The Work Is Worth Your Hearing And Interesting Yourself In.
Owing
to the acting of the two Schmidts (husband and wife), as guests
here, ["Das Gastspiel" - the playing as
Guests at a theater - is an
expression used when actors or singers other than those attached
to the theater of the place come to act or sing there for a time]
the second performance has been postponed until towards the
middle of this month.
I will send Riedel the pianoforte edition of my Mass very
shortly.
With heartfelt greetings,
Yours,
F. Liszt
November 2nd, 1858
207. To Johann von Herbeck
Dear Friend,
Your three splendid fellows, my high-minded and honorable
gipsies, ["Die drei Zigeuner" ("The Three Gipsies"), by Lenau,
for voice with pianoforte accompaniment.] are most excellently
lodged on the Altenburg. First of all the song was played on the
violin, then with cello - another time I tried it alone, and
yesterday Caspari sang me the song, so full of pith and beauty
and intrinsic worth, to the delight of us all and of myself in
particular. It will remain as a brilliant repertoire piece
amongst us, and I shall very soon introduce it to Tichatschek,
who will assuredly give it with inspiration and will make it
widely known. Please forgive me, dear friend, for not having
expressed my warm thanks to you sooner. - I only got home a few
weeks ago from my journey to the Tyrol and Munich, and have
scarcely been able to sit down to write, owing to all the
business pressing upon me from every side.
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