{"product_id":"19916-brahms-johannes-mottl-felix-bittner-julius-autograph-letter-signed-on-a-postcard-photograph-of-brahms-with-adele-strauss","title":"[Brahms, Johannes. (1833–1897)]  [Mottl, Felix. (1856–1911)]  Bittner, Julius. (1874–1939) Autograph Letter Signed on a Postcard Photograph of Brahms with Adele Strauß","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eALS from Julius Bittner, the Austrian composer, written to conductor Felix Mottl on a postcard bearing a photograph of Johannes Brahms and Adele Strauß, third wife of Johann Strauss.  The message reads, translated from the German, \"Overleaf, the birthplace of Brahms's symphonies: coffee served by Mrs. Adèle Strauss. \/ I couldn't help send you this delightful picture. \/ Yours sincerely \/ Julius Bittner.\"  Postmarked 14.11.11.  Light toning and wear, else in fine condition. \u003cspan style=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 8.9 cm.).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eAn exact contemporary of Franz Schmidt and Arnold Schoenberg, t\u003c\/span\u003ehe name of the Austrian composer Julius Bittner has been almost entirely lost from view, \u003c\/span\u003eand yet he was one of the most successful composers of opera and operetta of his day, a mainstay of musical Vienna.  A high-ranking lawyer, he held an important office in the Austrian Department of Justice until diabetes caused him to retire in his mid-40s; more unusually still, he was a double amputee, the result of the ravages of diabetes. Largely untaught musically as a boy, it was Brahms who suggested the boy study with Josef Labor who also taught Paul Wittgenstein and Alma Schindler, later Mahler’s wife.  \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eWagner, rather more than Brahms, remained Bittner’s lodestar and his friendship with Bruno Walter enabled him to meet Mahler – he was later to become Mahler’s lawyer. He was also taken up by Weingartner and Mottl. He shared with his much younger friend Korngold – who proved a staunch support financially in Bittner’s troubled final years. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFelix Mottl assisted Hans Richter in preparing the first complete Ring Cycle at Bayreuth in 1876, and himself conducted \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e at Bayreuth in 1886. In the last week of his life he married his longtime mistress, the soprano Zdenka Fassbender.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093731922079,"sku":"19916","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Bittner_Julius_ALS_on_Postcard_Photograph_of_Brahms_and_Adele_S_19916a.jpg?v=1722189966","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/19916-brahms-johannes-mottl-felix-bittner-julius-autograph-letter-signed-on-a-postcard-photograph-of-brahms-with-adele-strauss","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}