Oct 22, 2015 - Sale 2394

Sale 2394 - Lot 235

Price Realized: $ 8,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
"MUST HAVE . . . ONE OR TWO GOOD PRELIMINARY REHEARSALS" BRAHMS, JOHANNES. Autograph Letter Signed, "JBrahms," to an unnamed recipient ("Esteemed Sir"), in German, advising him to contact a musician about working with two others, complaining about two performances, requesting one or two rehearsals since the piece is difficult for a full orchestra, noting that he is only free to attend the last rehearsal, and adding that the score for his concert could be had from Levi in Munich [Musical Director of the National Theater in Munich Hermann Levi]. 1 1/2 pages, 8vo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; minor loss to upper left corner, horizontal folds. Np, 20 March 1876
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". . . Now you must have the grace to have one or two good preliminary rehearsals. It is not easy for orchestra . . . . I will probably arrive at the last moment for the final rehearsal, as I am booked for Bremen . . . . You can get the score of my concert from Levi in Munich . . . ."