As Soon As The Score Comes Out I Shall Have The Pleasure Of
Sending Your Honor A Copy; And Should Your Present Design Perhaps
Come To Pass In The Spring, I Shall Be Delighted To Be Present At
The Performance, And To Conduct The Final Rehearsals Myself.
Accept, dear sir, my best thanks, together with the expression of
my high esteem.
Yours most truly,
Franz Liszt
Weymar, April 25th, 1857
182. To Eduard Liszt
Dearest Eduard,
I have been thinking over the matter of supporting the voices by
some wind instruments and brass in my Mass for men's voices,
without being able to make up my mind to write out this
accompaniment. I ought properly to hear the Vienna chorus in
order to hit the right proportion, which is very various,
according to the size of the church, and also the class of
instruments, and the less or greater ability of the musicians. It
would be very agreeable to me if Herbeck, who appears to take an
interest in my work, would take the decision upon himself
according to what he thinks best, and would either keep in the
printed organ accompaniment, or write a small additional score as
support to the voices. In the latter case I think that horns,
clarinets, oboes, and bassoons cannot be dispensed with, and that
probably trombones would also make a good effect in the Kyrie and
Credo.
Remember me most kindly to Herbeck, and tell him my idea as well
as my request.
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