Autograph letter signed, dated : [Weimar Nov. 2 1853, to Joseph Joachim], 1853 Nov. 2.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : [Weimar Nov. 2 1853, to Joseph Joachim], 1853 Nov. 2.

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Saying that Wagner stayed in Paris three or four days after Liszt, mentioning Meyerbeer's new opera, L'etoile du nord, the "Piano-Liszt," which has three keyboards, plus a two-octave pedal keyboard, adding that Berlioz has heard it and is satisfied, saying that it will be in Weimar in a month, reporting that in Paris he and Wagner heard two of Beethoven's last quartets, played by Maurin, Chevillard, et al., mentioning Sax and his large family of instruments, Der fliegende Holländer, [Rossini's] Guillaume Tell, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin (with Tichatschek and Johanna Wagner), the Nibelungen of Dorn, Klindworth, Pohl, Schumann, Bra[h]ms, etc.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864

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By 1831, Spontini's reputation has lost ground to the works of younger men, including Meyerbeer, whose Robert le Diable was first performed eight month after the date of this letter; this is perhaps the opera mentioned here, though Meyerbeer may be referring to the abortive Le Portefaix, the contract for which he had just signed. Despite the apparent warmth of their relationship, Spontini was already jealous. His own continuing lack of success he attributed to a plot orchestrated by Meyerbeer, "...

Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868

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Libretto by Jacopo Ferretti after Charles Perrault's Cendrillon and librettos by Charles-Guillaume Etienne for Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon and Francesco Fiorini for Stefano Pavesi's Agatina, o La virtù premiata; first performed in Rome at the Teatro Valle, 25 January 1817; the Holtei translation first performed in Berlin 20 October 1825. Cf. A. Loewenberg. Annals of opera. From the description of Aschenbrödel : komische Oper in zwei Acten, für die Darstellung auf der Königstädt...

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

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Note at end says "Original mss. in Weimar--date 1851. First published by Meyer in 1854--later by Litolff. Never been orchestrated--either by Liszt or anyone else."--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Scherzo and March / Franz Liszt ; orchestrated by Arthur Hartmann. [c1934]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 69683005 Composed originally for solo piano, 1849, on the deaths of Prince Felix Lichnowsky, Count Ladislaus Teleky and Count Lajos Ba...

Jachmann-Wagner, Johanna, 1826-1894

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German soprano. From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Hamburg, 16 April 1852, 1852 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873852 ...

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827

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Composer. From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, [1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622425 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Josef Blöchlinger, [1819 Aug.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622372 From the description of Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to the Chevalier Josef de Varena, 1812 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 242622275 From the description...

Maurin, Jean Pierre 1822-1894

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Chevillard, Pierre Alexandre François, 1811-1877

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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...

Sax, Adolphe, 1814-1894

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Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907

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Hungarian-German violinist and composer. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 13 Airlie Street, Campden Hill, W., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, [n.y.] Mar. 26 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125464 Canadian tenor and opera impresario of Welsh and Irish descent. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Salzburg, 18 July [n.y.], to an unidentified recipient, 1937 Mar. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578670 C...

Pohl, Richard‏ (1826-1896).‏

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German critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Baden-Baden, 18 August 1878, to Felix Mottl in Hietzing bei Wien, 1878 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270675075 ...

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869

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Tichatschek, Joseph, 1807-1886.

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Dorn, Heinrich Ludwig Egmont, 1804-1892

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Brahms

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German Romantic composer, 19th century. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Fritz Simrock, Rome, 1881 Apr. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448491 From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to Elise. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122541007 19th century German Romantic composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Brahms to unidentified correspondent, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 12...

Schumann, Robert

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Originally composed for solo piano, 1833-1835. Collaborative orchestration of the score, 1908-1909, for the use of the Russian Imperial Ballet. No indication is given of each collaborator's contribution. First performance as a ballet St. Petersburg, 1910. First concert performance, Boston, 25 November 1938, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Carnival / Robert Schumann ; orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazounov, Li...