Lot 12
  • 12

Brahms, Johannes

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Brahms, Johannes
  • Autograph letter, signed ("J.B."), ABOUT DVORÁK, to the publisher Fritz Simrock,
  • paper
expressing pleasure at receiving the third and fourth volumes of Dvorák's Slavonic Dances and requesting the first two books as a birthday present, giving his opinion on some of Dvorák's vocal works, comparing his Op. 29 favourably with his Op. 20 and 38 sets, enquiring about a phrase in Czech on the title-page, and asking if the letter and parcel he sent yesterday had been received

...Wenn ich mich über das 3 u. 4t Heft der Slavischen Tänze v. Dvorak freue, vermisse ich immer das 1t u. 2t - Sie möchten sie mir wohl nicht zum Geburtstag schenken? Wieder kam mir aber ein Heft in die Hand das mich stets besonders amusirt u. erfreut hat. Op. 29. 10 Duette für Sopran u. Alt in reizendem, naivem Volkston, voll hübscher Einfälle. (Viel besser als op. 20 u. 38)...



1 page, oblong 8vo (8.4 x 13.9cm), on a correspondence card, autograph address panel, annotated by the recipient, postmarked Vienna, 17 February 1888, tiny tear, slightly affecting one word

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Brahms was a staunch supporter of Dvorák and his music. They both used Simrock as a publisher, though the relations between Simrock and the Czech composer were by no means as cordial as those with Brahms. The vocal works referred to here are the three sets entitled Moravské dvojzpevy Opp. 20, 29 and 38, which were first published in 1873, 1876, and 1879, respectively.