Autograph letters signed (8, one incomplete) and one autograph note, dated : Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, [Toblach, and n.p.], 1904-[1909, and n.d.], to [Alma Mahler], 1904-[1909, and n.d.].

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Autograph letters signed (8, one incomplete) and one autograph note, dated : Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, [Toblach, and n.p.], 1904-[1909, and n.d.], to [Alma Mahler], 1904-[1909, and n.d.].

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Of a personal, affectionate, and occasionally philosophical nature, discussing rehearsals, orchestras, his conducting, various critics and publishers, his travel plans, commenting at length on Goethe's Faust, mentioning his Third and Fourth Symphonies, Schumann's First Symphony, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Wagner's Meistersinger, Roller, Anna and Carl Moll, Nodnagel, Hinrichsen, Straube, Kahnt, Nikisch, and other persons, etc. In the note he tells her of a good hotel on Toblachersee; it is written on the back of a printed map showing train routes in southern Austria.

8 items (27 p.) ; various sizes.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Nodnagel, Ernst Otto, 1870-1909

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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

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The German opera composer Richard Wagner was at the beginning of his career at the time of this letter. From the description of Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, [1896?]. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122571065 From the guide to the Manuscript copy of letter from Richard Wagner, 1832 June 15, Leipzig, addressed to Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1896?, (The New York Public Library. Music Divisio...

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....