From yours very truly,
F. Liszt
Bayreuth, July 16th, 1882
303. To Kornel von Abranyi
Bayreuth, July 23rd, 1882
Dear honored Friend,
By the same post you will receive the instrumentation of the "A magyarok istene" for the Musical Festival at Debreczin..—. I beg the directors carefully to try over the small instrumentation before the full rehearsal, with the instruments (plus the brilliant cymbals), without the vocal parts.
The solo trumpeter must perform his part, as a Hungarian Magnate, in a noble manner, and not blow the trumpet as though it were a trade.
I also beg that the directors will be so good as to correct any chance mistakes there may be in my hastily written and unrevised manuscript score. Though I trouble myself but little about the spread of my compositions, yet I do not wish them to be offered to the public in a mutilated form. As I flatter myself that I possess a sufficient portion of self-criticism, other criticism remains only valuable and instructive to me.
Your son Kornel is heartily welcome to me at Bayreuth.