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WAGNER Richard (1813-1883).

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WAGNER Richard (1813-1883).
L.A.S. "Rich. Wagner", addressed to his "Lieber alter Freund". Luzern (Lucerne), 22 December 1868. 2 pp. in-8. In German. Small split without missing.



Beautiful unpublished letter. Wagner writes about his major opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [The Singers of Nuremberg], which had its premiere on June 21, 1868, at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and about the conductor and composer Julius Rietz (1812-1877)

"...] I am very proud of this work and all that it contains, which is why it is so important. Als ich deinen eigenen Vorstellungen und Ermahnungen wegen .[...] meiner "Meistersinger" nahlen gedrungen nachgehen musste, sagte ich [...]". "[...] und gegen meine Warnung dieser den Opera gänzlich freunde Musiker nach Dresden gezagen wurde! [...]".