- 133
# - Wagner, Richard.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Autograph letter signed ("RichardWagner")
[to Franz Lachner in Munich ("Hochverehrter Herr und Freund")], apologizing for not taking up his introduction to Herr von Frays, the Intendant at Munich, where Lachner was conductor, explaining why he has changed his mind about staging one of his early operas [Rienzi] at Munich, since it will give him the chance to arrange for all his youthful works to be given at different opera houses, hoping that Lachner will be content to have been a great help in advancing this project, and apologizing for his earlier "scarcely comprehensible behaviour" in Zurich
...Wie ich Ihnen schon sagte, hatte ich mir kaum ein so rasches Eingehen Ihrerseits vermuthet. Mögen Sie es nicht als eine Uebereilung bereuen, und wohl meine Hoffnung, mit dem fraglichen Opus auch Ihrem Theaterrepertoire ein nicht unergiebige Hülfe angeboten zu haben, in gute Erfüllung gehen. In diesem Sinne konnte ich meine Oper getrost einigen mir befreundeten Theatern anbieten, und es war mir erwünscht, dass alle meinem Vorschlage gern entsprachen, so dass nächstens auf verschiedenen guten Bühnen jene meine Jugendarbeit zur Aufführung kommen wird...
2 pages, 8vo (c.21 x 13.5cms) integral blank, Venice, 24 October 1858
...Wie ich Ihnen schon sagte, hatte ich mir kaum ein so rasches Eingehen Ihrerseits vermuthet. Mögen Sie es nicht als eine Uebereilung bereuen, und wohl meine Hoffnung, mit dem fraglichen Opus auch Ihrem Theaterrepertoire ein nicht unergiebige Hülfe angeboten zu haben, in gute Erfüllung gehen. In diesem Sinne konnte ich meine Oper getrost einigen mir befreundeten Theatern anbieten, und es war mir erwünscht, dass alle meinem Vorschlage gern entsprachen, so dass nächstens auf verschiedenen guten Bühnen jene meine Jugendarbeit zur Aufführung kommen wird...
2 pages, 8vo (c.21 x 13.5cms) integral blank, Venice, 24 October 1858
Condition
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Wagner had always detested and despised Franz Lachner (1803-1890), a prominent if old-fashioned composer and a fine Kapellmeister at the Hofoper in Munich. Wagner had given Lachner the cold shoulder at a music festival in Zurich in August 1858 (whilst in the midst of the debacle with the Wesendoncks), but had written him a fawning letter in September, asking if he would consider staging his early opera Rienzi in Munich, which Lachner had all-too enthusiastically followed up. Meanwhile, Wagner was in Venice composing the second act of Tristan und Isolde. See E. Newman, 'Wagner and Franz Lachner', in The Musical Times (1913).