Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICHARD WAGNER"), IN FRENCH, TO AN UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENT ("MONSIEUR"), ABOUT TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, PARTIALLY UNPUBLISHED asking for financial assistance, outlining the reasons for his present predicament, stating that since the receipts for his works upon which he depends are very variable, being neither fixed nor substantial, he is prey to periods of hardship, explaining that he has expectations of good receipts from the sale of the score of his opera Tristan und Isolde, the orchestral score of which has just been engraved, describing how a failed attempt to have the opera performed at Karlsruhe has forced him to choose between giving his score to theatres without insisting that he assist at the first performance, or waiting [until an opportunity arises where he may assist] without being able to make any money, informing him of a plan to perform the opera in May in the Salle Ventadour, stating that his requests for advances from his German publisher have failed and that his last move has exhausted much of his resources, explaining that Schott has agreed to advance him 7,500 francs of the 10,000 he requested for the score of Rheingold, enclosing their letter [not included here], and requesting in the meantime the sum of 4000 francs, which he will repay in six months ...Maintenant j'avais compté de faire des belles recettes par la vente de mon nouvel ouvrage "Tristan et Isolde" aux théâtres, dont la grande partition d'orchestre vient d'être gravée et imprimée. Comme il m'est impossible de consentir à une première représentation de cet Opéra sans que j'y assiste en personne, j'avais compté sur la promesse du Grand duc de Bade, de me faire venir à Carlsruhe pour une première représentation qui devait avoir lieu là bas ce 3 decembre passé. Malheureusement les forces artistiques de ce théâtre n'ont pas suffi à la tache... 4 pages, 8vo, blind-stamped with the composer's monogram ("RW"), some later pencil annotations to final page, with a modern typescript transcription, Paris, 16 rue Newton, 29 December 1859, some very light spotting, traces of mount
Wagner, Richard AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("RICHARD WAGNER"), IN FRENCH, TO AN UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENT ("MONSIEUR"), ABOUT TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, PARTIALLY UNPUBLISHED asking for financial assistance, outlining the reasons for his present predicament, stating that since the receipts for his works upon which he depends are very variable, being neither fixed nor substantial, he is prey to periods of hardship, explaining that he has expectations of good receipts from the sale of the score of his opera Tristan und Isolde, the orchestral score of which has just been engraved, describing how a failed attempt to have the opera performed at Karlsruhe has forced him to choose between giving his score to theatres without insisting that he assist at the first performance, or waiting [until an opportunity arises where he may assist] without being able to make any money, informing him of a plan to perform the opera in May in the Salle Ventadour, stating that his requests for advances from his German publisher have failed and that his last move has exhausted much of his resources, explaining that Schott has agreed to advance him 7,500 francs of the 10,000 he requested for the score of Rheingold, enclosing their letter [not included here], and requesting in the meantime the sum of 4000 francs, which he will repay in six months ...Maintenant j'avais compté de faire des belles recettes par la vente de mon nouvel ouvrage "Tristan et Isolde" aux théâtres, dont la grande partition d'orchestre vient d'être gravée et imprimée. Comme il m'est impossible de consentir à une première représentation de cet Opéra sans que j'y assiste en personne, j'avais compté sur la promesse du Grand duc de Bade, de me faire venir à Carlsruhe pour une première représentation qui devait avoir lieu là bas ce 3 decembre passé. Malheureusement les forces artistiques de ce théâtre n'ont pas suffi à la tache... 4 pages, 8vo, blind-stamped with the composer's monogram ("RW"), some later pencil annotations to final page, with a modern typescript transcription, Paris, 16 rue Newton, 29 December 1859, some very light spotting, traces of mount
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