Brahms, Johannes AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED ("J.B."), ABOUT DVORÁK, TO THE PUBLISHER FRITZ SIMROCK, expressing pleasure at receiving the third and fourth volumes of Dvorák's Slavonic Dances and requesting the first two books as a birthday present, giving his opinion on some of Dvorák's vocal works, comparing his Op. 29 favourably with his Op. 20 and 38 sets, enquiring about a phrase in Czech on the title-page, and asking if the letter and parcel he sent yesterday had been received ...Wenn ich mich über das 3 u. 4t Heft der Slavischen Tänze v. Dvorak freue, vermisse ich immer das 1t u. 2t - Sie möchten sie mir wohl nicht zum Geburtstag schenken? Wieder kam mir aber ein Heft in die Hand das mich stets besonders amusirt u. erfreut hat. Op. 29. 10 Duette für Sopran u. Alt in reizendem, naivem Volkston, voll hübscher Einfälle. (Viel besser als op. 20 u. 38)... 1 page, oblong 8vo (8.4 x 13.9cm), on a correspondence card, autograph address panel, annotated by the recipient, postmarked Vienna, 17 February 1888, tiny tear, slightly affecting one word
Brahms, Johannes AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED ("J.B."), ABOUT DVORÁK, TO THE PUBLISHER FRITZ SIMROCK, expressing pleasure at receiving the third and fourth volumes of Dvorák's Slavonic Dances and requesting the first two books as a birthday present, giving his opinion on some of Dvorák's vocal works, comparing his Op. 29 favourably with his Op. 20 and 38 sets, enquiring about a phrase in Czech on the title-page, and asking if the letter and parcel he sent yesterday had been received ...Wenn ich mich über das 3 u. 4t Heft der Slavischen Tänze v. Dvorak freue, vermisse ich immer das 1t u. 2t - Sie möchten sie mir wohl nicht zum Geburtstag schenken? Wieder kam mir aber ein Heft in die Hand das mich stets besonders amusirt u. erfreut hat. Op. 29. 10 Duette für Sopran u. Alt in reizendem, naivem Volkston, voll hübscher Einfälle. (Viel besser als op. 20 u. 38)... 1 page, oblong 8vo (8.4 x 13.9cm), on a correspondence card, autograph address panel, annotated by the recipient, postmarked Vienna, 17 February 1888, tiny tear, slightly affecting one word
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