Briefkarte von M. Barnet an H. W. Henze, zwischen 30. April  und 27. Juni 1969

Schreibstile

• 1.

  Maschinenschrift, Barnet, Miguel.
• 2.

  Handschrift, Barnet, Miguel, Buntstift (lila).

Textkonstitution

• 1.

  "… Muy"The word "Muy" is often used at the beginning of letters in this correspondence and therefore does not seem to be a mistake. Perhaps Barnet is playing on a combination of the Spanish word "Muy" (very) and the English word "my", meaning "my very dear friend".
• 2.

  "i"über der Zeile hinzugefügt
• 3.

  "y"über der Zeile hinzugefügt
• 4.

  "u¡is"sic
• 5.

  "… u¡is like paradise. I hope"From the word "hope" the colour of the ribbon has obviously been changed, resulting in a mixture of black - or rather grey - and red-coloured ribbon. The ribbon must have been so loosely clamped that it changed between the two colours indiscriminately, so that some letters are difficult to read, especially where the letters are almost only red (especially lines 12-15). Individual letters were retouched by hand.
• 6.

  "pr r o fuond"sic
• 7.

  "o""r" ersetzt durch "o"
• 8.

  "b"in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 9.

  "african"sic
• 10.

  ","in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 11.

  "a"in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 12.

  "a"in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 13.

  "o"in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 14.

  "n"in der Zeile hinzugefügt, handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel
• 15.

  Folgend: handschriftlich, Buntstift (lila), Barnet, Miguel

Einzelstellenerläuterung

• 1.

  [Abbildungsbeschreibung]Abstract original painting in blue, red and white tempera colours, signed on the left with the initials of the as yet unidentified author "R.M.". In the image a kind of emblem in a square box and the letters "F" and "E" can be made out.
• 2.

  "… 1969 and 27 June 1969"The date is derived from the content of the letter. Barnet mentions Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s departure from Cuba, which took place at the end of April 1969. Therefore, it can be assumed that Barnet did not write this letter before the end of April. Furthermore, it is presumed that this letter was not written after 27 June 1969, when Henze sent a telegram to Barnet.
• 3.

  "… so much, you can’t imagine."Henze’s first trip in Cuba lasted from 21 March to 16 April 1969, as stated in his Autobiography, p. 260.
• 4.

  "muy"recte "my".
• 5.

  "… cable welcoming you home ."Barnet refers to Henze’s return to Marino from his trip to Cuba. Barnet’s telegram, which was intended to welcome Henze to Marino, has yet to be identified.
• 6.

  "… Pietro, Italo, and Iyoto Makiko"It is unclear who the people mentioned are. They were probably friends who met Henze on his return to Italy.
• 7.

  "… time write him a letter."Letters from the correspondence between Henze and Leo Brouwer are kept at the Paul Sacher Foundation. Perhaps as a result of this suggestion, Henze sent Brouwer a telegram from Marino for the first time on 27 June 1969.
• 8.

  "… b out new african poetry"It cannot be ascertained which "essay" Barnet is referring to in this letter. However, his ethnographic research on African culture already led to the publication of an essay a few years earlier in 1966 entitled La segunda africanía.
• 9.

  "hallo"recte "hall".
• 10.

  "… o queen to come out."Barnet is referring to his book La canción de Rachel, published in 1969.
• 11.

  "… friendship and love and brightness."Hans Magnus Enzensberger lived in Cuba from October 1968 to the end of April 1969. In his book Tumult, p. 191, he mentions that he was back in Berlin on 1 May 1969 and had already travelled to Prague before that. This information is relevant for dating this letter.
• 12.

  "… weeks and the n nothing."As already mentioned, Henze was in Cuba from 21 March to 16 April 1969.
• 13.

  [Rotation]Abschnitt, Text im Uhrzeigersinn gedreht (90°).
• 14.

  "… 1964-1965"Since Henze and Barnet first met in March 1969, this date does not date back to the same period as the writing of the letter. Barnet may have written on a letter card in which this date had already been printed.
• 15.

  [Abbildungsbeschreibung]Barnet’s graphic signature.