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Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated June 6, 1931

{recto}
Postkarte

[top left, picture captioned: Innsbruck, Tirol]

[Absender:] Schenker, Wien
III, Keilgasse 8

[An:] H [/] Prof. Felix v. Cube
Duisburg (Rhld)
Gellertstr. 2

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 6.VI.31. 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}
Lieber H. Professor v. Cube!

Ich bin schon seit Langem in Ihrer Schuld, nun gehe ich diesmal schon Ende nächster Woche nach Galtür, von dort erhalten Sie den Brief (mit einer “Visitenkarte” von Mozart,1 die Prof. Violin2 schon erhalten hat usw.)[.]

Mit besten Grußen von mir u. meiner Frau

Ihr
[ sign'd: ] ]H Schenker
6.6.31

© Transcription William Drabkin 2006

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated June 6, 1931

{recto}
Postcard

[top left, picture captioned: Innsbruck, Tirol]

[From:] Schenker,
Vienna III, Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof. Felix v. Cube
Duisburg (Rhineland),
Gellertstraße 2

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | 6.VI.31. 19 | [illeg] ||

{verso}
Dear Professor von Cube,

I have for a long time been in your debt. I am now going as early as the end of next week to Galtür. From there you will receive my letter (together with a “calling card” of Mozart’s1 that Professor Violin2 has already received, etc.).

With best greetings from me and my wife,

Yours,
[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker
June 6, 1931

© In the public domain.
© Translation William Drabkin 2006

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, picture and holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Recipient address: Duisburg (Rhineland), Gellertstraße 2

FOOTNOTES:

1 calling card = visiting card: S had already sent one of these to Jonas on April 1, 1931, remarking in the covering letter (OJ 5/18, 6): “Enclosed is a calling card of Mozart’s, which I myself have had produced at the printery. I hardly need tell you how the sight of these words, the highest revelation, which came to us from the mouth of genius, made me feel so happy and thankful toward God. (More about the origin of the passage in a special essay.)” It is likely that the essay never materialized, and there appears to be no copy of the document in OC or OJ. Whether it was a reproduction of an original calling card of Mozart’s, or a card devised by S using words uttered by Mozart, is unclear.

2 Click onMoriz Violin.

SUMMARY:
S will write to C from Galtür, with Mozart calling card.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary William Drabkin 2006.

Drabkin, William
Schenker, Heinrich
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Schenker, Heinrich; Cube, Felix-Eberhard von; Galtür; Visitenkarte; calling card; visiting card; Mozart
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated June 6, 1931
vC 36
1931-06-06
2006-11-11
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 (1931-87)—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
1931

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