Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)., L.A.S. ‘JBr’, [Vienna, 28 December 1889]

With a touch of humour, Brahms thanks his friend for the gift of an autograph by Carl Maria von WEBER: ‘You’re showering me with sweets, and yet I do eat sweets. – I’m not exactly a serious autograph collector, mind you, but a letter from Weber to Spohr, which even mentions *Jessonda* and *Euryanthe*, really strikes a chord with me! That’s right up my street; I’m a sucker for that sort of thing! Thank you ever so much” (Why are you showering me with such sweets? I do love sweets! To tell the truth, I’m not exactly a die-hard autograph collector, but a letter from Weber to Spohr – in which Jessonda and Euryanthe are also mentioned – well, that really tugs at my heartstrings! That’s exactly my sort of thing; I’m a complete softie when it comes to that! Thank you so very much). He learns that his *Sprüche* (a suite of three motets, *Fest- und Gedenksprüche*, Op. 109) have been performed in Leipzig, and urges Simrock to have the score printed and to send him the proofs: ‘I was told from Frankfurt that the Sprüche had already been performed in Leipzig, and that people therefore felt entitled to lay claim to them. Have I been left out in the cold? Well, now that you have the score, do have it engraved and send me a proof’... He concludes by mentioning a concert by his friend, the singer Julius Stockhausen, whom he thinks of with melancholy: “I think of Stockhausen with great melancholy!”.. Johannes Brahms, Correspondence, XII, no. 696.

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