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Auction archive: Lot number 191

Schumann, Robert

Estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,311 - US$7,888
Price realised:
£11,250
ca. US$17,749
Auction archive: Lot number 191

Schumann, Robert

Estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,311 - US$7,888
Price realised:
£11,250
ca. US$17,749
Beschreibung:

Schumann, Robert AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R. SCHUMANN"), TO CARL FRIEDRICH RUNGENHAGEN OF THE BERLIN SING-AKADEMIE, ABOUT DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI informing him of the difficulties he has experienced in rehearsal, acknowledging the efforts made, explaining that every composer owes it to his own work not to allow it to fail, asking whether he might postpone the performance [of Das Paradies und die Peri] until the following Wednesday, observing that Herr Kraus, the choir and orchestra will certainly appreciate this, noting that he will not mention his other way out of the situation ...mein Vorschlag wäre dann, Die Aufführung zu verschieben, vielleicht [erst] Mittwoch über acht Tage...mein anderer Ausweg sag' ich nicht... 3 pages, autograph address panel, no place or date [Berlin, February (?) 1847], a few tiny marks, small seal tear

Auction archive: Lot number 191
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Schumann, Robert AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("R. SCHUMANN"), TO CARL FRIEDRICH RUNGENHAGEN OF THE BERLIN SING-AKADEMIE, ABOUT DAS PARADIES UND DIE PERI informing him of the difficulties he has experienced in rehearsal, acknowledging the efforts made, explaining that every composer owes it to his own work not to allow it to fail, asking whether he might postpone the performance [of Das Paradies und die Peri] until the following Wednesday, observing that Herr Kraus, the choir and orchestra will certainly appreciate this, noting that he will not mention his other way out of the situation ...mein Vorschlag wäre dann, Die Aufführung zu verschieben, vielleicht [erst] Mittwoch über acht Tage...mein anderer Ausweg sag' ich nicht... 3 pages, autograph address panel, no place or date [Berlin, February (?) 1847], a few tiny marks, small seal tear

Auction archive: Lot number 191
Auction:
Datum:
20 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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