OJ 11/42, [18] : 10-4-1894 (Schenker Documents Online)

Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated October 4, 1894

{recto}
[preprinted form with handwritten address information]
Deutsche Reichspost
Postkarte

An [/] Herrn Dr. H. Schenker
in Wien
Wohnung III Fraungasse 1

[postmark:] || Berlin W. c | 9 | 4/10 | 94 | 6½ -7N. ||
[postmark:] || Wien 3/3 | 49 | Bestellt 5 10 94 | 6-7N. ||

{verso}
[handwritten, in upright format]

Sehr geehrter Herr,

mit Allem einverstanden. Bitte, drängen Sie Brahms!!¹ Ich glaube, d'Albert² wird Vortheil haben.

Besten Gruß Ihnen u. Gelber,³

dem Bösen[,] von
Ihrem erg. versetzten
[signed:] H.
4/10 94

[postscripts:]
Wagners, Mutter u. Sohn ~~waren~~ sprachen mir sehr warm von Humperdinck.⁴

Mein „Parsifal" war wohl dummes Zeug?⁵

Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated October 4, 1894

{recto}
[preprinted form with handwritten address information]
German Imperial Post
Postcard

To Dr. H. Schenker
in Vienna
Address III Fraungasse 1

[postmark:] || Berlin W. c | 9 | 4/10 | 94 | 6½ -7PM ||
[postmark:] || Vienna 3/3 | 49 | Delivered 5 10 94 | 6-7PM ||

{verso}
[handwritten, in upright format]

Dear Sir,

Agreed on everything. Please, press Brahms!!¹ I think d'Albert² will benefit.

Best regards to you and the misbehaved Gelber,³ from

Yours truly and stood-up,
[signed:] H.
October 4, 1894

[postscripts:]

The Wagners, mother and son, spoke very cordially to me about Humperdinck.⁴

My "Parsifal" was probably rubbish?⁵

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph address recto, holograph message, signature, and postscripts verso
Sender address: --
Recipient address: Vienna III, Fraungasse 1

FOOTNOTES:

¹ Harden has been using Schenker as a go-between to try to persuade Brahms to write something for Die Zukunft in support of a proposed monument for Hans von Bülow. See OJ 11/42, [14], May 11, 1894.

² Click on Eugen d'Albert.

³ Probably the scholar of German language and literature, Adolph Gelber (1856-1923).

⁴ The German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), who assisted Wagner in preparing the first performance of Parsifal in 1881-82 at Bayreuth, and who was private music tutor to Wagner's son, Siegfried in 1889-90. (NGDM)

⁵ The reference is presumably to an unidentified publication of Harden's.

SUMMARY:
Harden urges Schenker to press Brahms [for material on Bülow]; he thinks that d'Albert will benefit from Schenker's article about him in Die Zukunft; he reports cordial impressions of Humperdinck from Cosima and Siegfried Wagner; and he asks whether an article he wrote was any good.

Pastille, William
Harden, Maxilimian
DE
Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Harden, Maximilian; Schenker, Heinrich; Brahms; d'Albert, Eugen; Gelber; Wagner, Cosima; Wagner, Siegfried; Humperdinck, Engelbert
Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated October 4, 1894
OJ 11/42, [18]
1894-10-04
2008-03-06
Harden
In the public domain
Schenker, Heinrich (1894-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-c.1942)--Ratz, Erwin (c.1942-c.1955)--Jonas, Oswald (c.1955-1978)--University of California, Riverside (1978--)
IPR: in the public domain; Image: University of California, Riverside; Transcription, Translation, Footnotes, Commentary: William Pastille.

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OJ 11/42, [18] : 10-4-1894

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