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Rare lettre musicale d’Antonin Dvorak sur Ludmila et ses projets d’oratorio

Antonin Dvorak (Nelahozeves, 1841/1904)
Compositeur tchèque.

Type de document : lettre autographe signée

Nb documents : 1 - Nb pages : 3 - Format : In-8

Lieu : Prague

Date : 18/01/1886

Destinataire : "My dear friend"

Etat : bon

Description :

Très belle et rare lettre d'Antonin Dvorak.

"I have the pleasure of sending you the vocal score of the first part of the Ludmila and I hope it will arrived quite safely in London when this letter will reach you.

Please, let me immediately know whether you get it. Mr Zavrtal [Ladislas Josef Zavrtal, chef d’orchestre tchèque, qui travaillait en Angleterre] (I think you remember him well) is just now in Prague, and I will next week leave for London and will be kind enough to take the fullscore with and deliver in your hands.

Today I received a letter from Dr Millward from Birmingham [Robert Harding Millward (1838-1903), avocat et mécène anglais]. He asks me if I would write a new grand sacred oratorio for the Festival of 1888 and what a subject will be. I have two, the one is from Mr Beringer [Oskar Beringer, pianiste allemand, grand ami de Dvorak] "Samson and Dalila” already printed and worked out very well. I must say, I like it in this present strape, very much. You will also have a quite stuff from the bohemian story. It is : John Hus! What do you mean of it? When I asked you my question in regarding to my “psalm” you did not give me any answer. Please do me the favour and tell me a word […]”.

[L'oratorio Sainte Ludmila, opus 71, composé entre septembre 1885 et mai 1886, fut créé le 15 octobre 1886, lors du festival de Leeds].

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