GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907)

GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907)
Autograph letter signed ('Edvard Grieg'), including an autograph musical quotation signed, to an unknown recipient ('Dear Sir'), Bergen, Norway, 29 June 1892.
In English, two pages, 182 x 115mm, the musical quotation comprising four bars from the violin sonata no.2 in G (op.13), on two staves. Provenance: Christie's, 26 June 1996, lot 257.

An appealingly pithy letter in English, with a musical quotation. The letter betrays a certain exasperation with his correspondent's questions: 'I should think it quite impossible to answer your questions / 1) as I have no method at all when composing! / 2) as the art of composition is not at all to be learned and still – must be learned! / 3) as I have no particular favourite comopser. All good composers are my favourites!'.