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[Schoenberg, Arnold. (1874–1951) ] Walter, Bruno. (1876–1962). Typed Letter Signed about the German premiere of "Gurrelieder" .
One page, 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm). (sight); Munich; March 11, 1914. The conductor writes to composer Arnold Schönberg sending apologies for missing his performance of Gurre-Lieder, which the composer had conducted in Leipzig in March, 1914. He adds that he heard it proceeded brilliantly. Signed, "Bruno Walter." Matted and framed with a photograph of Walter to an overall size of 21.5 x 17 inches (54.6 x 43cm.). Letter on somewhat scraped paper, an open tear and traces of adhesive staining affecting a few words, else fine.
Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder were first performed in Vienna at the Großer Musikvereins-Saal, in February of 1913. The work draws on Robert Franz Arnold's German translation of the Danish poet Jens Peter Jacobsen's Gurresange, and was originally composed for voice and piano in 1900. "When he finished the orchestration in 1910/1911, he considered the piece a document of a style of composition and an intellectual attitude which already seemed alien to him–although that did not detract from the work’s importance: 'It is the key to my entire development. It shows sides of me which I do not reveal later on, or, from a different approach. It explains how everything had to happen as it did later on, and that is enormously important for my work–that one can follow the man and his development from that point on.'" (Agnes Grond, Arnold Schönberg Center).
[Schoenberg, Arnold. (1874–1951) ] Walter, Bruno. (1876–1962). Typed Letter Signed about the German premiere of "Gurrelieder" .
One page, 7.25 x 9.5 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm). (sight); Munich; March 11, 1914. The conductor writes to composer Arnold Schönberg sending apologies for missing his performance of Gurre-Lieder, which the composer had conducted in Leipzig in March, 1914. He adds that he heard it proceeded brilliantly. Signed, "Bruno Walter." Matted and framed with a photograph of Walter to an overall size of 21.5 x 17 inches (54.6 x 43cm.). Letter on somewhat scraped paper, an open tear and traces of adhesive staining affecting a few words, else fine.
Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder were first performed in Vienna at the Großer Musikvereins-Saal, in February of 1913. The work draws on Robert Franz Arnold's German translation of the Danish poet Jens Peter Jacobsen's Gurresange, and was originally composed for voice and piano in 1900. "When he finished the orchestration in 1910/1911, he considered the piece a document of a style of composition and an intellectual attitude which already seemed alien to him–although that did not detract from the work’s importance: 'It is the key to my entire development. It shows sides of me which I do not reveal later on, or, from a different approach. It explains how everything had to happen as it did later on, and that is enormously important for my work–that one can follow the man and his development from that point on.'" (Agnes Grond, Arnold Schönberg Center).