Brahms Institute acquires Brahms letter
The Brahms Institute in Lübeck has acquired a letter from Brahms to the Bach biographer Philipp Spitta.
This is a Letter, which Johannes Brahms wrote to the music scholar and Bach biographer Spitta in the summer of 1873. The three-page letter, signed in his own hand, was previously in private ownership in the USA and is now accessible to researchers and the general public via the Brahms Portal.
It is already the second in the Lübeck collection. In it, Johannes Brahms thanks the music scholar who had sent him the newly published first volume of his great Bach biography. Spitta had worked on it for almost ten years. The letter of thanks documents not only their shared passion for the great masters of the past and Johann Sebastian Bach in particular, but also Brahms' great appreciation for the biographer's work.
The letter is accessible to researchers and the general public via the recently launched Brahms Portal. Since August 1, the Brahms Portal has offered innovative digital access to the unique Lübeck collection as well as to the life and work of the composer. Almost 10,000 works and objects - including autographs, letters, photographs and first prints - are already recorded here according to the latest standards, semantically networked and accessible worldwide. The letter will be shown for the first time at the Brahms Institute Museum on December 13 as part of the "Christmas with Brahms" event.
