{"product_id":"12168-mahler-gustav-adorno-theodor-w-typed-letter-signed-about-mahler","title":"[Mahler, Gustav. (1860-1911)] Adorno, Theodor W. (1903-1969) Typed Letter Signed about Mahler","description":"TLS. 1 page, 8vo Frankfurt, 12. September 1967. To Dirk Nabering of the Gustav-Mahler-Gesellschaft in Berlin. Two-hole punch along left edge, else fine and sold together with the original envelope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn uncommon and highly interesting letter from the composer and philosopher whose theories and writings helped shape the 20th Century Avant Garde and define the aesthetics of the 2nd Viennese School. \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTranslated from the German, in full:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDear Mr. Nabering,\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMany thanks for your letter.  If I may answer you very briefly: while my compositions will be published by Ricordi, there is nothing available there yet.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTo my great regret, it is quite impossible for me to remain in Berlin on the evening of the 24th.  I am spoken for already for lunch, and I must get back during the afternoon, probably quite early.  I hope, however, that we may have a conversation another time.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eI would like to ask you something quite simple, however: why don't you try to incorporate your newly founded Mahler Society into the older one, which is recognized for its work?  Duplication in such things, especially in such a difficult area as the promotion of Mahler, is really a waste of energy.  If more resources are really available to the Viennese society - I myself cannot overlook this - then it would surely be in your own interest, if a group from Berlin could participate in it.  This, you understand, is purely my own idea; I have not discussed it with Ratz.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eI am sincerely glad that you are not performing Cooke's version [of Mahler's Tenth Symphony.]  In the whole complex, I am probably even more radical.  \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eThe Adagio of the Tenth is also a fragment - vertically, that is, when one considers the weaving of the voices, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003ewhich in Mahler tends to insert itself into the \"Choral,\" and into the voice-leading, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eand the invention of which is one of his greatest productive forces.  Anyone who is seriously acquainted with Mahler must see how unrealized the texture is in this movement, despite any assertions to the contrary.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20px;\"\u003eIt is not at all my intention to presume that you have orthodox inclinations; I just think that your development and advancing musical experience have yet to make you much more skeptical about the established music scene and its heroes. And as far as elan goes - I like to think that my own Mahler book isn't lacking in it; but this elan implies the most extreme unwillingness to compromise with the established music scene.  But as I said, I would be glad to speak with you about all this sometime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20px;\"\u003eMeanwhile, with very best regards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20px;\"\u003eYours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20px;\"\u003eT. W. Adorno\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093477118111,"sku":"12168","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Adorno_TLS_about_Mahler_12168_001.jpg?v=1722188281","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/12168-mahler-gustav-adorno-theodor-w-typed-letter-signed-about-mahler","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}