Once more, please send the "Prologue".
214. To Dr. Franz Brendel
[Autograph in the possession of Herr A.O. Schulz, bookseller in
Leipzig.]
Herewith is an answer to the nine points of your letter of today, my dear friend [Referring to the Tonkunstler-Versammlung in Leipzig, in June, 1859].
1. The Mildes have got leave of absence from Monday, 30th April, till Friday, 3rd June, inclusive. Your programme remains as already fixed. Duet from the "Flying Dutchman", "Cellini Aria", Songs by Franz and Schumann (etc. ad libitum).
2. I will bring all the orchestral parts that there are with me, or, better still, I will send you the whole lot tomorrow. For "Tasso" the whole set is complete—but for the "Duet" from the "Dutchman", and the "Cellini Aria" and "Overture" a couple of copies of the quartet will have to be written out afresh in Leipzig.
3. I do not possess the "Overture to the Corsair" [By Berlioz] (and would not recommend it for performance), and the "Prelude to Tristan" Bülow will see after.
4. I expect more particulars from Bülow in the course of the week.
5. I am writing today to Cornelius about the Prologue affair.
6. Herewith is the German text of the Mass,[Lizst's "Gran Festival Mass.">[ which is to be printed in Leipzig in the same manner as in Vienna—namely, with the addition of the Latin text- -and which belongs to the General Programme of the Festival. This programme we will settle and revise together next Sunday.