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BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Autograph letter signed ('Johannes') to [his friend Julius Otto] Grimm, n.p. [Hamburg], December 1859, a letter of warm friendship referring to a promised parcel of compositions he has been daily reminded to send, complaining of his lack of free time, mentioning his intention to write things that he could not say during their last meeting, and asking Grimm's opinion on the compositions, 2 pages, 8vo , bifolium. Provenance : Liepmannsohn, Berlin, 1928; collection of Dr Fritz and Dita Callomon, and thence by gift, 1950.
BRAHMS, Johannes (1833-1897). Autograph letter signed ('Johannes') to [his friend Julius Otto] Grimm, n.p. [Hamburg], December 1859, a letter of warm friendship referring to a promised parcel of compositions he has been daily reminded to send, complaining of his lack of free time, mentioning his intention to write things that he could not say during their last meeting, and asking Grimm's opinion on the compositions, 2 pages, 8vo , bifolium. Provenance : Liepmannsohn, Berlin, 1928; collection of Dr Fritz and Dita Callomon, and thence by gift, 1950. 'Täglich wurde ich erinnert Dir das Versprochene zu schicken, habe ich doch täglich mit Freude gedacht daß ich Dich noch meinen theuren Freund nennen kann ... Ich schreibe Dir sonst auch gern Manches wozu bei unserm letzten Begegnen der Mund gescholossen war ... Ich wünschte die Sachen baldmöglichst zurück u. nach alter lieber Gewohnheit laß auch hören was Du über sie denkst'. Published in Briefwechsel mit Julius Otto Grimm (Berlin, 1908), p.89. The parcel contained a large group of compositions, including the Sextet, op.18, the Marienlieder, op.22, and the XIII Psalm, op.27.