Brief [Durchschlag] von H. W. Henze an W. H. Auden, 27. August 1964
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Vorausgehend
- 1964-08-08: an Sacher
- 1964-08-25: von Kallman
Folgend
- 1964-10-26: an Auden
- 1964-08-29: von Auden
[Typoskript]
Castel Gandolfo (Rom)
Via dei Laghi 18
My letter to you with a request of a slightly
accelerated reply to my proposed omissions* had just
left when yours arrived containing all the things
requested. First of all I was very proud to have a
letter by the master himself, and secondly I was
very touched that you accepted and helped.* I have
been in Edinburgh in the meantime to hear my hitherto
best piece, "Ariosi" for soprano, violin, and orchestra
which was played very beautifully there.* I saw Ken
Bartlett of Schotts
there who said, "Of course the
textwhall[sic]‡ be printed as it is and a way will be found
to indicate the bits that haven’t been set. "
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I’m looking forward to Chester’s visit* (Please
tell him to let me know in time when he arrives and
let him take note of the fact that I will not be here
in September from the 16th to the 27th, and in October
from the 13th to the 20th.).* In Edinburgh I met Desmond
Shore-Taylor who was raving about you both and about
Bassy.* I discovered that "Ariosi" contained forebodings
to Bassy, exactly in the direction I’m being guided
by my inner ear.
I love you.
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- Elena Minetti
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- Elena Minetti
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Textzeuge: Basel (Schweiz), Paul Sacher Stiftung (CH-Bps), Sammlung Hans Werner Henze, Abteilung: Korrespondenz
Signatur: Auden, Wystan HughQuellenbeschreibung
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1.Maschinenschrift, Henze, Hans Werner.
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"whall"sic
Einzelstellenerläuterung
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"… that you accepted and helped."In Auden’s letter of 16 August 1964, the two librettists requested the libretto be printed in full and provided some corrections to the libretto.
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"… played very beautifully there ."The premiere of Ariosi, conducted by Colin Davies, was held in Edinburgh on 23 August 1964.
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"… bits that haven't been set."In this quote, Ken Bartlett, who at the time was director of the opera and concert section of the Schott publishing house in Mainz, refers to the possibility of printing the libretto in its entirety, i.e., even the parts that Henze did not actually set to music, as requested by the librettists in Auden’s letter of 16 August 1964. In the libretto printed in the original English version, the parts of the text that Henze did not set to music are given in square brackets. In the libretto in German, however, these are not translated and are omitted altogether.
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"… looking forward to Chester's visit"In his letter dated 11 August 1964, Kallman had told Henze that he would happily take a kind of honeymoon with Kosta to Italy at the end of September and stay at Henze’s place.
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"… 13th to the 20th .)."It could not be ascertained whether Kallman actually went to visit Henze at Castelgandolfo in the fall of 1964.