No addressee

(Madame Furstner ?)

Milan

23rd April, 1993

Madam,

I thank you for your charming letter and apologise for the delay in replying. But we were in Verona where they insisted on honouring my husband at a performance of Pagliacci.

I really think that a travelling bag would do very well as the present that you so kindly wish to give to my husband.

Please give my regards to your husband. It will be a great event for me to come to Berlin to make your acquaintance. But I would remind you of your promise to send us the new photographs.

I think you would do well, if you wish to come to Italy to delay the journey because in Milan in May everyone goes to the country.

My husband and I are very sorry not to be able to come to Karlesruhe. My husband has to leave next month for London where they are presenting Pagliacci. He will be away a fortnight and then, on his return, he has a lot of work to do to finish "Les Medicis". He asks your husband to forgive him if he does not write.

Accept my kind regards and give best wishes to your husband from Roger and our family. Tell him from me that I shall not forget the kind words in his letter, and that I am sure that in the future our friendship will be even greater

Berthe Leoncavallo

Undated No Address

To Madame Fürstner

Dear Madame Fürstner,

This evening I am going to Madame L er.....and, unfortunately,
cannot get out of this engagement.

I was on the point of writing to you to tell you that, yesterday,
Mr. Jacobson called on me, very shame-facedly to ask if it would be
possible to postpone your dinner to another day (a Thursday for instance)
because on the 27th he has the premiere of the new piece "l'Etoile du Sud"
and that he would be delighted to see me in the theatre seeing that we
are always together.

I replied that I had accepted *your* invitation and that *I was*
*yours* for the evening of the 27th.

Now, if without inconveniencing yourself too much you could
change the day or have dinner earlier, that would settle everything.

If that is impossible, it is understood that I shall be at
your house.

I shall *wxx* await your decision on this plan holding myself,
of course, entirely at your service.

With best wishes,

Believe me,

Your devoted

R. Leoncavallo

No addressee.

28 February. 1894

Hôtel Central

My dear friend,

I would be greatly obliged to you if, before my departure, you
would give me in German currency, the six thousand francs that remain out
of the ten thousand concerning the Chatterton business.

As I am stopping on my way at Mannheim and at Vienna I prefer to
have this money on me during the journey.

I shall be very grateful to you, therefore, if you will make
the arrangements for me to have this sum before I leave here on the 3rd
March next.

Until tomorrow's lunch at your house,

Believe me always your devoted
R. Leoncavallo

R. Leoncavallo

LEONCAVALLO

Milan, 12th May, 1895

My dear friend,

I have just received your letter and am replying to it at once so that you may know the reasons why I wrote my last letter, and so that you do not imagine things that are not true. You are not, therefore, unaware that I have a contract that ties me to Sonzogno for the 'Vie de Boheme' for 'Roland' and another work. I am paid for each of these works 50,000 francs - payable in this way: - 500 francs a month until the depository of the work, the third part of the sum on depositing the main orchestral score and the balance on the day of the first performance. You see that it is an excellent contract. I have three years in which to finish 'La Vie de Boheme' and 'Roland' - the time for the third work is yet to be arranged. It is unnecessary to say that the contract is in good order and officially registered. Now this is what happened. When I was in Rome in order to present the libretto of 'Chatterton' to the Queen, all the newspapers spoke of this work and M. Sonzogno got very angry with me saying that I had worked with another agent for the setting of this work, and he talked of preventing the performance of 'Chatterton' and of causing me trouble. Then my lawyer convinced him that I was entirely within my rights the contract with Tedeschi being anterior to his contract for the "Vie de Boheme" 'Roland' and the other work, and that in his contract I had no fixed time in which to deposit the 'Vie de Boheme' with him. Now the matter is settled and we are friends as before; It was during the time that he was so angry with me that I had the idea rather than have another lawsuit (although I was certain to win it by my contract) of breaking the contract I had with Sonzogno. And, as I recall, that when the 'Berliner Tageblatt' announced while I was in Berlin, that the opera was by command of the Emperor, you came to my hotel early in the morning and said to me "If you like, I offer you the same contract that you have signed for 'Chatterton', 'for Roland'"

As I remembered this fact I wanted to treat you more as a friend than as a publisher by asking you - if these works were free what would you give me? There is the explanation of my question.

Now take no notice at all of my letter, act as if it were null and void and had not arrived.

For the remainder - everything is arranged with Sonzogno and even if you could offer me the treasures of Peru I could not accept them.

Only I cannot refrain from smiling at your sentence in which you advise me to deal after the first night of Chatterton! My dear friend, you who are so subtle must have thought that God willing and with His favour, I have great success with 'Chatterton', the Monday morning of the opening night I would have several publishers with whom to deal for my future works!

I must also answer you on the subject of 'Roland' that you do not know what I shall do with the poem, but that I shall beware of doing a single thing that interests only Berlin. On the contrary!

I believe I have sufficiently proved what I am going to do, as a

29.5.95

My dear friend,

Forgive me if I am late in replying to your letter of 15th May,
for business and my work, especially on "Chatterton" have prevented me.

I hasten to tell you, at once, that there never has been even
a second's disagreement between us - nor will there ever be.

I made a proposition to you without explaining the motives that
prompted me to do so, and you refused. Well, that's no reason for ceasing to
be good friends.

And to prove to you that to discuss things is not necessarily to
be angry, I am going to answer your letter sentence by sentence in order to
prove to you (in spite of your non-agreement) that right is on my side.

You say that the best argument to prove that you share all my
confidence in my future works is to note that you did not hesitate to become
involved in "La Boheme" of which the libretto is unknown to you. First of
all I would bring to your notice the fact that when Peters was dealing with
Sonzogno about the publication of La Boheme, it was you who wrote to me
regretting that he had not made the suggestion to you: and I still have
your letter.

*As for the poem, you can make your mind easy for it was written
by the one who wrote Pagliacci, Medicis and Chatterton. It suffices to
tell you that Franchette (my colleague) had suggested that if I had been
willing to do a libretto for him he would have paid twenty thousand francs!
See what a reputation as a librettist I have here in addition to one as a
musician!! As for the other argument that you say you are paying only for
Germany and Austria what M. Sonzogno is giving me for every country, I would
like you to consider that that is yet another unwitting error. First of all,
M. Sonzogno is the first who had faith in "Pagliacci", Then, he is himself,
putting on the works by engaging artistes of the first rank and inviting to
the first night the entire European Press - something that no other publisher
is doing.

*(Translation note: presumably "Es war ein Traum" 1.1.93)

And again, by paying for "La Boheme" 50,000 francs and commissioning from me in the same contract two operas at the same price, he was offering me a contract of 150,000 francs, payable in one sum and not as a reward after so many performances. And note that I still have 30% of the profits!.

And now that I have answered your remarks, let us speak of urgent matters.

M. Sonzogno who is terribly fearful about "Chatterton" after shouting and threatening, seeing that, from the legal point of view, there was nothing to be done, ended by suggesting that I should enter into partnership with Zedeschi for that opera. I shall try to persuade Zedeschi to make some suggestions to him for if we can achieve the end, vut M. Sonzogno, instead of making war, interested himself as well in this opera it will be a real piece of luck for the future of the opera. All the more so that, latterly, something very fortunate for me has occurred. I don't know if your newspapers have reported it, but I have just won my court case against Ricardi! After the publication of the verdict Ricardi brought some friends into the battle to suggest to me that we should come to an agreement. I shall be doing myself out of something but I shall accept for that will make more friends for me. And if he does not ... the works that do not belong to him, he will not be antagonistic, and that is already a great benefit. You see that all goes well on my side.

Now another bit of news. Mr. Sonzogno left yesterday for Paris to make definite arrangements for the performance of "Pagliacci" at the Opera Comique. From there he will go to Berlin in a fortnight's time, you will therefore, be able to see him and arrange with him the business of the publication of "La Boheme". It is unnecessary to advise you that what we are writing, and have written to each other remains between ourselves. Besides, it is a much in your interest as in mine to keep silent.

And now some advice. If, by chance, he speaks to you about "Martyse" do not accept any offer at all, for during a whole year that the opera has been shewn, there is only one single theatre, that of Palermo, where one had to provide the musical score gratis - and now in London (which will be the second theatre" Aplerberg who had the stupidity to buy it is compelled to pay Hary (?) so that he can produce it.

Have you heard of the great failure of Mascagni at Naples in......
and...!!!

He was missed even in the street. He is finished. Give my regards to
Madame Fürstner and believe me, in all sincerity and friendship,

Your devoted
R. Leoncavallo

Milan

11....1895

My dear good friend,

First of all thank you for the service you have done me and I
can assure you wholeheartedly as an honest man that you will not regret having
done this for me and that you will always have in me a true friend.

Enclosed you will find the draft which I have drawn up in Italian
so that it is legal being written in Italian stamped paper.

You will give it up on payment, when in four or five months time,
I send you the completed "Chatterton"

Before leaving for the country I will send you my address in
case you have anything to write to me about.

Kindest regards to your wife and yourself from your devoted friend.

R. Leoncavallo

Milan 9 June 1895

My dear friend,

I have a favour to ask of you and I would be very grateful if
you could render me this service.

This is what it is about.
You remember that I asked you for the agency of your Firm for my elder brother whom I wished to set up in Alexandria ex in Egypt. Before incurring any expense I made careful enquiries and, instead of sending my brother to Egypt where business might have been uncertain, I have made my brother a partner in a Parisian publishing house that you know, for they told me that you have granted them the agency for France - that is to say the firm of Qubagard and Company, 21, rue des Capucines.

This matter has necessitated the expenditure of certain small sums of money and now I find myself rather short of money not wanting to spend my savings.

Now on the 15th of this month I have to make a payment that embarrasses me. To get over this thought of approaching you to ask if you can advance me the sum of 10,000 francs out of the share which will revert to me from Chatterton. In four months time (or five at the most) the opera will be finished and you will have to pay Tedeschi 50,000 francs out of which, as you know, by my contract with Tedeschi who has granted me 50% overall, 25,000 francs will come to me.

It is therefore, only an advance that you would be making me and you would be doing me a great favour at the present moment. In addition, to safeguard you, if you are willing to render me this service, I offer you a draft payable in six months time at the offices of Lou....gno.

If I have sent you the opera beforehand you will use my draft as part of the payment, if I have not forwarded the opera (a contingency which will not arise) you will claim repayment from gno in six months time.XXXXXX

If you will do me this favour be kind enough to answer by telegram, saying simply "Agreed, send draft" And I will send you by return the draft at the same time as you send the money.

If you are willing to do me this service I ask you to arrange for me to receive the money by the 15th June at the latest.

In any case send your reply by telegram so that I may know what to expect.

It is unnecessary to insist upon asking you to do me this favour for I know that if you can do it you will do it out of friendship for me. A thousand thanks in advice. I am always your friend,

R. Leoncavallo

In my next letter I hope to confirm the news that I have arranged for the premiere of "Chatterton" in St. Petersburg at the end of December with De Lucia Batti...and la....at the Aquarium theatre. I forgot to tell you that I have warned Tedeschi about my approach to you and the he has nothing to say about it.

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Lake Maggiore

28 Dec. 1896

My very dear friend,

In spite of the overwhelming task of finishing the score of "La Boheme" on which I am working, I cannot let these days pass without wishing Madame Fürstner and yourself all the very best things that you may desire in the New Year for both of you and for your charming children - and my wife joins me in this.

If this past year has not been a happy one for us because of that idiot...called Monsieur Tedeschi, things will not be the same next year.

First of all I must tell you that I have started legal proceedings against this Monsieur Tedeschi, and I hope by the end of the year to have forced from him this work which he does not deserve to possess, and I have already spoken about "Chatterton" to Monsieur Sonzogno who, himself, will launch the work when I have become the owner of it. In any case at the end of next year I shall go myself to implant "Chatterton" in Germany. And this is my plan! I have to present my "Boheme" next Spring at Mr. Sonzogno's Lyric Theatre. Then, at the end of March I shall go to Paris to be present at the first night of "Pagliacci" which will be given at the Opera Comique, then, after resting for a few months, I shall accept the offer made to me of an artistic tour in Germany and in Hungary, entirely to direct some of my own works and I shall insist on directing "Chatterton" in every town as I have the greatest faith in this work and am sure that under... the work can only have a triumph as it did in Rome.

In the meantime if you can get it presented in some city such as Hamburg, for instance, it wouldn't be bad. Only we must be on the look out for the artistes who will put it on for the first time. In Vienna there is nothing new. When I wrote to you in such a confident way that they would present the work on the 19th November last it was because de Brissage had received the telegram that I am sending you from my friend... who had been induced in error through false news. Send me news of you and yours and believe me always with complete devotion

Yours sincere friend
R. Leoncavallo

Would you kindly have a score of "Chatterton" sent to Van Dyck in Vienna. And I wanted to ask you also, if you have printed the whole orchestral score, to be kind enough to make me a present of a copy for with Mr. Tedeschi now I speak only as a bailiff!

LEONCAVALLO

10th July, 1896.

My dear friend,

I have been a long time writing to you, but I have had so many worries and so many disappointments, that I have been unable to write before. Forgive me- this does not in any way affect the great friendship I feel for you, as, U hope this delay in writing to you will not, in any way, have changed the ttrust and friendship of which you have given me proof.

Now let us speak of our most important matters.

You were quite right to warn me about Mr. Tedeschi. It is to his complete ineptitude and to his lack of frankness that I owe all the worries that have affected me latterly and that have even affected my health. He has completely deceived me about his financial position, for had I known, this as it really is, I would not have risked a large amount with him.

But what I especially bear him a grudge for is that knowing what limited means he had at his disposal he obstinately refused to have anything to do with Monsieur Sonzogno who made him two different offers before the first night.

These two offers were as follows:

First of all he suggested that he would look after the six launching of the work both in Italy and abroad taking only 25% of the proceeds, but that these transactions must be dealt with entirely by him alone. Mr. Tedeschi remained the owner of the publication and would only have to go every three months to M. Sonzogno's office to pick up his share and check the accounts. Mr. Tedeschi refused this first offer saying that this would lessen his importance as a publisher and that he also wished to have the right to negotiate the lettings.

Then M. Sonzogno made us a second offer, namely to give us 30,000 francs and the 30% of the business in return for the sole right of booking. Mr. Tedeschi still remaining the owner of the publication. This time Mr. Zedeschi replied by letter that this offer was not worth consideration, Well, when one refuses with such obstinacy the support of a great publisher one must have hundreds of thousands of francs to get the works moving! And Mr. Zedeschi hasn't a penny!! What has happened? What must have happened in view of the condition of absolute monopoly that Italian law grants to the two great Italian publishers Mr. Sonzogno & Mr. Ricordi. Having seen the tremendous success of 'Chatterton' in Rome (for, my friend, I believe you must have been informed by friends, and the success of the work could not have been greater) and seeing that Mr. Tedeschi was unwilling to yield and give him a share in this success Mr. Sonzogno decided to make open war upon the work in Italy in order to prevent any benefit accruing to this third publisher who had appeared on the scene. And in this action he was completely in agreement with my enemy Mr. Ricordi. That is why they did everything possible to cause the failure of the piece in Milan; but they have not succeeded, for when you

hear this piece in the theatre you will be convinced of its future
and that plotters will be unable to do anything against it!!

If Mr. Tedeschi had had any money the performance could have
continued. But, as I have said, he risked nothing beyond what you gave
him!! Imagine whether one can make war on two firms such as Sonzogno and
Ricordi. I have proof in writing that I have done everything possible to
get him to agree with Mr. Sonzogno. He was not willing to do this. This
is one more proof of his incapacity and his casualness. Under these
conditions I prefer not to both with the promotion of this work in Italy,
for the moment, because I hope, after giving "La Boheme" to Mr. Sonzogno
to find ways and means to int4rest him in "Chatterton" in Italy. But I am
working abroad. "Chatterton" will be presented in London next November,
and I have seen it announced officially in the Neue Freie Presse that it
will be presented in Vienna in the next season.

That will be the great event and that's where the work is needed
because from there "Chatterton" will be launched as "Pagliacci" was. I
have just written to ... following the advice given me by Madame
Doubzcka, to know what artistes are available, and I have also written to
my friend who is going to Vienna in a few days time to persuade Van Dyck
and Reccard I told her that I am prepared to make every possible arrange-
ment for both of them. It is better to sacrifice a few notes and have
first class artistes. Have you a possible tenor in Berlin now? The eternal
Sylva would really be impossible! Give me some news of yourself, and
offer your wife from my wife as well as from me our best wishes, and
believe me always, Your devoted friend

R. Leoncavalo
Villa Giovanelli,
Brissago, Lago Maggiore (Switzerland)

They have written to me from Prague about giving Chatterton

Berlin

20th June 1897

My dear friend,

I am very sorry but today I have received an invitation from a friend whom I met last night at the theatre.

As I am staying here a few days would you kindly arrange for another day.

In the meantime please give my regards to Madame Fürstner and
accept the best wishes

of your devoted

R. Leoncavallo

Bemerkungen.

1. Für den Verlust von rekommandierten Briefpostgegenständen nach und von Argentinien, Brasilien, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Kolonie, Mexiko, Natal, Paraguay, Peru, Transvaal, den Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika, sowie sämtlichen britischen Kolonien in Australien wird bis aut weiteres keine Vergütung geleistet. Im Verkehr mit den übrigen Postvereinsländern wird für den Verlust eines rekommandierten Briefpostgegenstandes (auch einer Einzugsmandatsendung) eine Entschädigung von Fr. 50 bezahlt.

2. Bei Verlust, Spoliation oder Beschädigung von Wertbriefen oder Wertschachteln hat der Verender, oder auf sein Begohren der Adressat, den Fall höherer Gewalt ausgenommen, Anspruch auf eine dem Betrag des wirklichen Schadons gleichkommende Entschädigung, es sei denn, dass der Schaden durch Verschulden oder Nachlässigkeit des Versenders herbeigeführt worden sei oder von der Natur des Genstandes selbst herrühre. Die Entschädigung darf in keinem Falle den Betrag der Wertdeklaration überrteigen.

3. Die Postverwaltung haftet für Einzugsmandatbeträge und Geldanweisungen bis zum Betrage der einkassierten, bezw. einbezahlten Summe.

4. Schadenersatzforderungen müssen innert Jahresfrist, vom Tage der Aufgabe der Sendung an gerechnet, geltend gemacht werden. Spätero Reklamationen werden nicht mehr berücksichtigt.

Observations.

1. Jusqu'à nouvel ordre il n'est payé aucune indemnité du fait de la perte d'envois recommandés de la poste aux lettres à destination ou provenant de la Rép. Argentine, du Brésil, du Canada, de la Colonie du Cap, de l'Equateur, des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, du Guatemala, du Mexique, de Natal, du Paraguay, du Pérou, du Transvaal et de toutes les Colonies britanniques d'Australie. Dans l'échange avec tous les autres pays de l'Union postale, il est payé une indemnité de fr. 50 pour la perte d'envois recommandés de la poste aux lettres (y compris les envois de recouvrements).

2. Sauf le cas de force majeure, lorsqu'une lettre ou une boîte contenant des valeurs déclarées a été perdue, spoliée ou avariée, l'expéditeur ou, sur sa demande, le destinataire, a droit à une indemnité correspondant au montant réel de la perte, de la spoliation ou de l'avarie, à moins que le dommage n'ait été causé par la faute ou la négligence de l'expéditeur, ou ne provienne de la nature de l'objet, et sans que l'indemnité puisse dépasser en aucun cas la somme déclarée.

3. Pour les recouvrements et les mandats-poste, l'Administration des postes est responsable jusqu'au montant encaissé, soit versé.

4. Les demandes en indemnité doivent être présentées dans le terme d'une année à compter du jour de la consignation de l'objet ; il n'est pas tenu compte des réclamations présentées après ce terme.

From:

Adolph Fursver

Engelberg, 18th July, 1896

Very dear friend and Maestro Leoncavallo,

I received with great pleasure your friendly and interesting
lines of the 10th sent on from Berlin.

Above all, my sincere congratulations on the 100th performance
of Pagliacci which took place in Berlin last Wednesday with Mr, D'Andrade, at
the Kroll theatre.

No doubt you know that this establishment is now a branch of the
theatre due to the influence of Mr. Pierson who hopes to get rid of all
competition. Nevertheless, this undertaking will perhaps be the cause of his
subsequent failure because the theatre does not attract the public.

Do not insist on knowing my opinion of the unbelievable behaviour
of Mr. Tedeschi in Milan, Without the slightest doubt he will be compelled
to deal, after very little argument, with Mr. Sonzogno in conditions less
favourable for himself.

Although the intrigues of Ricordi and Sonzogno have not in the
slightest degree diminished my complete confidence in your masterpiece, it is
indispensible for the future of "Chatterton" that the first night in Germany
should take place in a theatre where success is guaranteed. And it is Vienna!
for Dresden and Prague (th. Cohn) have now decided not to produce the Opera.

I hope your efforts to this end will succeed. I am quite pleased
that Mr. Jacobsohn's plan to have "Chatterton" produced in Berlin during
the Exhibition with an Italian Company has not been carried out because every
theatre is taking very little money - especially the Kroll theatre.

So you have received the three parts of "Chatterton" which
I sent you in Milan in accordance with your wishes...which Mr. Sonzogni passed
on to me.

I hope to be back in Berlin about August 8th. Whilst awaiting
news from you I send you kindest regards from my wife and from
Your devoted friend

(unsigned)