A Meeting Such As You Propose Would Be A Timely One; Only You Will Approve Of My Reasons When I Renounce The Honor Of Proposing This Meeting For Weimar, And Indicate Spohr To You As The Proper Head.

The master Spohr is our senior; he has always furthered the cause of music as far as circumstances at Cassel permitted - the "Fliegender Hollander" was given at Cassel under his direction earlier than "Tannhauser" was given at Weymar.

Talk it over with him, which from the near vicinity of Frankfort you can easily do, and if, as I do not doubt, he enters into your project, fix the date and let me know. I shall gladly take part in the matter, and will make it my business to do my share towards bringing about the desired results.

"Tannhauser" is announced for the 31st of this month (on occasion of the presence of Her Majesty the Empress of Russia). Beck takes the title-role at this performance. We shall give Schumann's "Manfred" a few days later. For next season the "Fliegender Hollander" and Spohr's "Faust," with the new Recitatives which he wrote for London, are fixed.

Farewell, and happiness attend you, dear friend; remember me kindly to your wife, and believe me ever

Yours most sincerely, F. Liszt

Weymar, May 18th, 1852.

83. To Robert Schumann

[Autograph in the Royal Library in Berlin.]

My very dear Friend,

It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce to you the first performance of "Manfred" for next Sunday, June 13th, and to invite you to come to it.

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