Schenker Correspondence Project

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 22, 1908

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Korrespondenz-Karte

Absender:
D^r H Schenker
St. Anton a/ Arlberg
ⁱⁿ Tirol
[ handwritten sideways, in pencil: ] Obermeyer

Hr
Director Hertzka
Wien I.,
Wipplingerstr. 32
“Universal-Edition”

[ postmark: ] || F.P.A. | [ date illeg. ] | LINDAU-INNSBRUCK No. 412 ||

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[ top margin, in pencil: ] Beilage 6.) zum Brief No.7

Sehr ge[ehr]ter Herr Direktor!

Sollte bereits ein Exemplar der "Ornamentik" vorliegen, so würde ich Sie bitten, es an Hr[n]. Dr. Carl Grunsky,|¹ Stuttgart, Stitzenburgstr. 1, (einen sehr bekannten Musikschriftsteller u. Referenten) zuschicken zu wollen! Ich habe es ihm bereits seit langem versprochen. Mit bestem Dank zeichne ergb

[ sign'd: ] H Schenker

[ UE stamp, with handwritten entry: ]
Eingegangen ................
Beantwortet ..11/8 08 P.

22.7.08

© Universal Edition A.G., Wien.
© Transcription Ian D. Bent 2004.

Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 22, 1908

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Postcard

Sender:
Dr. H. Schenker
St. Anton am Arlberg
in the Tirol
[ handwritten sideways, in pencil: ] Obermeyer

To:
Director Hertzka
Vienna I,
Wipplingerstrasse 32
Universal Edition

[ postmark: ] || F.P.A. | [ date illeg. ] | LINDAU-INNSBRUCK No. 412 ||

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[ top margin, inpencil: ] Attachment 6.) to letter No.7

Dear Director,

Should a copy of Ornamention be already available, may I ask you kindly to send it to Dr. Carl Grunsky¹ (a very well known writer on music and reviewer), Stuttgart, Stitzenburgstr. 1? I promised him one long ago. With many thanks, I remain, Yours truly,

[ sign'd: ] H. Schenker

[ UE stamp, with handwritten entry: ]
Received: ..................
Answered: ...11/8 08 P.

July 22, 1908

© Translation Ian D. Bent 2004.

COMMENTARY:
Format: postcard, holograph addresses recto, holograph message verso
Sender address: St. Anton a/ Arlberg, Tyrol
Recipient address: Vienna I, Wipplingerstrasse 32

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Carl Grunsky had recently published his Musikästhetik (1907), and a number of articles on the music dramas of Wagner in 1906-1908, e.g. "Die Rhythmik im Parsifal", Richard Wagner-Jahrbuch (1908), 276-370.

SUMMARY:
[ Ornamentik:] Please send copy to Dr. Carl Grunsky.

© Commentary, Footnotes, Summary Ian D. Bent 2004.

Bent, Ian
Schenker, Heinrich
[ Ornamentik:] Please send copy to Dr. Carl Grunsky.
DE
Cambridge University Faculty of Music-Ian Bent
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent 2004.
Schenker, Heinrich; Hertzka, Emil; UE; Grunsky, Carl; Ornamentik; Contribution to Ornamentation; 2nd edn; complimentary copy; St. Anton; Arlberg; Tyrol
Handwritten postcard from Schenker to Hertzka (UE), dated July 22, 1908
postcard
Hertzka, Emil
WSLB 12
1908-07-22
2004-12-20
UE
All reasonable steps have been taken to locate the heirs of Heinrich Schenker. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Correspondence Project, Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, at schenkercorrespondence@mus.cam.ac.uk.
postcard; holograph message and signature
Universal Edition Archive (1908-1976)—on permanent loan to the Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Wien (1976-)
IPR: Heirs of Heinrich Schenker; Image: Universal Edition, A.G.; Transcription, Translation, Commentary, Footnotes, and Summary: Ian D. Bent.
Vienna
1908