Beschreibung:

GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian composer and pianist. A very fine content A.L.S., Edvard Grieg, three pages, to two separate sheets, grid paper, 8vo, Rudolstadt, 3rd September 1883, to Dr. Max Abraham, Director of the edition company Peters, in German. Grieg thanks his correspondent for his help regarding England, although he has still not received further news. Grieg also confirms that he will be playing his piano concerto on the 4th of December at Cologne, that he will conduct the two melodies for string orchestra and that he will play the sonata for violoncello and piano at Leipzig beginning of November but do not know yet who will play with him. Grieg further comments how tired he is to still be at Rudolstadt and expresses his joy because of his return shortly to Leipzig, stating `Unter der Voraussetzungs, das Sie jetzt zurückgekehrt sind, adressire ich diese Zeilen nach Leipzig, um Ihnen für Ihre Bemühungen, England betreffend, meinen besten Dank zu sagen. Ich habe nach Ihren Rath zugesagt, habe aber seitdem nichts gehört. Das Resultat von einer Correspondance mit den Herren Reinecke uund Hiller ist, das ich in Cöln am 4ten December mein Klavierconcert spiele, und die beiden Melodien für Streichorchester dirigire, und in Leipzig Anfang November die Cellosonate in der Kammermusik spiele, - mit wem, weiss ich noch nicht. Über die Eulenburgische Arrangements weiss ich noch nicht. Ich habe jetzt Rudolstadt bald satt und freue mich, wieder nach Leipzig zu kommen…´ Bearing a collection stamp to the upper left corner. Overall creasing, with two small tears to the upper and right edges and with trimmed left edges. G Provenance: from Max Abraham (1875-1922); his nephew Henri Hinrichsen (1868-1942) who died at Auchwitz; after the nazi expoliation was later stored at the Sachsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden, and finally returned to the Hinrichsen inheritors.