you have given
me much happiness in the
news of your new composi- tion and in your thought of
me. I accept your dedication
with much appreciation and
am eagerly looking forward
to knowing the work, which
I feel sure will mean
an enlarging of our artistic
horizon.
you have given
me much happiness in the
news of your new composition and in your thought of
me. I accept your dedication
with much appreciation and
am eagerly looking forward
to knowing the work, which
I feel sure will mean
an enlarging of our artistic
horizon.
Have you found
time amid the fulness
of your art-life, to experiment further with the
smaller intervals (the
proposed division of our
arbitrary tonal system)
and the new harmonic combinations that might result
therefrom? Your wonderful
little book so clearly pointed
the way forward a new
growth in music along
those lines, that I hope
you may live long enough,
dear Master, to make
practical some of those
ideas. Such a task needs
the clear logical mind
of the scientist as well
as the prophetic vision of the
artist, and no doubt something of
the philosopher – a modern
Pythagoras – and it seems to
me that you have just this unusual
combination of gifts.
I am quite out of
the world in our new West and
so not know what has been
going on in Europe excepting
as my friends keep me advised.
Were you satisfied with your
opera? – I shared like so
much to know! – Before I left
New York I went to hear you play
again chezWelte-Mignon and was
impressed anew with the wonder that
you earned have achieved such complete
supremacy as a performer and yet
have done so much else besides. And
you are not much a very old man,
either! – Yours is indeed a full, rich
and useful life – may it be a long
one.
When may I hope to know some
of the new work? Will it all be
written so that our pianistic olympians
can perform it, or will there be
a few simple laws that poor humble
mortals like me, can
play? – I am full
of anticipation and
expentancy.
Please give my
bow to your wife, and
believe me as always
your grateful and
affectionate pupil,
<divxmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"type="split"><notetype="foliation"resp="#archive"place="top-right">[1]</note><opener><address><addrLinerend="align(center)">address: <placeNamekey="E0501029">Foster</placeName></addrLine><addrLinerend="align(right)"><placeNamekey="E0501030">San Diego Co.</placeName></addrLine><addrLinerend="align(right)"><delrend="strikethrough"><fwplace="inline left"rend="small"><placeName>900 Juniper Street</placeName></fw></del><placeNamekey="E0500343">California</placeName>.</addrLine></address><datelinerend="align(right) underline space-below"><datewhen-iso="1913-09-19">Sept 19th 1913</date></dateline><salute>My dear <rskey="E0300017">friend and Master</rs>;</salute></opener><prend="indent-3-first">you have given
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<lb/>me. I accept your dedication
<lb/>with much appreciation and
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<lb/>to knowing the work, which
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<lb/>an enlarging of our artistic
<lb/>horizon.</p><ptype="pre-split"rend="indent-2-first">Have you found
<lb/>time amid the fulness
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of your art-life, to ex- periment further with the
smaller intervals (the
proposed division of our
arbitrary tonal system)
& the new harmonic com- binations that might result
therefrom? Your wonderful
little book so clearly pointed
the way forward a new
growth in music along
those lines, that I hope
you may live long enough,
dear Master, to make
practical some of those
ideas. Such a task needs
the clear logical mind
of the scientist as well
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<lb/>smaller intervals (the
<lb/>proposed division of our
<lb/>arbitrary tonal system)
<lb/><choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> the new harmonic com
<lbbreak="no"/>binations that might result
<lb/>therefrom? Your wonderful
<lb/>little book so clearly pointed
<lb/>the way forward a new
<lb/>growth in music along
<lb/>those lines, that I hope
<lb/>you may live long enough,
<lb/>dear <rskey="E0300017">Master</rs>, to make
<lb/>practical some of those
<lb/>ideas. Such a task needs
<lb/>the clear logical mind
<lb/>of the scientist as well
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as the prophetic vision of the
artist, & no doubt something of
the philosopher, – a modern
Pythagoras, – and it seems to
me that you have just this unusual
combination of gifts.
I am quite out of
the world in our new West and
so not know what has been
going on in Europe excepting
as my friends keep me advised.
Were you satisfied with your
opera? – I shared like so
much to know! – Before I left
<divxmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"type="split"><prend="indent-2-first"type="split"><lb/>as the prophetic vision of the
<lb/>artist, <choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> no doubt something of
<lb/>the philosopher<orig>,</orig> – a modern
<lb/>Pythagoras<orig>,</orig> – and it seems to
<lb/>me that you have just this unusual
<lb/>combination of gifts. </p><ptype="pre-split"rend="indent-3-first">I am quite out of
<lb/>the world in our new West and
<lb/>so not know what has been
<lb/>going on in <placeNamekey="E0500943">Europe</placeName> excepting
<lb/>as my friends keep me advised.
<lb/>Were you satisfied with your
<lb/>opera? – I shared like so
<lb/>much to know! – Before I left
</p></div>
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New York I went to hear you play
again chezWelte-Mignon and was
impressed anew with the wonder that
you earned have achieved such complete
supremacy as a performer and yet
have done so much else besides. And
you are not much a very old man,
either! – Yours is indeed a full, rich
& useful life – may it be a long
one.
When may I hope to know some
of the new work? Will it all be
written so that our pianistic olympians
can perform it, or will there be
a few simple laws that poor humble
<divxmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"type="split"><prend="indent-3-first"type="split"><lb/><placeNamekey="E0500031">New York</placeName> I went to hear you play
<lb/>again <hirend="underline"xml:lang="fr">chez</hi><orgNamekey="E0600242">Welte</orgName>-Mignon and was
<lb/>impressed anew with the wonder that
<lb/>you earned have achieved such complete
<lb/>supremacy as a performer and yet
<lb/>have done so much else besides. And
<lb/>you are not much a very old man,
<lb/>either! – Yours is indeed a full, rich
<lb/><choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> useful life – may it be a long
<lb/>one.</p><ptype="pre-split"rend="indent-first">When may I hope to know some
<lb/>of <rskey="E0400120">the new work</rs>? Will it all be
<lb/>written so that our pianistic olympians
<lb/>can perform it, or will there be
<lb/>a few simple laws that poor humble
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mortals like me, can
play? – I am full
of anticipation and
expentancy.
Please give my
bow to your wife, and
believe me as always
your grateful and
affectionate pupil,
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mortals like me, can
<lb/>play? – I am full
<lb/>of anticipation and
<lb/>expentancy. </p><prend="indent-2-first">Please give my
<lb/>bow to <rskey="E0300059">your wife</rs>, and
<lb/>believe me as always
<lb/>your grateful and
<lb/>affectionate pupil,</p><closer><signedrend="align(center)"><persNamekey="E0300818">Natalie Curtis</persName>.</signed></closer></div>
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Curtis freut sich auf Busonis„Indianische Fantasie“, nimmt die Widmung an; erkundigt sich nach praktischen Umsetzungen von Busonis Sechsteltonsystem; hat BusonisWelte-Mignon-Einspielungen in New York gehört; rühmt Busonis Doppelbegabung als Komponist und Pianist; hofft auf leichtere Spielbarkeit des neuen Werks.
Brief von Natalie Curtis an Ferruccio Busoni (San Diego, 19. September 1913), bearbeitet von Christian Schaper, in: Briefwechsel Ferruccio Busoni – Natalie Curtis, hrsg. von Christian Schaper und Ullrich Scheideler, Berlin: Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, April 2023: Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, https://busoni-nachlass.org/D0101911 (2. Mai 2023: in Bearbeitung)
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<lb/>me much happiness in the
<lb/>news of your <rskey="E0400120">new composi
<lbbreak="no"/>tion</rs> and in your thought of
<lb/>me. I accept your dedication
<lb/>with much appreciation and
<lb/>am eagerly looking forward
<lb/>to knowing the work, which
<lb/>I feel sure will mean
<lb/>an enlarging of our artistic
<lb/>horizon.</p><prend="indent-2-first">Have you found
<lb/>time amid the fulness
<pbn="2"/><notetype="foliation"resp="#archive"place="top-left">2</note>
of your art-life, to ex
<lbbreak="no"/>periment further with the
<lb/>smaller intervals (the
<lb/>proposed division of our
<lb/>arbitrary tonal system)
<lb/><choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> the new harmonic com
<lbbreak="no"/>binations that might result
<lb/>therefrom? Your wonderful
<lb/>little book so clearly pointed
<lb/>the way forward a new
<lb/>growth in music along
<lb/>those lines, that I hope
<lb/>you may live long enough,
<lb/>dear <rskey="E0300017">Master</rs>, to make
<lb/>practical some of those
<lb/>ideas. Such a task needs
<lb/>the clear logical mind
<lb/>of the scientist as well
<pbn="3"/><lb/>as the prophetic vision of the
<lb/>artist, <choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> no doubt something of
<lb/>the philosopher<orig>,</orig> – a modern
<lb/>Pythagoras<orig>,</orig> – and it seems to
<lb/>me that you have just this unusual
<lb/>combination of gifts. </p><prend="indent-3-first">I am quite out of
<lb/>the world in our new West and
<lb/>so not know what has been
<lb/>going on in <placeNamekey="E0500943">Europe</placeName> excepting
<lb/>as my friends keep me advised.
<lb/>Were you satisfied with your
<lb/>opera? – I shared like so
<lb/>much to know! – Before I left
<pbn="4"/><lb/><placeNamekey="E0500031">New York</placeName> I went to hear you play
<lb/>again <hirend="underline"xml:lang="fr">chez</hi><orgNamekey="E0600242">Welte</orgName>-Mignon and was
<lb/>impressed anew with the wonder that
<lb/>you earned have achieved such complete
<lb/>supremacy as a performer and yet
<lb/>have done so much else besides. And
<lb/>you are not much a very old man,
<lb/>either! – Yours is indeed a full, rich
<lb/><choice><abbr>&</abbr><expan>and</expan></choice> useful life – may it be a long
<lb/>one.</p><prend="indent-first">When may I hope to know some
<lb/>of <rskey="E0400120">the new work</rs>? Will it all be
<lb/>written so that our pianistic olympians
<lb/>can perform it, or will there be
<lb/>a few simple laws that poor humble
<pbn="5"/><notetype="foliation"resp="#archive"place="top-right">3</note>
mortals like me, can
<lb/>play? – I am full
<lb/>of anticipation and
<lb/>expentancy. </p><prend="indent-2-first">Please give my
<lb/>bow to <rskey="E0300059">your wife</rs>, and
<lb/>believe me as always
<lb/>your grateful and
<lb/>affectionate pupil,</p><closer><signedrend="align(center)"><persNamekey="E0300818">Natalie Curtis</persName>.</signed></closer><pbn="6"/><pbn="7"/><pbn="8"/></div></body></text></TEI>