Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICHARD WAGNER"), [TO THE SINGER AMALIE MATERNA], 4 APRIL 1875 discussing arrangements for a concert in Berlin, thanking her and her husband [the actor Karl Friedrich] for their keen efforts on his behalf, noting that without them it would have been almost impossible for him to perform for a Berlin audience the fragments from his works, mentioning that Niemann will also be taking part in the performances, discussing her requests concerning the reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs, and recommending that her husband get in touch with Herr Georg Davidsohn in Berlin and Herr Feustel in Bayreuth, commenting drily on the need to keep accommodation costs down and to avoid any sort of fraud, asking her to ask the opera director in Vienna for leave of absence, suggesting she needs to be away for at least five days, and wishing her well in her preparations of his music and that she keep all annoyances away from her ("...Mögen Sie uns auch in der Zwischenzeit tüchtig studieren, und namentlich alle sonstigen Anstrengungen recht sorgsam vom Halse halten...") 3 pages, 8vo (21.7 x 28cm), two later pencil annotations to the first page, with a modern typed translation, Bayreuth, 4 April 1875, some smudging and creasing
Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICHARD WAGNER"), [TO THE SINGER AMALIE MATERNA], 4 APRIL 1875 discussing arrangements for a concert in Berlin, thanking her and her husband [the actor Karl Friedrich] for their keen efforts on his behalf, noting that without them it would have been almost impossible for him to perform for a Berlin audience the fragments from his works, mentioning that Niemann will also be taking part in the performances, discussing her requests concerning the reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs, and recommending that her husband get in touch with Herr Georg Davidsohn in Berlin and Herr Feustel in Bayreuth, commenting drily on the need to keep accommodation costs down and to avoid any sort of fraud, asking her to ask the opera director in Vienna for leave of absence, suggesting she needs to be away for at least five days, and wishing her well in her preparations of his music and that she keep all annoyances away from her ("...Mögen Sie uns auch in der Zwischenzeit tüchtig studieren, und namentlich alle sonstigen Anstrengungen recht sorgsam vom Halse halten...") 3 pages, 8vo (21.7 x 28cm), two later pencil annotations to the first page, with a modern typed translation, Bayreuth, 4 April 1875, some smudging and creasing
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