OJ 11/42, [4] : 6-27-1893 (Schenker Documents Online)

Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated June 27, 1893

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

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

[postmark:] || Berlin W. c | 9 | 28 6| 93| 1-5V. ||
[postmark:] || Wien 3/3 | 49 | Bestellt | 29. 6. 93, 8V. ||

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[printed header with handwritten date inserted]
HERAUSGEBER: [-] BERLIN W. 9. 27.6 93
MAXIMILIAN HARDEN ~~] DIE ZUKUNFT [~~ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.
[decorated printed rule]

Sehr geehrter Herr,

ein kl. Ueberblick--ohne Realismus¹--über den Sonzogno-Markt² wird mir sehr willkommen sein. Den Smetana|³ fand ich vortrefflich. Besten Dank! Grüßen Sie mir Gelber,⁴ der nicht kam u. nicht schreibt.

Mit bestem Gruß, in wilder Hast Ihr
[signed:] H.

Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated June 27, 1893

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

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

[postmark:] || Berlin W. c | 9 | 28 6 | 93| 1-5AM ||
[postmark:] || Vienna 3/3 | 49 | Delivered | 29. 6. 93, 8AM ||

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[printed header with handwritten date inserted]
EDITOR: [-] BERLIN W. 9. June 27, 93
MAXIMILIAN HARDEN ~~] DIE ZUKUNFT [~~ 27 KÖTHENER STRASSE.
[decorated printed rule]

Dear Sir,

A brief overview--without Realism¹--of the Sonzogno market² would be very welcome. I found the Smetana³ splendid. Many thanks! Send greetings for me to Gelber,⁴ who didn't come and isn't writing.

With best wishes, in wild haste,
Yours,
[signed:] H.

COMMENTARY:
Format: printed postcard, holograph address recto, printed header, holograph date, message, and signature verso
Sender address: Berlin W.9., 27 Köthener Straße
Recipient address: Vienna III, Fraungasse 1

FOOTNOTES:

¹ That is, without a discussion of Realism.

² This would eventually become "Der Sonzogno-Markt in Wien," which appeared in Die Zukunft on August 5, 1893. In that article, Schenker critiques the consequences of the Viennese market for Italian operas largely subvented by the Italian publishing house Sonzogno: "We deserve, quite candidly, everything unpleasant that Sonzogno and Ricordi may yet visit on us in the future, since we are paying the price for abandoning the great prophets of our own art." („[W]ir verdienen wohl redlich alles Uebel, das Sonzogno und Ricordi in Zukunft uns noch bescheren mögen, da wir den Abfall von den großen Propheten unserer eigenen Kunst büßen." Heinrich Schenker, "Der Sonzogno-Markt in Wien," in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker ... (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), p. 55.]

³ This article, "Friedrich Smetana," was published in Die Zukunft on July 1, 1893. It is reprinted in Hellmut Federhofer, Heinrich Schenker als Essayist und Kritiker ... (Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1990), pp. 48-53.

⁴ Probably the scholar of German language and literature, Adolph Gelber (1856-1923).

SUMMARY:
Harden thanks Schenker for an article on Smetana; encourages him to write on the Viennese appetite for Italian operas; and sends greetings to [Adolph?] Gelber.

Pastille, William
Harden, Maxilimian
DE
Schenker Documents Online--Ian Bent
Harden, Maximilian; Schenker, Heinrich; realism; Vienna; Sonzogno market; Smetana; Gelber, Adolph?
Handwritten postcard from Harden to Schenker, dated June 27, 1893
OJ 11/42, [4]
1893-06-27
2008-02-29
Harden
In the public domain
Schenker, Heinrich (1893-1935)--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, [4] : 6-27-1893

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