None The Less Do I Consider It Desirable And Quite In The
Interest Of Our Cause That, For The Future, The More Important
Productions, Especially The Works Of R. Schumann, Hiller, Gade,
Etc., Should Be Brought Into Consideration More Fully And Oftener
Than Has Been The Case Of Late Years.
The bookseller's views, as
regards the sending or non-sending of works, appear to me
unimportant and even injurious for the higher position which your
paper maintains.
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I send you herewith Cornelius's article on the Prize Symphony and
the "Girondistes" Overture. It is very nicely written, and will
probably suit you. If possible put it into your next number.
I cannot now undertake the discussion about the Schumann
collective writings, as I am prevented by musical work for a long
time. Still, if I write later on a couple of articles on the
work, that need not prevent you from bringing out very soon one
or more articles discussing the same work. There is much to take
in and to bring out in it, which one critic alone is scarcely
capable of conceiving. The best plan of all would be if you
yourself will undertake the discussion of the Schumann writings.
Should you, however, not have time for it, then Pohl would be the
best man for this work. His predilection for Schumann, and his
familiarity with Schumann's views, qualify him thoroughly for
this.
My articles on the "Flying Dutchman" must not wait so long as you
propose to me in your letter.
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