{"product_id":"13828-weitzmann-carl-friedrich-two-autograph-letters-to-ernst-otto-lindner","title":"Weitzmann, Carl Friedrich. (1808-1880) Two Autograph Letters to Ernst Otto Lindner","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTwo interesting autograph letters from the German music critic and theorist, to his colleague, musicologist and journalist Ernst Otto Lindner and mentioning Weitzmann's 1863 publication \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eGeschichte des Clavierspiels und der Clavierlitteratur\u003c\/i\u003e (\"History of Piano Playing and Piano Literature\") and Lindner's 1864 work \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eZur Tonkunst \u003c\/i\u003e(\"On the Musical Art.\")\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eIn the first letter, dated \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eBerlin, May 2, 1863,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e Weitzmann writes that he is sending Lindner, who served as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eeditor-in-chief of the Berlin newspaper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eDie Vossische Zeitung,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e an engraving of the Bach organ in Arnstadt with the \"acknowledgement of your kind contribution to the same,\" and asks politely \"to grant the accompanying notice a space in your newspaper.\" 1 p. on blue notepaper; folding creases; otherwise in very fine condition. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14.2 x 22.3 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eIn the second letter, dated Berlin, \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eJanuary 14, 1864, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eWeitzmann thanks Lindner for advertising his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eGesichte des Clavierspiels \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eand informs him that \"the Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, to whom I dedicated the book, has just awarded me the order of his house, and I ask you the courtesy of printing this.\" Continuing, he congratulates Lindner on his newly published book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003eZur Tonkunst \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e(\"On the Musical Art\"): \"Its historical and philosophical essays come across with a pleasant clarity and certainty. The naturally and openly presented subject itself captures us, and believing and without doubt we follow its development, expansion and reform, without a forced chain of hypotheses, with which Reitzmann's frameworks, for example, often are put together. Despite our differing views on the current situation of music, I would still like to ask your permission to advertise your book.\" 2 pp. of a bifolium; folding creases and two small tears at the lower edge; otherwise in fine condition. 5.25 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093530923167,"sku":"13828","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Weitzmann_Carl_2_ALS_Lindner_13828_001.jpg?v=1722188642","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13828-weitzmann-carl-friedrich-two-autograph-letters-to-ernst-otto-lindner","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}