Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Hans von Bülow

February 10, 1859 · Venice

Overview

Wagner permits Bülow to perform the Tristan Prelude in Prague but tells him he must write a concert ending for it himself.

Letter

[...] If you want to perform the Tristan Overture in Prague, I have nothing against it. Only you must make a close for it yourself. You cannot expect me to do that. [...]

Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Vol. 2, selected and ed. Wilhelm Altmann, trans. M. M. Bozman (J. M. Dent & Sons, 1927), No. 393