Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated November 28, 1926

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Postkarte

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

[for continuation of message from verso, see below]

[An:] H [/] Felix von Cube
Kaiserswerth-Bockum
Rheinland
Villa Dahlmann

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 10 | 29.XI.26.10 | * R * ||

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Lieber Herr v. Cube!

Heute (Sonntag) früh erhielt ich Ihr Schreiben¹ u. schon vor 10^h habe ich das gewünschte Zeugnis an die von Ihnen bezeichntete Adresse per[?] expr. geschickt. Ich habe ein Zeugnis[,] die äußerste Wärme mit Vergnügen und Überzeugung aufgeboten, auch noch einen Brief an den Empfänger gerichtet, worin ich das Zeugnis unterstrich.² Dem Zeugnis nach müssten Sie die Stelle erhalten, es wird schließlich darauf ankommen, ob das Collegium einem Zeugnis von mir den Wert beimessen wird, den es beansprechen darf: wäre mein Name dem Collegium aus den Zeitungen vertrauter, so wäre die Sache schon gemacht, so warm hielt ich das Zeugnis. Mit besten Wünschen und Grüßen von uns Beiden[.]

Ihr
[ sign’d: ] H Sch
Sonntag, 28.11.26

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Nschrift
Der Postbeamte versichterte,
daß der Bf. morgen in
Koblenz antrifft.

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

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Cube, dated November 28, 1926

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Postcard

[Sender:] Schenker
Vienna III, Keilgasse 8

[for continuation of message from verso, see below]

[To:] Mr. Felix von Cube
Kaiserswerth-Bockum
Rhineland
Villa Dahlmann

[postmark:] || 3/3 WIEN 10 | 29.XI.26.10 | * R * ||

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Dear Mr. von Cube,

I received your letter this morning (Sunday),¹ and even before 10 o’clock I had sent the reference you requested by express post to the address you indicated. I have [written] a reference that expressed extreme warmth, with pleasure and conviction, and I also sent a further letter to the recipient, in which I underscored the reference.² On the basis of its contents, you ought to obtain the post; ultimately it will be a question of whether the executive committee will accord a reference from me the value that it deserves. If my name were known to the committee through newspaper references, then the matter would have already been resolved, so warmly did I write the reference. With best wishes and greetings from the two of us,

Yours,
[ sign’d: ] H[einrich] Sch[enker]
Sunday, November 28, 1926

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PS The Post Office official affirmed that the letter would arrive in Koblenz tomorrow.

© Translation by William Drabkin 2006.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph addresses, and PS recto, holograph message and signature verso
Sender address: Vienna III, Keilgasse 8
Recipient address: Kaiserswerth-Bockum, Rhineland, Villa Dahlmann

FOOTNOTES:

¹ In a letter to Schenker written three days earlier (OJ 9/34, [3]), Cube asked Schenker to write a letter of reference to the school music authorities in Koblenz.

² Neither letter is known to have survived.

SUMMARY:
Acks OJ 9/34, [3]; S has written letter of recommendation to Koblenz authorities, and supporting letter to recipient.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary William Drabkin 2006.

Drabkin, William
Schenker, Heinrich
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
Schenker, Heinrich; Cube, Felix-Eberhard von; letter of recommendation; reference; Koblenz
Handwritten letter from Schenker to Cube, dated November 28, 1926
postcard
vC 6
1926-11-28
2006-06-05
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.
postcard; holograph addresses and PS recto, holograph message and signature verso
Felix-Eberhard von Cube (1926-87)—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
1926