R. W.">[
195. To the Kammersangerin [Private Concert Singer to the Court] Marie Breidenstein in Erfurt
[Died 1892. She dedicated herself with satisfaction to the rendering of Liszt's compositions, and was also his pupil for piano.]
Dear honored One,
Perhaps the Schubert songs with my most modest instrumentation would suit somewhere in your programme. Here are the printed scores with the orchestral parts. "Gretchen" and "Erlkonig" have been much used and are played out. This is not so much the case with the "Young Nun"; and Mignon's wonderful song, "So lasst mich scheinen bis ich werde" [So let me seem till I become], is scarcely heard—or appreciated!
But if you will once more spare me an hour in Weimar, I will accompany these 4 instrumented Schubert-Songs for you.
Next Saturday departs from here
Your sincerely devoted
F. Liszt
Weimer, Monday, September 18th, 1876