Lot 35
  • 35

Liszt, Anna (1791-1866, the mother of Franz Liszt)

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Four autograph letters ("Anna Liszt")
  • paper
1)  to an unnamed Berlin correspondent, ABOUT HER SON FRANZ LISZT, thanking him and all Berliners for the friendly welcome her son received there ("...Mein Mutterherz dankt auch Ihnen wie allen Berlinern für meinem theuren Kinde geleistete freundliche Aufnahme..."), describing Liszt's nomadic life, observing that he belongs more to the world than to her, and commenting on the distractions Paris offers the young artist of distinction, 2 pages, 8vo, [Paris], 2 May 1842, splitting along folds, a few tiny tears
2-4) to her friend Madame Chardin, reporting on the birth of Cosima von Bülow's second daughter Blandine ("...Madame de Bulow â trés heureuse accouchée le 20 de ce mois d'une petite fille..."), providing news of Cosima's travels and those of her son ("...Mon fils va bien à rome..."), mentioning Blandine Liszt and her child, referring to Liszt's work on the oratorio Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth, and other matters, 9 pages, 8vo, Paris, 14 August 1862 to 12 August 1863, some paper loss to the letter of 1862

Condition

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Catalogue Note

RARE. Letters by Anna Liszt, the mother of Franz, are rare at auction.