At The Goethe Festival In 1849 I Had
The Great Closing Scene To The Second Part Of "Faust" Given,
Which
Was, later on, repeated; at the beginning of 1852 the music
to Byron's "Manfred," with a stage performance of the
Drama such
as he desired, was given several times, and, as far as I know, up
to now no other theater has made this attempt. [Liszt was
actually the first.] The Weymar theater is likewise the only one
which contains in its repertoire Schumann's "Genoveva" (which was
indeed given here for the first time in April 1855). It goes
without saying that, during the years of my work here, most of
his chamber music - Quartets, Trios, Sonatas - as well as his
Symphonies, Overtures, and Songs, have been cherished with
particular preference and love, and have been frequently heard in
various concerts, with the exception of one of the most
important; but the very slight amount of public activity of our
Vocal Union has prevented, as yet, any performance of the "Peri,"
which, however, has already been partly studied, and will ere
long be given at last.
As a contribution to your biographical studies, dear Wasielewski,
I should like to tell you truly with what sincere, heartfelt, and
complete reverence I have followed Schumann's genius during
twenty years and faithfully adhered to it. Although I am sure
that you, and all who know me more intimately, have no doubt
about this, yet at this moment the feeling comes over me - a
feeling which I cannot resist - to tell you more fully about my
relations with R. Schumann, which date from the year 1836, and to
give them you here plainly in extenso.
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