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Autograph note signed with initials on his visiting card : [n.p., Strasbourg?, n.d., January 1858?], to [Josef H. Hasselmans?], [n.d., 1858 Jan.?]

Record ID
140140
Accession number
MFC W134.H355
Creator
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Biographical Data
German composer.
Object title

Autograph note signed with initials on his visiting card : [n.p., Strasbourg?, n.d., January 1858?], to [Josef H. Hasselmans?], [n.d., 1858 Jan.?]

Date
[n.d., 1858 Jan.?]
Provenance
A note accompanying the card, in the hand of Alfred Cortot, says that it was in Strassburg around 1848 that Wagner heard Hasselmans conduct parts of Der fliegende Holländer, and that the card was a gift of Mme Hasselmans to Cortot on 1 January [n.y.].
Notes
Wagner, in Mein Leben, relates that it was in Strassburg in January 1858, that, unknown to Hasselmans, he heard him conduct the overture to Tannhäuser before a French play (see Mein Leben, 570-71; My Life, 556-57).
Associated names
Hasselmans, Josef H., 1814-1902, recipient.
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.