Barnet, Miguel: Brief an Henze, Hans Werner. Freiburg im Breisgau, Mittwoch, 22. August 1979
author: Barnet, Miguel
language: en
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Around 22 August 1979[^1]
Dear Hans;

[^1: The stamp attests that the postcard was sent to Henze from Freiburg on 26 August 1976. It was not sent by Barnet himself, but by someone who had personally transported the correspondence from Cuba to Germany. This implies that Barnet wrote the letter to Cuba a few days earlier, probably around 22 August 1979.]

I jumped with joy you definitely have to come back in January. [Barnet's happy reaction relates to Henze's announcement in his previous letter that he was planning a trip to Cuba, which would probably take place in January 1980, but never eventuated.] I hope I will be here. Harold and Fariñas know about your trip and will help to get some kind of invitation for you. [In the previous letter, Henze pondered how he could get to Cuba.] It is an honor for us and a personal event for me to see you in january . The same will be for Rogelio.[^2] We wait for you; guardians of your soul.

[^2: The correspondence between Henze and Rodríguez has not been located and does not seem to have been preserved, however it appears from letters with Barnet and Henze's autobiography that the two tried to keep in touch. In his Autobiography, p. 378, Henze writes that in spring 1979 Rodríguez complained that Henze did not write him.]

Miguel Barnet

[Treffpunkt Freiburg Verkehrsamt Freiburg [The stamp depicts a coat of arms with Verkehrsamt Freiburg written underneath.]] [Freiburg im Breisgau 26-8-79 11 78] [1979 Europa 50 Deutsche Bundespost Telegrafenbüro 1863 [The information on the stamp is written in the margins.] [In the centre of the stamp, a gentleman facing the back sits at a table with a Morse telegraph.]]

Hans Werner Henze
Via La Leprara 00047
Marino
Roma
Italie/ Italien

A photo of people in the small wine cellar La Bodeguita del Medio, among them, on the right, two guitarists playing music. A man in sunglasses and a blue shirt holds a photo in his hands. The letters LA B DEL M are on the wall, the B and the M being twice as large as the other letters. The restaurant is also pictured in this photo.