{"product_id":"14171-mann-thomas-typed-letter-signed-to-the-american-bruckner-society","title":"Mann, Thomas. (1875-1955) Typed Letter Signed to the American Bruckner Society","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eTyped letter signed from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ehighly influential, Nobel Prize–winning German novelist and social critic to the American Bruckner Society, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003estating that he has received news of the Society with great interest and declining an invitation to talk on the subject of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eBruckner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and Mahler. Nidden, Memel-Land [now Lithuania],\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e 19 July 1932. Translated from the German: \"Dear sirs, I received your news of the emergence of an American Bruckner Society with the greatest interest. Urgent work prevents me, at the moment, from commenting on Bruckner and Mahler, two musicians whom I sincerely admire. However, I accept with pleasure your invitation to become an honorary member of your society, and thank you for the honor you bestow upon me.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.42857;\"\u003e1 page, together with the original typed envelope. Staple holes, a few marks, small tears to edges, splitting along folds; one small tape repair on the verso; overall in very good condition. 8.5 x 11.5 inches (22.1 x 29 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAn interesting letter in which Mann refers to one of his greatest musical heroes, Mahler, whose first name (Gustav) he had given, with the addition of an 'e,' to the doomed writer Aschenbach in his novel \u003ci\u003eDer Tod in Venedig\u003c\/i\u003e (1912).\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093542097055,"sku":"14171","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Mann_Thomas_TLS_14171_001.jpg?v=1722188720","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14171-mann-thomas-typed-letter-signed-to-the-american-bruckner-society","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}