Furtwängler, Wilhelm, (1886-1954) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER"), TO THE WRITER AND CRITIC RICHARD SPECHT, 8 AUGUST 1918 discussing his conducting plans for Vienna this coming winter, commenting positively on Bruckner's music, which he conducts gladly and "really well", but voicing his concerns regarding the Ninth Symphony, commenting on the famous Adagio, noting that, for all its beauty, it has "sensitive and gaping holes which, with the best will in the world, cannot be overcome [translation]", and opining that it provides anything but an effective conclusion to the work; in the last part of the letter, Furtwängler also comments on Bruckner's Eighth symphony and Brahms's Fourth, wondering whether the latter work was not "done to death" in Vienna ("...so habe ich gerade gegenüber der Neunten ziemliche Bedenken. Besonders hat das Adagio bei aller Schönheit empfindliche und beim besten Willen nicht zu überbrückende Löcher, und ist alles andere als ein wirkungsvoller Abschluss...") 2 pages, 4to (28.5 x 22cm), with an old printed dealer's description, Wiessee am Tegernsee, 8 August 1918
Furtwängler, Wilhelm, (1886-1954) AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER"), TO THE WRITER AND CRITIC RICHARD SPECHT, 8 AUGUST 1918 discussing his conducting plans for Vienna this coming winter, commenting positively on Bruckner's music, which he conducts gladly and "really well", but voicing his concerns regarding the Ninth Symphony, commenting on the famous Adagio, noting that, for all its beauty, it has "sensitive and gaping holes which, with the best will in the world, cannot be overcome [translation]", and opining that it provides anything but an effective conclusion to the work; in the last part of the letter, Furtwängler also comments on Bruckner's Eighth symphony and Brahms's Fourth, wondering whether the latter work was not "done to death" in Vienna ("...so habe ich gerade gegenüber der Neunten ziemliche Bedenken. Besonders hat das Adagio bei aller Schönheit empfindliche und beim besten Willen nicht zu überbrückende Löcher, und ist alles andere als ein wirkungsvoller Abschluss...") 2 pages, 4to (28.5 x 22cm), with an old printed dealer's description, Wiessee am Tegernsee, 8 August 1918
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