Barnet, Miguel: Brief an Henze, Hans Werner. undatiert
author: Barnet, Miguel
language: es
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After 21 September 1979 [The mentioned performance of El Cimarrón on 21 September 1979 in Warsaw proves that this letter was written after this date.]
Querido Hans:

Te vuelvo a escribir. Siempre te escribo. Nunca ho dejado de hacerlo. Quiero que definitivamente vengas es enero . [Here, Barnet refers to the announcement in Henze's previous letter of the latter's planned trip to Cuba in January 1980, which however did not eventuate. See also Barnet's postcard of 26 August 1979.] Hablé con Rogelio, Todo bien. Te esperamos. Como ves mi carta es un SOS porque un amigo se va en una hora y te escribo en las puertas del aeropuerto. [Barnet was at the airport to give his letter to his friend travelling to Europe.] Sabrás que hablé con Harold Gramatges. Quiero que sepas que he was very happy to have heard from you and he is going to do his best to manage an invitation for you.[^1] Te sugiero que lo es cribas una letra expresándole tu interés en venir en Enero. [Henze's letter to Gramatges has yet to be located.] He is very near to us, and I am sure he likes you and admires your profoundly.

[^1: Gramatges held significant roles in Cuban cultural policy institutions (among others he was a resident of the Asociación de Músicos de la Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba and a member of the Technical Advisory Council of the Minister of Culture) and this is why he could have officially invited Henze.]

Es posible que yo vuelva a USA a dar conferencias, como cuando fuí en mayo. De allá te escribí una postal, creo que fue desde Washington. [Barnet's postcard from Washington has yet to be located.] Si no tienes la dirección de Harold le escribes a la
UNEAC Calle 17 No. 351 esp. a H. El Vedado.

De todos modos, recibe etse mensaje con el mismo cariño de siempre y felicidades por tu Orfeo que I heard was a tremendous success.[^2] Si puedes consigue para mí los affiches del Cimarrón que se presentó en el Warsaw Autumm Festival en Septiembre 21,[^3] Marckoswsky me invitó pero era muy tarde y los polacos no tenía en su presupuesto el nombre mío. Que dolor! Aún no he podido escuchar El Cimarrón en vivo. [From Barnet's letter on 9 December 1976 and from a postcard, it seemed that El Cimarrón was planned in Havana in July 1977, but this apparently did not take place.] Algún día ese sueño se convertirá en realidad. [Barnet did not see El Cimarrón performed live until 10 May 1982, when he was in Rostock with Henze.]

[^2: Barnet refers to Henze's account of the premiere of Orpheus on 17 March 1979 in Stuttgart in his previous letter. Perhaps Barnet could have read the review of the work in The New York Times . See Anna Kisselgoff's article Ballet: Modern-Dress 'Orpheus' published on 27 June 1979 in The New York Times , p. 25.]

[^3: The premiere of El Cimarrón at the Warsaw Autumn Festival took place on 22 September 1979, performed by musicians of the Württembergische Staatsoper – Klaus Hirte (baritone), Robert Dohn (flute), Baldur Pollich (guitar), Dai Bowen (percussion) – and conducted by Henze. It cannot be ascertained whether Henze sent Barnet the requested poster.]

Te saludo y te abrazo con la amistad de siempre y la es [A line draw by hand joins the two letters, which were accidentally separated.]peranza de vernos muy pronto. Un big hug a Fausto.

Bring me a good record of your music. [Henze did not personally bring a recording to Barnet, but sent it to him, as he often did. See, for example, Henze's following letter of 8 October 1980.] Love,
Miguel Barnet