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OJ 5/18, 51 - Handwritten letter from Schenker to Jonas, dated August 18, [1934]
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Die Post hat mir beiliegende Karte soeben zurückgebracht. 2 Also sende ich sie auf desem Wege u. merke bei dieser Gelegenheit an, daß Hob. u. Frau uns hier besucht haben u. von Dienstag bis Donnerstag geblieben sind. 3 Sie waren Beide ausnehmend herzlich, nett u. korrekt. So sollte es fortgehen was ich Ihnen u. mir wünsche. {2} Am 5.9 will H. in Wien zur Messe 4 sein, steigt im Cottage-Sanatorium ab. Sonstige Adressen:
Rotterdam
(immer) © Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006 |
The mail just returned the enclosed postcard to me. 2 Thus I am sending it herewith and note at this opportunity that Hoboken and his wife visited us here and remained from Tuesday to Thursday. 3 They were both extremely cordial, nice and correct. Thus what I wish for you and for me should proceed. {2} On September 5 Hoboken wants to attend the fair 4 in Vienna; will stop at the Cottage Sanatorium. Additional addresses:
Rotterdam
(always) © Translation John Rothgeb, 2006 |
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Die Post hat mir beiliegende Karte soeben zurückgebracht. 2 Also sende ich sie auf desem Wege u. merke bei dieser Gelegenheit an, daß Hob. u. Frau uns hier besucht haben u. von Dienstag bis Donnerstag geblieben sind. 3 Sie waren Beide ausnehmend herzlich, nett u. korrekt. So sollte es fortgehen was ich Ihnen u. mir wünsche. {2} Am 5.9 will H. in Wien zur Messe 4 sein, steigt im Cottage-Sanatorium ab. Sonstige Adressen:
Rotterdam
(immer) © Transcription John Rothgeb, 2006 |
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The mail just returned the enclosed postcard to me. 2 Thus I am sending it herewith and note at this opportunity that Hoboken and his wife visited us here and remained from Tuesday to Thursday. 3 They were both extremely cordial, nice and correct. Thus what I wish for you and for me should proceed. {2} On September 5 Hoboken wants to attend the fair 4 in Vienna; will stop at the Cottage Sanatorium. Additional addresses:
Rotterdam
(always) © Translation John Rothgeb, 2006 |
Footnotes1 Writing of this postcard is not recorded in Schenker's diary. 2 Probably OJ 5/18, 50, August 7, 1934. 3 The visit occurred August 14‒16. Schenker records in his diary: [14th]: "Towards 1 o'clock, the Hobokens appear for lunch; we stay with them until 2 o'clock. ‒ The couple go to Badgastein; Hoboken will return at 4:30. ‒ Towards 4 o’clock it brightens up. ‒ At 4:30, Hoboken for afternoon snack; at 7 o'clock, Dr. Violin with Mrs. van Hoboken, then they all go back to Badgastein." — [15th:] "Hoboken at 10:45, stays until after 12 o'clock, takes nine articles with him. [...]; at 5:45 Hoboken comes, after 6 o'clock Mrs. Hoboken; I read [Hugo von Hofmannsthal's] The Death of Titian aloud, and other things. ‒ At 7 o'clock they go to Gastein." — [16th:] "Mr.and Mrs. Hoboken come at 12 o'clock, have lunch with us; Mrs. Hoboken photographs us, shows us a picture of the model of their house. From across the table, Lie-Liechen whispers to me that Mrs. Hoboken told her that her husband was prepared to pay the difference if we wished to move into an apartment on the periphery, with use of the garden – I turn to him and, genuinely touched, thank him, also for his words: but I should stay in the countryside until the middle of September in order to recover properly. Kreisler really owns the manuscript of Brahms's Violin Concerto; he will allow it to be photographed at a convenient time! — After lunch, they drive through the tunnel towards the south!". 4 "Messe": alternatively, "to attend Mass." |