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| Hans von Bülow (1830-1894)
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Letter Dated on page 2: Berlin, 14 Aug[ust] [18]59 (Not available at this time) TRANSLATION
The A-minor Fugue of Bach1, which I played [at] my first appearance in Mr. Ritter's theater in Stettin2 and which I repeated last winter at an evening party with Mr. Strauss3, is one adapted by Franz Liszt for piano, originally written for organ. It is found in the six preludes and fugues which appeared at Peters in Leipzig in a new edition about five years ago, and is, in fact, the first one in the first volume which is preceded by an introduction by Dehn4. In Stettin I played a prelude likewise from the second volume. Regarding Bach's Italian Concerto which pleased the Stettin public even more, may I permit myself to add the information that the latter is to be published here within a short time in an edition revised by me and provided with interpretations.
Berlin, 14 August 1859 H v Bülow NOTES: 1. BWV 543 (Bach Works Catalog #543) 2. Alexander Ritter (1833-1896) was the conductor of the Stettin opera from 1856 to 1858. [Stettin is now Szczecin, Poland.] 3. "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, the younger (1825-1899) 4. Siegfried Wilhelm Dehn (1799-1858), important German theorist ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Hans von Bülow was born in Dresden, Germany January 8, 1830. He studied law the Leipzig, but turned to music and in 1851 went to Weimar to study piano with under Franz Liszt. Von Bülow married Liszt's daughter, Cosima, in 1857 who later married Richard Wagner. Von Bülow was an excellent pianist and conductor. In 1864, he became conductor of the Court Opera in Munich, and three years later was appointed director of the Munich Conservatory there. From 1850-1855, he was court conductor to the Duke of Meiningen. Von Bülow died in Cairo, Egypt on February 12, 1894.
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