Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated November 7, 1930 {recto} [top-left, picture captioned: Alt-Aussee, Steiermark] [Absender:] Schenker [An:] H Prof [/] Felix v. Cube [postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 7.XI.30 11 | [illeg] || {verso} Ich beeile mich, Ihnen zu sagen, das H. R……d|1 mir ganz unbekannt ist, daß offenbar ein Misverständnis vorliegt. Auch empfehle ich Weisse’s2 Erfolge in Berlin abzuwarten, ehe Sie losgehen. (Nur 4 Wochen trennen uns von dem Berliner Termin.)3 Mit bestem Gruß 7.11.30 © In the public domain. |
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated November 7, 1930 {recto} [top-left, picture captioned: Alt-Aussee, Steiermark] [From:] Schenker [To:] Prof. Felix v. Cube, [postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 7.XI.30 11 | [illeg] || {verso} With best greetings, November 7, 1930 © Translation William Drabkin, 2006. |
COMMENTARY: FOOTNOTES: 1 This refers to a music teacher in Essen named Reichert (or Reichardt) who was passing himself off as a former pupil of Schenker’s. Cube may have mentioned this in a letter that has not survived; the subject is mentioned again in his next letter to Schenker, OJ 9/34, [22], November 22, 1930. 2 Click on Hans Weisse. 3 A series of lectures to music teachers, planned by Weisse with support from Furtwängler and the Prussian Minister for Education, Leo Kestenberg. SUMMARY: © Commentary, Footnotes, Summary William Drabkin 2006.
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