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Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894. Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 12 March 1863, to an unidentified recipient, 1863 Mar. 12.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Berlin, 12 March 1863, to an unidentified recipient, 1863 Mar. 12.

Concerning Wagner's straitened financial circumstances and Bülows's and Porges's attempts to find him conducting engagements, thanking him for sending his songs, mentioning Liszt, Brendel, his own overture to the Stern v. Seville, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Zurich], 2 February 1853, to [Franz Brendel], 1853 Feb. 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Zurich], 2 February 1853, to [Franz Brendel], 1853 Feb. 2.

Concerning performances of Tannhäuser, discussing at length the esthetic and critical principles to be followed in the N[eue] Z[eitschrift] f[ür] M[usik], mentioning Uhlig, Fischer, R[aymund] Härtel, Wirsing, Rietz, Raff--Wagner considers him arrogant, unproductive, cold, and incapable of correct understanding--, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.) ; (8vo)

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Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Autograph letter signed, dated : Dresden, 16 October 1849, to [Karl Franz] Brendel in Leipzig, 1849 Oct. 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Dresden, 16 October 1849, to [Karl Franz] Brendel in Leipzig, 1849 Oct. 16.

Saying that he is very happy that Euterpe is in fresh young hands, recommending the singer Rosalie Tittel (née Schulz) in Chemnitz, saying that his wife [Clara] will gladly play in the Euterpe, declining to join Brendel's society--"Sie wissen, ich habe immer das Freie, Unabhändige geliebt"--, adding that he has never belonged to a society of any kind--the spiritual bond that binds them is the strongest, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Leipzig, to [Joseph] Joachim 1853 Dec. 9 and 1854 Mar. 23.

Title: Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Leipzig, to [Joseph] Joachim 1853 Dec. 9 and 1854 Mar. 23.

Saying [in 1853] that he will arrive in Hanover on the 28th, listing some of the instruments and players needed for the performances of the Symphonie fantastique, and asking for a short meeting with the four timpanists and the harp and piano players; concerning [in 1854] a letter from Abraham Kipper about a proposed concert in Elberfeld, mentioning Brahms's success in Leipzig, Brindel [i.e. Karl Franz Brendel], [Karl] Müller, [Ferdinand] David, Otto Nieperg [i.e. Nieper], etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (7 p., with one integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

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Raff, Joachim, 1822-1882. Autograph letters signed (33), autograph postal card signed, and autograph document signed, dated : Wiesbaden, Weimar, Vienna, Leipzig, [and n.p.], 1859-1863 and 1877, [and n.d.], to Julius Schuberth in Leipzig (two are to a Herr Vogel, who was apparently connected with Schuberth), 1859-1863 and 1877, [and n.d.], including 1859 Sept. 3 and 1863 Feb. 23.

Title: Autograph letters signed (33), autograph postal card signed, and autograph document signed, dated : Wiesbaden, Weimar, Vienna, Leipzig, [and n.p.], 1859-1863 and 1877, [and n.d.], to Julius Schuberth in Leipzig (two are to a Herr Vogel, who was apparently connected with Schuberth), 1859-1863 and 1877, [and n.d.], including 1859 Sept. 3 and 1863 Feb. 23.

Discussing the publication and/or performance of a number of his works, including the Sonatas in A major and E minor, the Sonata op. 77 [sic], "Stücke für kleine Hände," Samson, König Alfred, the D-minor Quartet (discussed at length), his opp. 49, 50, 55 ("Frühlingsboten"), and 58, "Klavier-Soli," "Eglogue fantastique," 3 Sonatillen, Wachet auf!, "Sangesfrühling" [all 30 songs are listed], "Nabocoff Polka Mazurka," Symphony [no. 1] "An das Vaterland," and other works, mentioning Liszt, Draeseke, Schumann, Bülow, Kistner, Gurckhaus, Zellner, Rellstab, [Ludwig] Strauss, Pruckner, Hellmesberger, [Leopold] Damrosch, Singer, Beethoven, Hanslick, Müller String Quartet, Pohl, Laub, Strauss String Quartet, Thalberg, Keller, Wagner, Mozart, Spohr, Meyerbeer, Weber, Lortzing, Marschner, Flotow, [Anton] Rubinstein, Brahms, Lassen, Bronsart von Schellendorf, Brendel, Heinrichshofen, Klindworth, Laurencin d'Armond, Schott, Schreiber, Tausig, [Robert] Franz, Hiller, Hug, Voss, Bote & Bock, Glasbrenner's Berlin, Gumprecht, Joachim, Bachmann, Chevillard, Armingaud, Roeder, [Adolf Bernhard] Marx, Kühn, Jaell, [Ignaz] Moscheles, Heinze, Satter, Goldbeck, Wallace, Barth, Hasselt, Senff, Mendelssohn, Rietz, Breitkopf & Härtel, Handel, Stör, Walbrül, Cossmann, Mason Brothers, Hallberger, Rummel, Reinecke, [Gustav] Schumann, Jadassohn, Dustmann, Schnorr von Carolsfeld, [Julius?] Friedländer, Cotta, Rieter-Biedermann, Peters, Spina, Schubert, Lange, Riedel, Kücken, Grädener, Herbeck, Gade, Dessoff, Bruch, Kahnt, and other persons, etc.

ArchivalResource: 35 items (98 p., with 2 integral address leaves) ; various sizes.

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Gollmick, Carl, 1796-1866. Autograph letter signed, dated : Frankfurt, May 1852, to Franz Brendel, 1852, May.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : Frankfurt, May 1852, to Franz Brendel, 1852, May.

Sending a copy of his latest book and expressing the hope that doing so will elicit a critical review, suggesting that [Theodor] Uhlig might be inclined to say something about it, saying that he got the Geschichte der Musik through a book dealer some eight days before and immediately gave it to the bookbinder, expressing the hope that Wagner will accept an article from him [on the Geschichte], asking if Brendel received his article on guest appearances in Frankfurt, adding that if Bruno Hinze would take a dozen copies of his Rosen und Dornen on commission he will have Jonghaus, the publisher, send them, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with integral address leaf) ; (12mo)

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Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894. Autograph letters signed (16), dated : Berlin, Vienna, Prague, London [and other places], 1860-74, to Julius Schuberth, 1860 Jan. 7.

Title: Autograph letters signed (16), dated : Berlin, Vienna, Prague, London [and other places], 1860-74, to Julius Schuberth, 1860 Jan. 7.

Discussing various business and musical questions, referring to Liszt's compositions and arrangements of works by Verdi and Schubert, mentioning Raff, Schumann, Draeseke, Bronsart, Mozart, Hasert, Brendel, César Franck, Tausig, Kahnt, [Leopold] Damrosch, Field, Wagner, Rubinstein, Spohr, Molique, Giacomelli, etc., etc.

ArchivalResource: 16 items (24 p.) ; (8vo) (and other sizes)

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Brendel, Karl Franz, 1811-1868. Letter signed, dated : Leipzig, 10 May 1866, to an unidentified conductor, 1866 May 10.

Title: Letter signed, dated : Leipzig, 10 May 1866, to an unidentified conductor, 1866 May 10.

Sending some music, saying that the harp part for Liszt's Bergsymphonie is lacking because Hankel in Dessau has it, mentioning a symphony by Hol, saying that the recipient will conduct Sappho, by Volkmann, with Frl. Wigand singing, and the violin concerto with [Leopold] Damrosch as soloist, mentioning Bülow's Nirwana, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Capellmeister Buchner, Dr. Gille, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

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Anacker, August Ferdinand, 1790-1854. Autograph letter signed : [Freiberg?, n.d.], to [Karl Franz] Brendel in Leipzig, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Freiberg?, n.d.], to [Karl Franz] Brendel in Leipzig, [n.d.].

Discussing his unsuccessful attempts to increase the honorarium for some persons.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

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Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894. Autograph letters signed (33), autograph copy of a letter to Prince Hohenzollern-Hechingen, autograph document entitled "Conzertprogrammpläne für die Saison 1864-65 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde," dated : Berlin, Munich, Breslau, Hanover, Wiesbaden, and [n.p.], 1858-1865 and 1868, [and n.d.], to Max Seifriz, 1858 Mar. 1, 1858-1865 and 1868, and n.d.

Title: Autograph letters signed (33), autograph copy of a letter to Prince Hohenzollern-Hechingen, autograph document entitled "Conzertprogrammpläne für die Saison 1864-65 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde," dated : Berlin, Munich, Breslau, Hanover, Wiesbaden, and [n.p.], 1858-1865 and 1868, [and n.d.], to Max Seifriz, 1858 Mar. 1, 1858-1865 and 1868, and n.d.

On various musical and other professional matters, discussing concerts and programs, the great difficulty in preparing the piano score of Tristan ("zum Lohengrin verhält sich das Werk etwa wie der Fidelio zur Entführung"), commenting on a work of Seifriz's (it is primarily ear music, not eye music like Schumann's), mentioning his wife [Cosima], Tausig, Berlioz, Wagner, Liszt, Hauptmann, the Prince von Hohenzollern-Hechingen, [Leopold] Damrosch, Milde, Bechstein, Erard, Ludwig Strauss, Joachim, Laub, Singer, Schumann, Bargiel, Esser, Bach, Draeseke, Bronsart, Raff, Heinrich Gottwald, Henselt, Alexis Holländer, Pohl, Brendel, Popper, Grützmacher, Alfred Meissner, Mildner, Kittl, Apt, Weitzmann, Cornelius, Meyerbeer, Böckh, Fétis, Bote & Bock, Fürstner, Rubinstein, Devrient, von Hülsen, Harriers-Wippern, Köster, Gluck, Wieck, Lewenski, Oberthür, Cossmann, Servais, Alide Topp, Bagge, Simmel, Mendelssohn, Vogler, Weber, Glinka, Mozart, Stockhausen, Schnorr, and others, etc.

ArchivalResource: 35 items (90 p.) ; various sizes.

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Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Autograph letter signed, dated : [Rome July 16 1864, to [Marie Gärtner?], 1864 July 16.

Title: Autograph letter signed, dated : [Rome July 16 1864, to [Marie Gärtner?], 1864 July 16.

Enclosing [not present] a letter of [Karl Franz?] Brendel (president of the Tonkünstler Versammlung) which she is to forward to Reményi immediately, explaining that at another time he will reply in detail "à votre petit chef d'oeuvre epistolaire," that the date of the Tonkünstler Versammlung in Carlsruhe is 22-27 August, saying that he will arrive at the latest on the 18th and looks forward to seeing her there, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886. Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Rome Jan. 27 and 17 February 1870, and Weimar May 20 1870, to L[ouis] Léon Gozlan, 1870 Jan. 27 and 1870 May 20.

Title: Autograph letters signed (3), dated : Rome Jan. 27 and 17 February 1870, and Weimar May 20 1870, to L[ouis] Léon Gozlan, 1870 Jan. 27 and 1870 May 20.

Concerning the text of Gozlan's monograph "F. Liszt et ses poèmes symphoniques," suggesting additions, amplifications, and changes to both the biographical and catalogue sections, mentioning Fétis, Reyer, Vilmessant [i.e. Villemessant], Giacommelli [i.e. Giacomelli], Tarnowski, Brendel, Heugel, Bülow, Tausig, Mlle Menter, Mlle Topp, Saint-Saëns, Planté, etc. With: manuscripts of the "Note Biographique" and "Catalogue des oeuvres" sections of Gozlan's monograph with Liszt's autograph corrections and emendations, and a printed copy of the monograph (Marseille: E. Camoin, 1870).

ArchivalResource: 3 items (11 p., with envelopes) ; (8vo and 12mo)

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