Kalbeck, Max. (1850-1921). 2 Interesting Letters and Short Autograph Manuscript. From the important German critic and writer on music, a close friend of Brahms and the author of the still indispensable 8-volume Brahms biography.
Wien 18.III.1880 and 3.IX.1881. On his personal letterhead and on the letterhead of the "Allgemeine Zeitung." The earlier letter includes a nine stanza poem within the text which he intends "für die II Auflage der
‘N ä c h t e.’" In 1881, he writes to his sister, Gretel, with a late birthday gift and regarding an upcoming trip: "1 Oktober muß ich mein Zimmer geräumt haben ohne zu wissen wohin mit meiner Bibliothek und meinen anderen Sachen ... Bis zum 12. werde ich wol im Süden bleiben, dann blüht mir ein Monat im Hotel. Denn mein Quartier, das im 5. Stock über 150 Stufen hoch liegt u. trotzdem 780 Fl. kostet, wird vor dem 12. Nobr. nicht geräumt ... Hier besteht nämlich die allgemein übliche wahnsinnige Einrichtung, erst am 12. Ziehtermin abzuhalten, und die Quartale werden vom Februar an gerechnet – der Wiener muß immer was Apartes haben ..."
Also included are two short writings in manuscript: "Zum Anfang des Johannesevangeliums" and "Bergpredigt."
Kalbeck came to Vienna in 1880 on the invitation of Eduard Hanslick, first as critic of the Allgemeine Zeitung and then, from 1886 till his death, of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. He became one of the most influential critics in Austria and, like Hanslick, was bitterly opposed to the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Hugo Wolf. On the other hand, also like Hanslick, he became a close friend and partisan of Brahms and his principal achievement was his eight-volume biography of the composer, published from 1904 to 1914, which became the standard work on the subject and remains an indispensable source. Kalbeck also edited several volumes of Brahms's Correspondence, edited and translated works by other writers and published two collections of his own regiews. He also wrote new libretti for, among other works, Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne and La Finta Giardiniera; and he revised those of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro for Gustav Mahler's productions at the Vienna Hofoper. Later, he supplied lyrics for the songs in the operetta Yabuka by Johann Strauss II and wrote poetry of his own. A few of his verses were set as songs by his friend Brahms.
Wien 18.III.1880 and 3.IX.1881. On his personal letterhead and on the letterhead of the "Allgemeine Zeitung." The earlier letter includes a nine stanza poem within the text which he intends "für die II Auflage der
‘N ä c h t e.’" In 1881, he writes to his sister, Gretel, with a late birthday gift and regarding an upcoming trip: "1 Oktober muß ich mein Zimmer geräumt haben ohne zu wissen wohin mit meiner Bibliothek und meinen anderen Sachen ... Bis zum 12. werde ich wol im Süden bleiben, dann blüht mir ein Monat im Hotel. Denn mein Quartier, das im 5. Stock über 150 Stufen hoch liegt u. trotzdem 780 Fl. kostet, wird vor dem 12. Nobr. nicht geräumt ... Hier besteht nämlich die allgemein übliche wahnsinnige Einrichtung, erst am 12. Ziehtermin abzuhalten, und die Quartale werden vom Februar an gerechnet – der Wiener muß immer was Apartes haben ..."
Also included are two short writings in manuscript: "Zum Anfang des Johannesevangeliums" and "Bergpredigt."
Kalbeck came to Vienna in 1880 on the invitation of Eduard Hanslick, first as critic of the Allgemeine Zeitung and then, from 1886 till his death, of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. He became one of the most influential critics in Austria and, like Hanslick, was bitterly opposed to the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Hugo Wolf. On the other hand, also like Hanslick, he became a close friend and partisan of Brahms and his principal achievement was his eight-volume biography of the composer, published from 1904 to 1914, which became the standard work on the subject and remains an indispensable source. Kalbeck also edited several volumes of Brahms's Correspondence, edited and translated works by other writers and published two collections of his own regiews. He also wrote new libretti for, among other works, Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne and La Finta Giardiniera; and he revised those of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro for Gustav Mahler's productions at the Vienna Hofoper. Later, he supplied lyrics for the songs in the operetta Yabuka by Johann Strauss II and wrote poetry of his own. A few of his verses were set as songs by his friend Brahms.
Kalbeck, Max. (1850-1921). 2 Interesting Letters and Short Autograph Manuscript. From the important German critic and writer on music, a close friend of Brahms and the author of the still indispensable 8-volume Brahms biography.
Wien 18.III.1880 and 3.IX.1881. On his personal letterhead and on the letterhead of the "Allgemeine Zeitung." The earlier letter includes a nine stanza poem within the text which he intends "für die II Auflage der
‘N ä c h t e.’" In 1881, he writes to his sister, Gretel, with a late birthday gift and regarding an upcoming trip: "1 Oktober muß ich mein Zimmer geräumt haben ohne zu wissen wohin mit meiner Bibliothek und meinen anderen Sachen ... Bis zum 12. werde ich wol im Süden bleiben, dann blüht mir ein Monat im Hotel. Denn mein Quartier, das im 5. Stock über 150 Stufen hoch liegt u. trotzdem 780 Fl. kostet, wird vor dem 12. Nobr. nicht geräumt ... Hier besteht nämlich die allgemein übliche wahnsinnige Einrichtung, erst am 12. Ziehtermin abzuhalten, und die Quartale werden vom Februar an gerechnet – der Wiener muß immer was Apartes haben ..."
Also included are two short writings in manuscript: "Zum Anfang des Johannesevangeliums" and "Bergpredigt."
Kalbeck came to Vienna in 1880 on the invitation of Eduard Hanslick, first as critic of the Allgemeine Zeitung and then, from 1886 till his death, of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. He became one of the most influential critics in Austria and, like Hanslick, was bitterly opposed to the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Hugo Wolf. On the other hand, also like Hanslick, he became a close friend and partisan of Brahms and his principal achievement was his eight-volume biography of the composer, published from 1904 to 1914, which became the standard work on the subject and remains an indispensable source. Kalbeck also edited several volumes of Brahms's Correspondence, edited and translated works by other writers and published two collections of his own regiews. He also wrote new libretti for, among other works, Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne and La Finta Giardiniera; and he revised those of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro for Gustav Mahler's productions at the Vienna Hofoper. Later, he supplied lyrics for the songs in the operetta Yabuka by Johann Strauss II and wrote poetry of his own. A few of his verses were set as songs by his friend Brahms.
Wien 18.III.1880 and 3.IX.1881. On his personal letterhead and on the letterhead of the "Allgemeine Zeitung." The earlier letter includes a nine stanza poem within the text which he intends "für die II Auflage der
‘N ä c h t e.’" In 1881, he writes to his sister, Gretel, with a late birthday gift and regarding an upcoming trip: "1 Oktober muß ich mein Zimmer geräumt haben ohne zu wissen wohin mit meiner Bibliothek und meinen anderen Sachen ... Bis zum 12. werde ich wol im Süden bleiben, dann blüht mir ein Monat im Hotel. Denn mein Quartier, das im 5. Stock über 150 Stufen hoch liegt u. trotzdem 780 Fl. kostet, wird vor dem 12. Nobr. nicht geräumt ... Hier besteht nämlich die allgemein übliche wahnsinnige Einrichtung, erst am 12. Ziehtermin abzuhalten, und die Quartale werden vom Februar an gerechnet – der Wiener muß immer was Apartes haben ..."
Also included are two short writings in manuscript: "Zum Anfang des Johannesevangeliums" and "Bergpredigt."
Kalbeck came to Vienna in 1880 on the invitation of Eduard Hanslick, first as critic of the Allgemeine Zeitung and then, from 1886 till his death, of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt. He became one of the most influential critics in Austria and, like Hanslick, was bitterly opposed to the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Hugo Wolf. On the other hand, also like Hanslick, he became a close friend and partisan of Brahms and his principal achievement was his eight-volume biography of the composer, published from 1904 to 1914, which became the standard work on the subject and remains an indispensable source. Kalbeck also edited several volumes of Brahms's Correspondence, edited and translated works by other writers and published two collections of his own regiews. He also wrote new libretti for, among other works, Mozart's Bastien und Bastienne and La Finta Giardiniera; and he revised those of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro for Gustav Mahler's productions at the Vienna Hofoper. Later, he supplied lyrics for the songs in the operetta Yabuka by Johann Strauss II and wrote poetry of his own. A few of his verses were set as songs by his friend Brahms.