Volume II Part 33 (2/2)

140 To B Bessel, Music Publisher in St Petersburg

Horpacs (Chez le Comte Szechenyi), February 2nd, 1874

Dear Sir,

Pray excuseyou,--you and all those who signed the telegram sent to Pest on the occasion of my jubilee fete I am deeply touched with the noble senti you to convey the tribute of ratitude to Messrs Balakireff, Borodine, Cui, Moussorsky, Rimski-Korsakoff, Scherbatcheff, and Stassoff

You were kind enough, Sir, to let me see several of their works at Weihly, and as far as depends on myself I will do all I can to make them known, and shall feel honored thus to respond to the syues such as these accord to

Their very devoted

F Liszt

141 To Professor Skiwa in Vienna

[Printed in the Signale, 1874, No 20--Skiwa had dedicated his ”Beitrage zur Literatur des Harmoniums” (”Contribution to Harmonium Literature”) to Liszt]

Very Dear Sir,

Kindly excuse the delay inyou my sincere thanks, which I shall very shortly take the liberty of expressing to you personally in Vienna I shall then also ask you to dome more intimately acquainted with your excellent transcriptions In reading theh one at once observes the author'sof the characteristic peculiarities of the harement of the basses and theyour transcriptions does not satisfy me, and I should like to hear them, so as to be able fully to enjoy the you the manuscript of the ”Consolation,” the dedication of which is very acceptable to me

The transcription of this small piece into A ement excellent

With marked esteem and friendly thanks,

F Liszt

Pest, March 2lst, 1874

142 TO C F Kahnt, the Music Publisher

[Published in the Neue Zeitung fur Musik, 14th September, 1892]

Dear Friend,

The day after too to Vienna, and remain there about a week In case the ”Prometheus” proofs are ready send them to me to my usual address (”Schottenhof bei Hofrath E v Liszt”) by the middle of Easter week; after thata few days in Pressburg and Kalocsa (with Archbishop Haynald), and do not return here till after April 20th Hence, if the ”Prometheus” proofs are not ready within the next few days, do not send them till after my return to Pest (April 21)

Please send the proofs of Mihalovich's songs as soon as possible to the composer, addressed to

”Servitenplatz, im Teleky'schen Haus”