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Far Rockaway (New York) · August 25, 1911

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Mus.ep. N. Curtis 6 (Busoni-Nachl. B II)
Mus.Nachl. F. Busoni
B II, 1353
August 25th 1911
Wave Crest
Far Rockaway
New York.

Dear Mr Busoni,


May I send you a
little article I wrote
last winter for an American
art-magazine at a
time when it seemed
to me that our public
needed greater awakening to
the fact of what it meant
to have Gustav Mahler among us.

I hope to hear
news of your Opera -

With best greetings
to you and to Mrs. Busoni
Your sincere friend

Natalie Curtis.

August 25th 1911 Wave Crest Far Rockaway New York.

Dear Mr Busoni,

May I send you a little article I wrote last winter for an American art-magazine at a time when it seemed to me that our public needed greater awakening to the fact of what it meant to have Gustav Mahler among us.

I hope to hear news of your Opera -

With best greetings to you and to Mrs. Busoni Your sincere friend

Natalie Curtis.

                                                                
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[Berlin]
                                                                
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20
[N.Y.] […] illegible.
B
Mr.Ferruccio Busoni.
Viktoria Luise platz 11.
Berlin - W — 30.
Germany.
Porto
Far Rockaway[/N.Y.]
AUG25
8PM
1911
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Staatsbibliothek
Berlin
                                                                
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Nachlaß Busoni B II
Mus.ep. N. Curtis 6

Mus.Nachl. F. Busoni B II, 1353-Beil.
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Deutschland | Berlin | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin · Preußischer Kulturbesitz | Musikabteilung mit Mendelssohn-Archiv | Nachlass Ferruccio Busoni | Mus.Nachl. F. Busoni B II, 1353+1353a | olim: Mus.ep. N. Curtis 6+Beil. |

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Brief und Umschlag sind gut erhalten.
Extent
2 Blatt, 1 beschriebene Seite
Collation
Seitenfolge: 1, 2, 3, 4
Hands/Stamps
  • Hand des Absenders Natalie Curtis, Brieftext in schwarzer Tinte, in lateinischer Schreibschrift
  • Hand des Archivars, der mit Bleistift die Signaturen eingetragen, eine Foliierung vorgenommen und das Briefdatum ergänzt hat
  • Hand des Archivars, der die Zuordnung innerhalb des Busoni-Nachlasses mit Rotstift vorgenommen hat
  • Bibliotheksstempel (rote Tinte)
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  • Unbekannte Hand, die auf den Umschlag
  • 20
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  • Versandsstempel (blaurote Tinte)

Summary
Natalie Curtis sendet Busoni ihren Artikel über Gustav Mahler und will über Busonis neue Oper "Die Brautwahl" hören.
Incipit
May I send you a little article I wrote last winter for an American art-magazine at a time when it seemed to me that our public needed greater awakening to the fact of what it meant to have Gustav Mahler among us.

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