LISZT, Franz (1811-1886). Hungarian composer and pianist.
Autograph Letter Signed in German [to Professor Ernest Rietschel], 3 pages 8vo (a little faded and with some professional strengthening), Weimar, 6 July 1858. A good letter to the distinguished German architect and sculptor on the subject of his monument to Goethe and Schiller, which was unveiled in front of the National Theatre in Weimar in 1857. With transcript and translation.

'... You are turning mortal time to immortal work so powerfully in unceasing intellectual activity that it only remains for us to wish that Heaven may keep you in this same fresh creative strength for a very long time.
'... I will certainly act in accordance with your indication, and I am very grateful to you for having thought of me in this respect. A few words addressed by you to Mr von Humboldt would undoubtedly fully secure Mr von K's selection.
'... I hope in the course of next winter to be able to comply with the wish that arose in me when I first set eyes on your masterpiece [to compose a comparable musical work], and I must apologise to you that our constrained musical circumstances have not permitted me to do so already.
'... All the kindest wishes from the Princess, and from Princess Marie ...'

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