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~ Liszt to Servais ~
916
LISZT, Franz
- Autogr. signed letter to François-Mathieu (Franz) Servais, Rome, 20/12/1869, 4 pp.
on 1 f., 4to, with envelope, both separately framed.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1500/2500
Very nice letter in French to his Belgian friend, composer and conductor Franz Servais (1846-
1901) who lived in Halle (his statue in the middle of the Grand Place). Rumors tell us Servais could
be the adoptive or illegitimate son of Liszt and Carolyne de Sayn-Wittgenstein or Sophie Servais.
Anyhow, Servais could always count on the full support of Liszt during his musical development. In
that time in winter, Liszt withdrew into Villa d’Este and refrained from all official invitations and
travelling to commit himself fully to his music: “continuer d’écrire en pleine tranquillité”. Post
scriptum about Hans von Bülow, former-student of Liszt and first husband of Cosima, daughter of
Liszt. The relationship between Liszt and his daughter cooled down in 1870 after Cosima, who was
still married to von Bülow, declared her love to Richard Wagner, whome she later would marry.
Ref.
Letter entirely published in “Franz Servais et Franz Liszt: une amitié filiale” by M. Haine,
Mardaga, 1996.
917
LISZT, Franz
- Lettre aut.s. à Madame Price (probablement l’épouse de Prisse, adjudant du roi
Léopold I), Weimar, 21/12/1854, 2 pp. sur 1 f., in-12, enveloppe.
€ 600/900
Belle lettre dans laquelle Liszt recommande une de ses jeune compatriotes de passage à Mons, Mlle
Kabély, dont les qualités de pianiste ont déjà été remarquées à Vienne et à Prague. “(...) à son âge
on ne tient pas grand compte des ronces et des pierres qui encombrent la carrière que les artistes
sont obligés de parcourir!”. Il viendra quelques jours à Bruxelles dans le courant de l’hiver et
espère recontrer sa correspondante.
918
LITOLFF, Henri
- Autogr. sign. letter to A. Prisse, Brunswick, 24/10/1856, 2 pp. on 1 f., 4to,
address on verso.
€ 150/200
Letter to the Belgian officer (“Adjudant de S.M. le roi Léopold I”), engineer, diplomat and statesman
of French origin Albert Prisse (1788-1856). It has been a long time since he heard something from
Prisse and asks him to write him a couple of words. It’s possible that there was a misunderstanding
in the past, even with the King (Léopold I) more or less involved.
919
MANRY, Charles Casimir
- “La sorcière des eaux”. Autogr. signed music manuscript, 10/06/1857,
41 pp., 4to, cloth binding (somewhat soiled, lower right corners cracked, inside clean).
€ 80/100
Manuscript in black ink of Charles Manry’s (Paris, 1823-1866)
unedited ouverture
for orchestra
performed on the 9th February 1858 “à la salle Bonne-Nouvelle par les membres du Cercle Musical
des Amateurs (Ch. de Bez)”. Program of that performance pasted on inside frontcover. Initialed and
dated by Manry at the end.
920
MASSENET, Jules
- Lettre aut.s. à “Cher confrère et ami”, Paris, 3/04/1901, 1 p. sur 1 f., in-12.
€ 80/120
“Je suis très honoré d’avoir à vous parler d’un maître que j’admire absolument: “Paul Gilson” et
qui vous a remis une partition de sa composition (...)”.
921
MEULEMANS, Arthur
- “Stadspark. Scherzo met Preludium”. Handgeschreven en gesign.
manuscript, augustus-september, 1928, folio, half zwarte linnen band, 71 pp.
€ 750/1500
Muziekmanuscript voor orkest van de Vlaamse componist, dirigent en muziekpedagoog A.
Meulemans (1884-1966). Meulemans wordt als overgangsfiguur beschouwd als één van de
belangrijkste symfonici uit de Vlaamse muziekgeschiedenis van de 20ste eeuw. Met zijn “Stadspark”
wou Meulemans stemmingen evoceren van een midzomeravond in het langs de Maas gelegen
stadspark van het Nederlandse Maastricht
(http://www.musikmph.de/).