Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated May 8, 1934

{recto}
Postkarte

Absender: Schenker
Wien, III
Keilgasse 8

[An:] H [/] Prof. [/] Felix von Cube
Hamburg
Mittelweg 126 [/] Haus Ia ^II

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | -8. V 34.10 | * 4f * ||

{verso}
8. 5. 34

Mein lieber Prof. v. Cube!

Der “fr. Satz” ist abgeschlossen u. auch schon beim Verlag; das gibt mir sehr, sehr viel zu schaffen, doch möchte ich zumindest (in Eile) auf das Bildchen zurückkommen u. Sie wegen des Feingefühls in der Nachempfindung u. der Darstellu[ng] ganz besonders rühmen!¹ Ich hoffe bald auf den übrigen Inhalt u. noch einmal auf das Bildchen zurückzukommen.

In Vorbereitung ist auch das 2. Heft “Url-Tf”: Beeth Son. cis^m (27 ^{I ganz}, Moz., Fant. d^m, Chop. Et. 10^III (E^d), Brahms: “Auf dem Kirchhofe”² usw. usw.

Mit besten Wünschen u. Grüßen von uns Beiden
Ihr
[ sign’d: ] H Schenker

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

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated May 8, 1934

{recto}
Postcard

From: Schenker,
Vienna III,
Keilgasse 8

[To:] Prof. Felix von Cube,
Hamburg,
Mittelweg 126 Ia ^II

[postmark:] || 3 WIEN 40 | -8. V 34.10 | * 4f * ||

{verso}
May 8, 1934

My dear Professor von Cube,

Der freie Satz is now finished, and is already with the publisher. This gives me much, very much, to do; yet I would like at least (in haste) to return to the little graph and congratulate you quite particularly on your sensitivity in your perception and representation!¹ I hope to return soon to the rest of the content, and once more to the graph.

The second series of Urlinie-Tafeln is also in preparation: Beethoven, Sonata in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 [recte: 2] ^complete; Mozart, Fantasia in D minor [K.397]; Chopin, Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3; Brahms, "Auf dem Kirchhofe",² etc., etc.

With best wishes and greetings from the two of us,
Yours,
[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker

© Translation William Drabkin 2006

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Recipient address: Hamburg, Mittelweg 126 Ia ^II

FOOTNOTES:

¹ i.e. the graph enclosed with OJ 9/34, [39], April 29, 1934, in all probablility the D major prelude from Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1. (See Cube’s next letter to Schenker, OJ 9/34, [40], June 2, 1934.)

² Except for the Mozart Fantasia, all these works appear in Schenker’s handwritten list of works to be analyzed in a planned continuation of his Fünf Urlinie-Tafeln (New York: David Mannes Music School, 1932). The continuation was never published: see Felix Salzer's Introduction, with S’s handwritten list reproduced, to Schenker, Five Graphic Music Analyses (New York: Dover Publications, 1969), pp. 17-21. The list is repeated in Schenker’s last letter to Cube (October 26, 1934); the three instrumental works are also listed in Schenker’s letter to Jonas, OJ 5/18, 49, August 2, 1934.

SUMMARY:
S congratulates C on the graph he has sent, and reports on Der freie Satz and the continuation of the Urlinie-Tafeln.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary William Drabkin 2006.

Drabkin, William
Schenker, Heinrich
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Schenker, Heinrich; Cube, Felix-Eberhard von; Der freie Satz; Free Composition; printer; graph; congratulations; Urlinie-Tafeln; continuation; Beethoven; Mozart; Chopin; Brahms
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated May 8, 1934
vC 49
1934-05-08
2006-10-09
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 (1934-87)—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
1934