Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

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me, and accept the assurance of profound respect
from
' Your very obedient servant,
' Adolf Henselt.
' P.S.—I believe that there are no compositions cor-
responding to the numbers Op. 12, 21, 26, 27, 38 ;
but
if forthcoming, they must be something quite insig-
nificant. This confusion has been caused by various
publishers creating at their own discretion, and with-
out coming to any mutual understanding, the Opus
numbers. My publisher may perhaps give us a little
help in the matter. I will, however, forward his
report to you, for this tardy reply burns under my
fingers. I beg you will kindly excuse me, for I have
become stupid through this accident ' (the breaking of
his arm above alluded to) ; 'I labour painfully through
the masses of letters before I get at what I want. I
am an of&cial, and having once accepted service, must
discharge my duties thoroughly. It sometimes hap-
pens that I do not come at reading the letters I like
best on the day they reach me. The fact of its being
just now Holy Week helps me to perform my duty
towards you. I do not recognise the six themes of
Paganini as my work. What sort of valse is Petite
Valse pour Piano, Leipzig, Siegel ? I do not remember
any such composition. The two earlier of the same
kind are, of course, those in P and C major. I beg
you not to mention " Silent Love " as a song. It is