Of pianoforte music I have nothing more to send you (until the "Annees de Pelerinage" appear at Schott's), except the little "Berceuse," which has found a place in the "Nuptial Album" of Haslinger. Perhaps the continuous pedal D-flat will amuse you. The thing ought properly to be played in an American rocking- chair with a Nargileh for accompaniment, in tempo comodissimo con sentimento, so that the player may, willy-nilly, give himself up to a dreamy condition, rocked by the regular movement of the chair-rhythm. It is only when the B-flat minor comes in that there are a couple of painful accents…But why am I talking such nonsense with you?—Your very perspicuous discovery of my intention in the second motive of the Sonata—
[Here, Liszt illustrates with a 2-measure score excerpt from his
Sonata]
in contrast with the previous hammer-blows—
[Here, Liszt illustrates with another 2-measure score excerpt from his Sonata, similar to the first excerpt above except the melody is transposed and the rhythm is slightly different]
perhaps led me to it.
Farewell, my dear friend, and remain good to your
F. Liszt
Weymar, June 8th 1854
114. To Dr. Franz Brendel
Dear Friend,