A Couple Of Murls Would Look Well In Rotterdam, And Would Make Up
To Me In The Best Possible Way For A Lot Of Philistinism Which I
Shall Probably Have To Put Up With There (By Contact With Many
Honorable Colleagues And Companions In Art)...So, If You Possibly
Can, Come.
We will then have a Murl-Musical Festival in my room.
(N.B. - I shall be staying with Mr. Hope, the banker.)
One has to get accustomed to the London atmosphere, and make
one's stomach pretty solid with porter and port. For the rest,
musical matters are not worse there than elsewhere, and one must
even acknowledge some greatness in bestiality. If you can stand
it, I am convinced that you will make a lucrative and pleasant
position for yourself in London, and also gain a firm footing for
the Murl propaganda ("une, indivisible et invincible") on the
other side of La Manche, "ce qui sera une autre paire de
manches." (In case you don't understand this joke, Remenyi must
explain it to you.) So be of good courage and among good things!
However things may be, never make capitulation with what is idle,
cowardly, or false - however high your position may become-and
preserve, under all circumstances, your Murldom! -
The two pieces from Raff's "Alfred" [Arranged by Liszt for the
piano.] have been brought out by Heinrichshofen (Magdeburg), and
are dedicated to Carl Klindworth. Write me word how I can send
them to you in the quickest and most economical manner - together
with the Sonata.
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