$1,000
Autographed letter signed ("Clara Schumann"), two pages, on a bifolium, on personal blind-stamped letterhead, integral leaf blank, Wiesbaden, Germany, July 12, 1858, in German. The German pianist and composer (1819-1896), wife of Robert Schumann, writes to Frankfurt music dealer Carl Theodor Henkel (she makes mention of his brother, Heinrich Henkel). The letter cites two works performed in Weisbaden on July 21, 1858 (R. Schumann's Quintet op. 44 and his melodramatic ballads op. 122). The address docket at the end references Carl Bogler, the organist and conductor, with whom Schumann was staying while in Weisbaden. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches folded.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
