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Mus.ep. N. Curtis 5 (Busoni-Nachl. B II)
Mus.Nachl. F. Busoni B II, 1352
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April 4.
1911.


My dear Mr Busoni,

If you have time
and inclination while
in New York to come
to us at any time will
you not telephone, (Columbus,
1682) and be answered that
or shall be year to
welcome you the whenever
you have a spare mo-
ment. - when it
interests you at all to
hear the MacDowell
chorus
(Mr Schindler's chorus)

April 4. 1911.

My dear Mr Busoni,

If you have time and inclination while in New York to come to us at any time will you not telephone, (Columbus, 1682) and be answered that or shall be year to welcome you the whenever you have a spare mo- ment. - when it interests you at all to hear the MacDowell chorus (Mr Schindler's chorus) sing the Hymn to Apollo from Chabrier's Briséïs? - Tomorrow, wednesday even- ing, the chorus holds its last rehearsal this season & will sing the Chabrier number & also some choruses from Borodin's Prince Igor which will be sung by our organisation at the next & last Sunday night concert (next Sunday night) at the Metropolitan Opera House. Of course it would be an honor & pleasure for us to have you if you felt like coming for a few moments. We rehearse at 108 West 55. - near 6th Street,- the old Mendelssohn Building. Perhabs you could come and have dinner first with us - juile en famille? - Do, if you feel like it -

At all events we shall hope to see you before you sail; though I should think you would be weary of people after such a long and arduous tour!

With all our best wishes, your faithful friend

Natalie Curtis

                                                                
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sing the Hymn to Apollo
from Chabrier's Briséïs? -
Tomorrow, wednesday even-
ing, the chorus holds its
last rehearsal this season
& will sing the Chabrier
number & also some
choruses from Borodin's
Prince Igor which will
be sung by our organisation
at the next & last Sunday
night concert (next Sunday
night) at the Metropolitan
Opera House
. Of course
it would be an honor &
pleasure for us to have
you if you felt like
coming for a few moments.

                                                                
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We rehearse at 108 West 55. - near
6th Street,- the old Mendelssohn Building.
Perhabs you could come and have
dinner first with us - juile en
famille? - Do, if you feel like it -


At all events we shall
hope to see you before you sail; though
I should think you would be weary
of people after such a long
and arduous tour!

With all our best
wishes, your faithful friend

Natalie Curtis

                                                                
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Deutschland | Berlin | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin · Preußischer Kulturbesitz | Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv | Nachlass Ferruccio Busoni | Mus.Nachl. F. Busoni B II, 1352 | olim: Mus.ep. N. Curtis 5 |

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Brief und Umschlag sind gut erhalten.
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2 Blatt, 3 beschriebene Seiten
Collation
Seitenfolge: 1, 3, 2, 4 (3, 4 im Querformat)
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  • Hand des Absenders Natalie Curtis, Brieftext inschwarzer Tinte, in lateinischer Schreibschrift
  • Hand des Archivars, der mit Bleistift die Signaturen eingetragen, eineFoliierung vorgenommen und das Briefdatum ergänzt hat
  • Hand des Archivars, der die Zuordnung innerhalb desBusoni-Nachlasses mit Rotstift vorgenommen hat
  • Bibliotheksstempel (rote Tinte)
  • Poststempel (schwarze Tinte)
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Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin · Preußischer Kulturbesitz: 123456

Summary
Curtis lädt Busoni ein, sie während seines Aufenthaltes in New York zu besuchen. Sie lädt ihn zudem ein, dem MacDowell Chor, den Kurt Schindler gegründet hatte, zuzuhören. Dieser probt die Aufführung der Hymne des Apollo aus Emmanuel Chabriers Briséïs und einige Nummern aus Alexander Borodins Fürst Igor.
Incipit
If you have time and inclination while in New York

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Christian Schaper Ullrich Scheideler
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