BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Autograph letter signed ("J. Br."), to Fr[itz] S[imrock], [Vienna], [23 October 1870]. 4 pages, 12mo, endorsed by recipient. BRAHMS TO HIS PUBLISHER ABOUT A QUARTET AND BRUCH Brahms informs his publisher that he is unable to send the quartet, for "I have now sufficiently revised it and you will see how many very bad mistakes there are. And nevertheless you will be forced to admire [Röcke]'s engraving and my calligraphic talent!" He wishes to add some finishing touches, but "I have to wait for the ... engraving and proof. You'll have all that directly." The composer adds that he has " not received the new edition of op.19" and suggests Simrock direct his "publishing machine" at Bruch, who "has written to me about a 3rd symphony." Brahms wittily signs off with a self-deprecating joke about his handwriting: "I believe we could have a competition as to who writes the worst! But my vanity asserts that your writing provokes me to it, otherwise I have a very tidy hand." Simrock, Brahms's Berlin publisher, later published many of Dvorák's works on Brahms's recommendation in the late 1870s. It was also his suggestion that Dvorák compose a set of Slavonic Dances , as Brahms had written the Hungarian Dances . In 1870, Brahms had declined nomination as conductor of the Gesellschaft orchestra, in order to protect his freedom to compose; but two years later he accepted the directorship of both orchestra and choir. He was a correspondent of Bruch, who wrote three symphonies (1868, 1870, 1882). During this period, Brahms worked on intimate genres, including five collections of songs (op.43, 46-90), Five Poems for Voice and Piano entitled 'The Kiss' op.19, the Liebeslieder Walzer op.52 (1869) and the Lieder und Gesänge op.57 (1871). The quartet referred to here may be one of the vocal quartets (perhaps the Neue Liebeslieder op.65 (1869-74), the revised versions of his Liebeslieder op.52 (1869-70) or the Quartets op.92 (by 1877), or possibly one of the Two String Quartets op.51 (?1865-73).
BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Autograph letter signed ("J. Br."), to Fr[itz] S[imrock], [Vienna], [23 October 1870]. 4 pages, 12mo, endorsed by recipient. BRAHMS TO HIS PUBLISHER ABOUT A QUARTET AND BRUCH Brahms informs his publisher that he is unable to send the quartet, for "I have now sufficiently revised it and you will see how many very bad mistakes there are. And nevertheless you will be forced to admire [Röcke]'s engraving and my calligraphic talent!" He wishes to add some finishing touches, but "I have to wait for the ... engraving and proof. You'll have all that directly." The composer adds that he has " not received the new edition of op.19" and suggests Simrock direct his "publishing machine" at Bruch, who "has written to me about a 3rd symphony." Brahms wittily signs off with a self-deprecating joke about his handwriting: "I believe we could have a competition as to who writes the worst! But my vanity asserts that your writing provokes me to it, otherwise I have a very tidy hand." Simrock, Brahms's Berlin publisher, later published many of Dvorák's works on Brahms's recommendation in the late 1870s. It was also his suggestion that Dvorák compose a set of Slavonic Dances , as Brahms had written the Hungarian Dances . In 1870, Brahms had declined nomination as conductor of the Gesellschaft orchestra, in order to protect his freedom to compose; but two years later he accepted the directorship of both orchestra and choir. He was a correspondent of Bruch, who wrote three symphonies (1868, 1870, 1882). During this period, Brahms worked on intimate genres, including five collections of songs (op.43, 46-90), Five Poems for Voice and Piano entitled 'The Kiss' op.19, the Liebeslieder Walzer op.52 (1869) and the Lieder und Gesänge op.57 (1871). The quartet referred to here may be one of the vocal quartets (perhaps the Neue Liebeslieder op.65 (1869-74), the revised versions of his Liebeslieder op.52 (1869-70) or the Quartets op.92 (by 1877), or possibly one of the Two String Quartets op.51 (?1865-73).
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