Richard WAGNER and his musical contracts with Meser.
“Please allow the bearer of this letter to become acquainted with the contracts I have entered into…”
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“Please allow the bearer of this letter to become acquainted with the contracts I have entered into…”
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Richard WAGNER (1813.1883).
Autograph letter signed to CF Meser.
A ½ page on a two-folio folio, in German.
Bayreuth. June 14, 1872.
Beautiful letter from the German composer, newly installed in Bayreuth, checking his musical contracts with Meser.
“To CF Meser, music merchant at the court of Dresden. Please allow the bearer of this letter to read the contracts I had concluded with the deceased owner of your house, and make a copy to him. Richard Wagner. »
In 1871, Wagner chose the small town of Bayreuth to set up his new opera hall. On May 22, 1872 (a few days before this letter), the construction site of the Festspielhaus (“Festival Palace”) was inaugurated to the music of the Huldigungsmarsch. In the audience, we note the presence of Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Ritter, Heinrich Porges, Peter Cornelius.