Schumann, Clara and Marie Wieck TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED Schumann, Clara. Good autograph letter signed ("Clara Schumann"), to the actor Josef Lewinsky, describing how moved she was by his letter, mentioning her friends, Vienna, discussing her diary, given to her on her fifth birthday by her father and which she kept throughout her youth ("Ich habe nämlich ein Tagebuch, welches mein Vater an meinem 5ten Geburtstag begann, und ich, sobald ich denken könnte, fortführte durch mein junges Leben hindurch..."), stating how much pleasure it would give her to see him in her small but comfortable little house, admitting that every summer she makes many plans but at the end achieves little, sending her greetings to the Flatzs, and mentioning her travel plans and other matters, 7 pages, 8vo (20.5 x 13.2cm), Baden, 18 September 1866 Wieck, Marie. Autograph letter signed ("Marie Wieck"), to the teacher, writer and composer Robert Musiol in Posen, refusing to supply him with the date of her birth ("...so wissen die Leute von selbst, daß ich nicht mehr jung [bin]..."), 2 pages, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5cm), together with an autograph envelope, Dresden, 17 August 1883, a few tiny marks to the letter, the envelope lacking the stamp
Schumann, Clara and Marie Wieck TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED Schumann, Clara. Good autograph letter signed ("Clara Schumann"), to the actor Josef Lewinsky, describing how moved she was by his letter, mentioning her friends, Vienna, discussing her diary, given to her on her fifth birthday by her father and which she kept throughout her youth ("Ich habe nämlich ein Tagebuch, welches mein Vater an meinem 5ten Geburtstag begann, und ich, sobald ich denken könnte, fortführte durch mein junges Leben hindurch..."), stating how much pleasure it would give her to see him in her small but comfortable little house, admitting that every summer she makes many plans but at the end achieves little, sending her greetings to the Flatzs, and mentioning her travel plans and other matters, 7 pages, 8vo (20.5 x 13.2cm), Baden, 18 September 1866 Wieck, Marie. Autograph letter signed ("Marie Wieck"), to the teacher, writer and composer Robert Musiol in Posen, refusing to supply him with the date of her birth ("...so wissen die Leute von selbst, daß ich nicht mehr jung [bin]..."), 2 pages, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5cm), together with an autograph envelope, Dresden, 17 August 1883, a few tiny marks to the letter, the envelope lacking the stamp
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