["Manfred" Was Put On The Stage For The
First Time By Liszt] I Hope That, At This Time Of Year, Your
Dusseldorf Duties Will Allow Of Your Coming Here For A Couple Of
Days, And That Probably You Will Bring Clara With You, To Whom
Please Remember Me Very Kindly.
Should you, however, come alone,
I beg that you will stay with me at the Altenburg, where you can
make yourself perfectly at home.
The last rehearsal is fixed for
Friday afternoon; perhaps it would be possible for you to be
present at it, which of course would be very agreeable to me.
Your Leipzig friends will see the announcement of this
performance in the papers, and I think you will consider it your
bounden duty not to be absent from us at this performance.
Wishing you always from my heart the best spirits for your work,
good health, and "every other good that appertains thereto," I
remain unalterably
Yours most sincerely, F. Liszt
Weymar, June 8th, 1852.
84. To Robert Schumann
[Autograph in the Royal Library in Berlin.]
My very dear Friend,
I regret extremely that you could not come to the second
performance [This might perhaps also be read "first
performance."] of your "Manfred," and I believe that you would
not have been dissatisfied with the musical preparation and
performance of that work (which I count among your greatest
successes). The whole impression was a thoroughly noble, deep,
and elevating one, in accordance with my expectations. The part
of Manfred was taken by Herr Potsch, who rendered it in a manly
and intelligent manner.
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