Your success delights without surprising me. It is only what ought to be, that Lebert and Stark's Pianoforte Method should meet with general acceptance, and that the Stuttgart Conservatoire should continue to prosper. Both of these points of merit I took the opportunity of mentioning with due honor to H.M. the Queen of Wurtemberg—on the occasion of her visit to the Villa d'Este here.
Best thanks for sending the Bach Fugue, the 2 Etudes (separate edition) and the last volume of the Method, which I found to contain many, to me, new and praiseworthy items, among others the Etudes of Hiller and Brahms.
Ever, in all friendship, yours
F. Liszt
Villa d'Este, January l0th, 1870
I shall remain here till the end of April, and then go direct to
Weimar.
99. To C. F. Kahnt, the Music Publisher
Dear Friend,
The life's object of the Neue Zeitschrift remains firmly to stand by the colors of Rheingold and the Nibelungen, and unfailingly to represent the interests of the Deutsche Musikverein. This embraces all essential consequences for us.
At the end of next week I will send you the piano-forte score of the Beethoven Cantata, and write full particulars to Riedel.