245 To Dr. Franz Brendel
Dear Friend,
.—. I take a sincere interest in the progress of the Euterpe concerts—a progress which up to now has been favorable on the whole; you have the chief merit in this, just because it rests with you to neutralize difficult and opposing elements.
I rejoice much that Bronsart so thoroughly fulfills my expectations. He is a director-gentleman [“Gentleman” put in English by Liszt]. I shall hear more about the concerts through Weissheimer [A composer; was for some time second director of the Euterpe concerts], who is advertised here for the day after tomorrow; until now I have only heard something about them from Fraulein Hundt [A composer, at that time in Weimar; has since died] yesterday.
With best greetings, yours in all friendship,
F. Liszt
Weymar, November 16th, 1860
Will you be so kind as to send me at once a couple of copies of Muller’s new brochure?
.—. If it is possible to hurry the bringing out of my seventh book of songs I shall be glad. Also the “Vereins-Lied.”
Give my most friendly greetings to Gotze—and at the same time tell him that his daughter (of whose great artistic powers there is no doubt) sang and declaimed last Sunday in Jena with the greatest success. The vocal numbers were “two songs by Schumann,” one of which was encored—and at the end of the concert she declaimed the Ballade Leonore (with my melodramatic pianoforte accompaniment).
Have you heard anything of Wagner? Rienzi is being studied here, and I have undertaken to conduct the rehearsals. With regard to the performance I have at once mentioned decidedly that nothing will induce me to make an exception and conduct it—consequently Musik-director Stor will conduct it.