Edvard Grieg
Norwegian composer, 1843-1907
Grieg is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use and development of Norwegian folk music in his own compositions put the music of Norway in the international spectrum, as well as helping to develop a national identity, much as Jean Sibelius and Antonín Dvořák did in Finland and Bohemia, respectively. Grieg wrote songs in which he set lyrics by poets Heinrich Heine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Henrik Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Rudyard Kipling and others.
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Komponist (1843–1907). Autograph letter signed. Leipzig. 2 SS. auf Doppelblatt. 8vo. Mit zwei Beilagen (s. u.).
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In Norwegian to Dora Peters in Christiana: „My wife and I will presumably come to Christiana from 20 to 23 of May, and we are pleased to confirm your invitation to live at your place. We resided at one of the big corner rooms at earlier stays […]”. – Slight tear in middle fold; accompanied by printed portrait and typed English translation.
Komponist (1843–1907). Autograph letter signed. Leipzig. 1 S. Kl.-4to.
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To an unnamed addressee: „Many thanks for the things you sent. It is a cause of great joy to me […]”.
Komponist (1843–1907). Autograph letter signed. Christiania. 1 1/2 S. 8vo.
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To an unknown recipient telling that he can not accept an invitation due to a tight schedule and his health.
Komponist (1843-1907). Portrait photograph with autogr. inscription and signature. Kopenhagen. 142 : 103 mm. Auf bedrucktem Trägerkarton.
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Dedicated to the Swiss pianist Otto Hegner, who was about 14 years old at that time. - From the studio Leverin, Christiania. - Somewhat scratched and spotty.
norweg. Komponist (1843-1907). Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. ohne Ort. 8vo. 1 p. Doppelblatt.
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An einen namentlich nicht genannten Empfänger: „Hochverehrter Hr. Professor!“: „Wie gerne möchte ich die Serenade von Brahms hören! Ich muss aber zu Hause bleiben, um mich nicht für das Konzert am Mittwoch ganz unmöglich zu machen. […]“
norweg. Komponist (1843-1907). Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Kristiania. 8vo. 1 p. Doppelblatt. Mit eigenh. Kuvert.
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An den Cellisten Carl Fuchs (1875-1951) in Manchester: „Infolge Ihres soeben erhaltenen Briefes beeile ich mich, die in meinem letzten Briefe erwähnten 20 Kronen zu übersenden. Sie werden diesleben eingelegt finden. […]“ - Ohne die erwähne Einlage. Nach diversen Konzertreisen ließ sich Fuchs in Manchester nieder und wurde Erster Cellist des Hallé-Orchesters unter Leitung von Hans Richter. Daneben war er Mitglied des Schiever Quartet in Liverpool, Ab 1893 war er Professor für Cello am neu gegründeten Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM); diese Stelle hatte er bis 1942 inne.
1894 wurde Adolph Brodsky Dirigent des Hallé-Orchesters, und Fuchs wurde neben Christopher Rawdon Briggs und Simon Speelman Mitglied von dessen Streichquartett. In der vom German Club in Manchester gegründeten Schiller-Anstalt trat er mit Musikern wie Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Strauss und Joseph Joachim auf. 1899 wurde er britischer Staatsbürger..
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843-1907). Beautiful autograph musical quotation signed. Stuttgart. Oblong-8vo. Affixed to larager cardboard.
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Beautiful musical quotation dedicated to the later pianist Margarete Klinckerfuß: "Daily practice for the little Gretchen Klinckerfuß" (transl.). The quotation with the indication of a very slow tempo ("Sehr langsam!") consists of an accord and a tone sequence with suggestions for fingering that is supposed to be repeated. - Margarete Klinckerfuß (1877-1959) was the daughter of the pianist Johanna Klinckerfuß (1855-1924), a student of Liszt and pianist to the court of Charles I of Württemberg, and the piano manufacturer Apollo Klinckerfuß.
When Grieg dedicated the little etude to her, she had already been a student at the Stuttgart Conservatory for three years, eventually graduating in 1896. Klinckerfuß was prosecuted and institutionalized in the Klink Göppingen for several years during the Nazi dictatorship for criticizing the regime. Her autobiography from 1947 is a valuable document of late 19th and early 20th century music, containing personal memories of important musicians such as Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Edvard Grief, and Hugo Wolf. - On album leaf with woodcut bordure and floral corner decorations..
Komponist (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed. Bergen. 14.08.1889. 1 S. 8vo.
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To an unnamed recipient: "My best thanks for the sympathetic biographical sketch in the Leasure [!] Hours which I have read with much interest [...]." - Moderate toning, horizontal crease reinforced on verso. From the collection of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming.
Komponist (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed. Kristiania. 09.10.1873. 3 SS. auf Doppelblatt. Gr.-8vo. Beiliegend ein nicht hinzugehöriges, eh. adr. Kuvert.
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In Norwegian to the soprano Fredrika Stenhammar (1836-80). The envelope does not belong to the present letter but is addressed to the Nordisk musikförlag at Copenhagen. - Provenance: Skottorp Castle.
Komponist (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed. [London]. 23.03.1889. 3½ SS. auf Doppelblatt. 8vo.
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To an unidentified recipient in a "personal matter". Having been invited by M. Colonne for an audition of his works, Grieg had also received an invitation by M. Pleyel to play with the "elite of the conservatory's orchestra" at the same time. He then received a somewhat delayed and oblique, and, at last, declining answer from M. Colonne, so that he finally asks his correspondent, who knows Paris better than he does, whether he should accept Pleyel's offer or ask Lamoureux, or whether he should postpone his Paris concert by one more year. - On stationery with printed address.
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed. Kristiania. 02.02.1906. 8vo. 1½ pp. on bifolium.
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In English, to an unnamed male correspondent, regretting the death of the recipient's uncle, with whom Grieg once traveled, and stating his inability to make concert tours in the autumn and winter because of his health. - Folds, some light toning and foxing.
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843-1907). Autograph letter signed, including an autograph musical quotation signed. Bergen, Norway. 8vo. 2 pages on bifolium.
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An appealingly pithy letter in English to an unknown recipient, with a musical quotation. The letter betrays a certain exasperation with his correspondent's questions: "I should think it quite impossible to answer your questions / 1) as I have no method at all when composing! / 2) as the art of composition is not at all to be learned and still - must be learned! / 3) as I have no particular favourite composer. All good composers are my favourites!' [...]". - The musical quotation comprises four bars from the violin sonata no. 2 in G (op. 13), on two staves. - Two larger tears rebacked. Provenance: Christie's, 26 June 1996, lot 257.
Komponist (1843-1907). Eigenh. Brief mit U. Paris. 1¾ SS. auf Doppelblatt. 8vo.
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Wie von alter Hand in Bleistift vermerkt an den Chefredakteur des "Berliner Tageblatts" über eine noch nicht abgedruckte Gegendarstellung: "Soeben erfahre ich, dass Sie meine in der Pall Mall Gazette unrichtig wiedergegebene Unterredung mit einem Referenten dieser Zeitung in Ihrem Blatte abgedruckt, dagegen meine in derselben Zeitung - wenn ich nicht irre, in der Nummer von 28tem März - enthaltene Entgegnung noch nicht aufgenommen haben. Ich bitte Sie, dies möglichst bald thun zu wollen und habe heute Schritte gethan, damit Ihnen die betreffende Nummer von London sofort zugesandt werde […]".
- Auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Briefkopf des Grand Hotel Paris. Ein kleiner Einriss im Mittelfalz mit Klebestreifen hinterlegt; stellenweise gering fleckig, sonst gut erhalten..
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Autograph musicial quotation signed.
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12 bars in 3 systems of both treble and bass lines, from his opus 17, "Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances," with holograph title at top of page, "Norwegian Song". Signed at lower right. This song was published as "Hølje Dale" by C.F. Peters in Leipzig, ca.1895. - Top left corner loose. Minor toning at all edges.