Pianist & Composer Louis Rée (1861-1939): English Pk Vienna 1885 An G A.Zumsteeg

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You are bidding on one Handwritten, signed postcard ofpianists and composers Louis Ree (1861-1939).

Dated Währing, the 7th February 1885.

In 1885 Rée went to Vienna to take lessons from Theodor Leschetizky (piano) and Robert fuchs (composition).

Language: English.

addressed to the music dealerGA Zumsteeg in Stuttgartt who had published some of Rée's plays.

Text page described horizontally and horizontallyn; a procedure that was not uncommon at the time that allowed longer texts to be written, but limited readability.

Transcription:"Dear Mr Zumsteeg. Have just received your postcard, and write for this to say that a few hours after receipt (?) of your move(?) of music last Tuesday I sent off the packet to your address in Stuttgart as it was posted at the Hauptpost it ought to have reached you latest on thuesday morning. I also wrote you a card explaining the error. Please write & say if you have received the music & also have my Cherubini sent off as soon as possible. With reagards sincerely yours Louis Rée. PS Did you Mde. Keeler play in the Liederhalle that it was successful?"

postal stationery of the kk österr. Post Office; in the format 14 x 8.5 cm.

Condition: paper browned and somewhat stained; into the. Good. BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: corn22-3

About Louis Ree (Source: wikipedia):

Louis (Luis) Rée (born 15. October 1861 at Edinburgh; † 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was a pianist, composer and professor for piano and composition in Vienna.

Life: Louis Rée, son of a manufacturer, studied piano and theory at the conservatories in Geneva (1879/80) and Stuttgart (until 1884). In 1885 he went to Vienna to take lessons from Theodor Leschetizky (piano) and Robert fuchs (composition). In 1888 the pianist Susanne Pilz, whom he married in 1889, took part in one of his concerts in Vienna.

Together with his wife he undertook as a piano duo until approx. 1917 very successful concert tours through the cities of Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague and Dresden, during which his own compositions were performed in addition to a broad repertoire. In 1914 Louis Rée became a piano and composition teacher at the New Vienna Conservatory, where his wife also gave piano and singing lessons.

Compositions (selection)

orchestral works

Suites (e.g. In the Country, op. 25); Piano Concerto in D minor

Concertos for 2 pianos

Romance for violin and piano

2 and 4-hand piano pieces

Variations for Piano, Op. 8

Songs

Love Idyll, op. 10 (song cycle based on poems by E. Oehmke)

Eight songs, Op. 12 (after poems by M. Kalbeck)

Transcription:"Dear Mr Zumsteeg. Have just received your postcard, and write for this to say that a few hours after receipt (?) of your move(?) of music last Tuesday I sent off the packet to your address in Stuttgart as it was posted at the Hauptpost it ought to have reached you latest on thuesday morning. I also wrote you a card explaining the error. Please write & say if you have received the music & also have my Cherubini sent off as soon as possible. With reagards sincerely yours Louis Rée. PS Did you Mde. Keeler play in the Liederhalle that it was successful?" Together with his wife he undertook as a piano duo until approx. 1917 very successful concert tours through the cities of Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague and Dresden, during which his own compositions were performed
Transcription:"Dear Mr Zumsteeg. Have just received your postcard, and write for this to say that a few hours after receipt (?) of your move(?) of music last Tuesday I sent off the packet to your address in Stuttgart as it was posted at the Hauptpost it ought to have reached you latest on thuesday morning. I also wrote you a card explaining the error. Please write & say if you have received the music & also have my Cherubini sent off as soon as possible. With reagards sincerely yours Louis Rée. PS Did you Mde. Keeler play in the Liederhalle that it was successful?" Together with his wife he undertook as a piano duo until approx. 1917 very successful concert tours through the cities of Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague and Dresden, during which his own compositions were performed
Transcription:"Dear Mr Zumsteeg. Have just received your postcard, and write for this to say that a few hours after receipt (?) of your move(?) of music last Tuesday I sent off the packet to your address in Stuttgart as it was posted at the Hauptpost it ought to have reached you latest on thuesday morning. I also wrote you a card explaining the error. Please write & say if you have received the music & also have my Cherubini sent off as soon as possible. With reagards sincerely yours Louis Rée. PS Did you Mde. Keeler play in the Liederhalle that it was successful?" Together with his wife he undertook as a piano duo until approx. 1917 very successful concert tours through the cities of Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Prague and Dresden, during which his own compositions were performed
Autogrammart Schriftstück
Erscheinungsort Wien
Region Europa
Material Papier
Sprache Englisch
Autor Louis Rée
Original/Faksimile Original
Genre Geschichte
Eigenschaften Erstausgabe
Eigenschaften Signiert
Erscheinungsjahr 1885
Produktart Handgeschriebenes Manuskript