Heinrich Baermann to Giacomo Meyerbeer, 28 April 1832
To Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Transcription Meyerbeer, Giacomo. Briefwechsel und Tagebücher, ed. Heinz Becker. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1959-2006, bd. II p. 172–4.
Summary
Baermann discusses his impressions of Meyerbeer's opera Robert le Diable, sent to him by Meyerbeer in piano score, describes his experience of presenting it to his acquaintances, and the prospects of a performance in Munich, which he played a part in bringing about. He looks forward to seeing Meyerbeer in Munich when the opera is staged. Baermann requests that Meyerbeer translate and circulate his essay for the English and French newspapers, stating that it has already been printed in ‘three German musical newspapers’.
