Volume II Part 10 (1/2)
Many thanks for your introduction to Bruzot; I long for a piano and for my work To the Grand Duke also I am much indebted
Let the Hartels have my ”Faust” overture by all means If they could turn the twenty louis d'or into twenty pounds, I should be glad In any case they ought to send the money here as soon as possible I do not like to dun the ”Philharmonic” for my fee, and therefore want money The proofs of the score they must also send to me for correction
The publication of this overture is, no doubt, a weakness on hly asha of that? I a you here have declined, since you write about this ”Hungarian” coine how the invitation has pleased you; and I too am pleased andof all this, you reticent person? Do you not feel how I s in which I always live?
Iacquainted with your creations through yourself In thatis disclosed to me at once that otherwise I have to disclose to myself painfully This happened to ave me yourself at the piano at once penetrated me by dint of unconditional and perfect artistic enjoyment
When shall we see each other, you most amiable and noblest of men?
Most stupidly I was unable at ”Paris” to remember the address of your children, nor could I think of ”Belloni's” address By taxing my memory I went half mad Now, stupid fool that I aone to ”Erard's” In thistherieves me very much Please let me have the address for my return journey
A thousand thanks to dear M for her beautiful and kind lines
You all appear to me like a family of saints Ah, we are all holy martyrs; perhaps I shall one day be a real one, but in that case all will be over for me with art--that beautiful delusion, the last and the most sublime, to hide frolorious friend
Remember me cordially at home, and continue to love me
22, PORTLAND TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK, LONDON
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22, PORTLAND TERRACE, REGENT'S PARK, LONDON
DEAREST FRANZ,
I a to demand of you a friendly service of a peculiar kind I CANNOT delay the Berlin ”Tannhauser” affair any longer; my pecuniary position is so unfortunate that I cannot afford to forego the hope of Berlin receipts Hulsen has applied to h Alwine Frommann, and, as he says, for the last tiiven in the autu I must adopt the ”trivial” view of this matter, the same viehich unfortunately I am compelled to take of the entire fate of , ”Tannhauser” will probably have the same kind of effect in Berlin which it has had every where else; to connect higher hopes with it seems vain Let the matter therefore take the only course which apparently is open to it, but I regret very much that you have wasted so s in endeavouring to accomplish the condition made by me We are, assee, powerless
The fate which we must expect is, after all, the COMMON LOT Our best efforts always appear before the world in a truncated and distorted for to write to Alwine Frommann that she is to accept Hulsen's offer without further conditions and to tell him that this has been your advice The truth is that in this le which, in my opinion, would be fruitless
Klindworth, for whorateful to you, will probably write to you about s in London; I can only say that I do not exactly see what I a toto me, and believes in me with enthusiasood performances, to which the people are quite unaccustos, especially public, press, etc, are very indifferent tosorin” and the Ninth Syranted me TWO rehearsals for the purpose
I a to resuain?
Taken all in all, I austed with the world
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DEAREST RICHARD,
It would have been difficult to e of louis d'or into pounds, and after considering the matter I simply wrote to him that you had left the ”Faust” overture to me, and that in your na him at the same time to send you that little surey over the ”Tannhauser” affair at Berlin I anticipated this all along, although, forit about I do not grudge your Berlin friends the satisfaction which this issue of the affair will give them, and hope that many other occasions will turn up on which I shall not be superfluous or inconvenient to you
The day before yesterday I sent the score of the ”Rhinegold”