Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

HENBELT 291
taken from the Duo for pianoforte and horn, and
gives evidence of my numerical poverty, though the
melody is indeed one of my best.
'
" Evening Thoughts for the Pianoforte," in the
Elizabeth Pest-Album, is quite unknown to me. " A
Few Observations derived from my Experiences,"* is
this known to you in the Russian edition, and by what
means ? I thought it was only to be had here ' (in St.
Petersburg). ' I beg of you not to include in your list
the " four vocal numbers." The overture of Llwoll
has no business to be named here with the others.!
' I have received Stellowsky's list, and enclose it to
you here.l I believe that you have omitted nothing,
but, on the contrary, that you have named rather too
many. Perhaps you may think it desirable to make
mention of an Etude in A minor, which is just coming
out in the school of Lebert and Stark. Also a morning
song in G major, printed here for the benefit of those
who suffered in Samarow, and in the burning of the
* ' On Pianoforte Teaching : as a Guide for Teachers and
Students in the Imperial Institutes entrusted to me.' I
had become acquainted with this work through a friend of
Henselt's.
t By Weber and Beethoven, arranged by Henselt as a pianoforte
solo for concert performance.
% The llussian catalogue mentions Opus 51 of Henselt,
while in Germany only forty have appeared with the Opus
number indicated. The Russian catalogue has accordingly
named several compositions without giving the Opus number,
and difEers from the German edition by giving them in quite a
different order of succession.