs of F.-E. von Cube (1987-present day)
IPR: In the public domain; Image: Heirs of Felix-Eberhard von Cube; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary William Drabkin.
Vienna
1928