Charming ALS in English, signed “A. Dvorak,” one page, 4.5 x 6.75, July 26, 1885. Handwritten letter to Henry Littleton of the music publisher Novello and Co., in part: "I have the pleasure to announce you my arrival…on the 17th Aug: in the morning (6.10 o'clock) & I hope to meet you at the station (Charing's Cross or Victoria); if you can not be able to get up so early in the morning, I will find the way at Berners Street alone." In fine condition, with faint staining along the left edge from an old mounting strip on the reverse. Dvorak took part in the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival in August 1885; the cantata 'The Spectre's Bride' (Op. 69) was composed for the occasion and published by Novello.
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