John Hawes an Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns in Berlin
London, Dienstag, 6. Juli 1869
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I must first of all beg your forgiveness for not having answered your letter before this. It arrived at the highth‡ of our Season when I was very much engaged and had not time to get all the information you wished to have respecting the publication of Weber’s Oberon.
As to the Mr. Robertson you mention, I can give you all the information. He was not a Music publisher, but was Secretary, and Treasurer to Covent Garden Theatre, and as Mr. Charles Kemble engaged Weber to write the Opera for that Theatre, of course, Weber would send it direct to the Secretary at the Theatre which will accounts‡ for the notes in his diary. — After Weber came to England he was on very friendly terms with Mr. Robertson — Do you not think the piece you saw in Berlin, might have been “dedicated” to him — We have never had a Music publisher in London of that name —
2) Euryanthe was never given as an “Opera” in any Theatre in England. I have heard “parts” of it introduced by Tietjens*, and others, into “Oberon” — but otherwise it has only been heard in “Selections” in Concerts. —
3) As to the inscription on the Cup*. I fear it is impossible now to obtain it. I have seen the party who sold it to my father, and he has looked through his book but cannot find it, and unfortunately the man who engraved it, died about four years ago. —
Should your friend Mr. von Lauer return to England, I shall be very happy to see him, if he will call on me. — Any further assistance I can be with respect to information for your work, I shall be most happy to give it you and
Believe me to remain
very truly yours
John Hawes
P.S.
Mr. Charles Kemble was the Manager of Covent Garden and engaged Weber to write “Oberon” for that Theatre — Mr. Robertson was his Secretary and lived in the Theatre.
Of course I was very young at the time all this took place, but I have a perfect recollection of it and also of poor Weber.
I delivered your letter to Benedict Myself the day after its arrival
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teilt mit, dass es keinen Musikverleger namens Robertson in London gab; es erklärt sich, dass Weber den Oberon in Teilen an R. ablieferte, da dieser Sekretär von Charles Kemble im Covent Garden Theatre war; die Euryanthe ist (bis 1869) nicht in England gegeben worden, nur Teile daraus integriert in Oberon oder im Konzertsaal; die Inschrift auf dem Silberpokal kann er nicht finden in den Papieren seines Vaters, der Graveur, ist schon seit 4 Jahren tot
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“I must first of all beg your forgiveness for not having answered”
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John Warrack hat freundlicherweise Korrektur gelesen und merkte an, dass Hawes’ Bemerkung über die Euryanthe insofern nicht stimme, da sie am 29. Juni 1833 in Covent Garden und am 3. Juni 1840 im Prince’s Theatre gegeben wurde.
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- Eveline Bartlitz; Joachim Veit
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“highth”sic!
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“accounts”sic!
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“… of it introduced by Tietjens”Therese Tietjens (1831–1877).
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“… the inscription on the Cup”Zur Übergabe des Silberpokals an Weber am 16. März 1826 vgl. seine Tagebuchnotiz, den Brief an seine Frau vom 16./17. März 1826 sowie den Bericht in der Zeitung für die elegante Welt vom 4. April 1826. Die Inschrift ist in der Ausgabe der Reise-Briefe (Leipzig 1886, S. 114) überliefert.
