May 23, 2013 - Sale 2316

Sale 2316 - Lot 203

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
HIS VERY BUSY SCHEDULE STRAUSS, RICHARD. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient [Director of the Royal Playhouse in Berlin Georg Droescher], in German, describing his schedule for the coming weeks. 1 1/4 pages, 8vo, written on facing pages of single folded sheet, "Hotel Imperial" stationery; closed separations at folds affecting text, minor soiling at folds, few phrases underlined in blue pencil. Vienna, 18 November 1913

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"On the 24th I will be in Berlin. . . . [F]or the concert on Dec. 4th I need 3 rehearsals; on Nov. 27th I have a concert in Hamburg, on Dec. 6th a song recital in Berlin. On which day is Salome scheduled? and when is Strauss Week? . . . The baritone Schwarz is highly praised here for Italian roles."