Walker-My_Musical_Ex.. - Walter Cosand

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may well imagine. Becker plays it with an Intro-
duction in G Major in f
time ; and this might pass
well enough if it only suited the close in F Minor.
" Allegro Appassionato " is quite correct. My indica-
tion in German would be "ausserst bewegt," or else
" schnell," and with " ausserst starker Emmpfindung "
(extremely agitated, or else rapidly, and with ex-
tremely deep feeling)
—
a propos before I knew any-
thing of you I gave mottoes to some of the smaller
pieces in several of my cahiers
—
i.e., in the Gar-
neral, for instance, in Phantasiestiicke and others.
You find there " Traumeswirren," "in der Nacht,"
"warum"—a considerable number. The last-named
compositions will please you, but the Cameval not
quite so well. In the midst of my hard-working and
active life I have just written eighteen Darid's-
hundler-tclnze, and for this reason you must forgive
me my bad writing.
' I can hardly get beyond one thought,* being full
of thoughts; and yet all the more I am full of the
pianoforte, and especially of you, whom I so love and
value. If I only don't forget the title for the Studies,
are you
which will be ready in eight days ! What
going to do about the dedication? If the sanction
from Munich were once in your hands, + a new one
* The last two words are nearly illegible.
f The studies, Op. 2, were dedicated to Louis I., King of
Bavaria, whose assistance had enabled him to study under
Hummel.