Letter from Teresa Carreño to Mrs. Gibansky (May 1, 1902)

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               <salute>Dear Mrs. Gibansky</salute>
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            <p>Your dear child tells me that she will have to return home this summer according to
               your wishes.</p>
            <p>As I take a real interest in your daughter, I think it my duty to tell you quite
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            <p>Your dear child is <emph rend="underline">really</emph>
               <emph rend="underline">talented</emph> and through some mistake or other, did not
               have the good fortune to be helped in her music, as she should have been.</p>
            <p>As a consequence, she has not been able to do herself justice and develop the talent
               which she possesses. The child has been very much discouraged through not having had
               the interest shown her, which she really deserves, and, with her clean head, she knew
               that she was not doing the work which she needed, even though she worked hard and
               faithfully. Since the last few months, she has begun to improve very much and it is
               my firm conviction, that, if she is given the necessary time to work, she will make a
               very fine pianist.</p>
            <p>It would be, therefore, the greatest pity in the world, to make her interrupt her
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               <emph rend="underline">well</emph> and I advise you strongly, to do all in your
               power, to keep her here, at least another year.</p>
            <p>Julia tells me that it would be a great financial sacrifice on your part and that
               therefore she cannot and will not ask this of you. This is the reason why I have
               taken it upon myself to write you these lines as, I feel certain that, as long as you
               have already done so much to help her in her career, you would rather sacrifice a
               little more to see her reach her object and get yourself some compensation for the
               sacrifices made on her behalf.</p>
            <p>As far as I am concerned, I have told the dear girl that I would wait until she began
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Letter from Teresa Carreño to Mrs. Gibansky May 1, 1902 Teresa Carreño Anna Kijas Transcription and encoding by Anna Kijas First digital edition in TEI P5, 3 August 2017. Teresa Carreño Correspondence Boston, Massachusetts 2017

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Teresa Carreño Correspondence Collection of correspondence, photographs and a recital program relating to pianist Teresa Carreño (1853-1917). University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Julia Gibansky Kasanoff papers relating to Teresa Carreño, 1902-1937 Ms. Coll. 1184 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_PUSpMsColl1184 Letter from Teresa Carreño to Mrs. Gibansky May 1, 1902 English

4 pages

The aim of this project is to transcribe the content of the letters from the manuscript at hand. Original spelling, punctuation, underlining, additions, and other features are retained.
Berlin W. Kurfürstendamm 28 May 1st 1902 Dear Mrs. Gibansky

Your dear child tells me that she will have to return home this summer according to your wishes.

As I take a real interest in your daughter, I think it my duty to tell you quite frankly what I think about her and her studies.

Your dear child is really talented and through some mistake or other, did not have the good fortune to be helped in her music, as she should have been.

As a consequence, she has not been able to do herself justice and develop the talent which she possesses. The child has been very much discouraged through not having had the interest shown her, which she really deserves, and, with her clean head, she knew that she was not doing the work which she needed, even though she worked hard and faithfully. Since the last few months, she has begun to improve very much and it is my firm conviction, that, if she is given the necessary time to work, she will make a very fine pianist.

It would be, therefore, the greatest pity in the world, to make her interrupt her work just now, when she is doing so well and I advise you strongly, to do all in your power, to keep her here, at least another year.

Julia tells me that it would be a great financial sacrifice on your part and that therefore she cannot and will not ask this of you. This is the reason why I have taken it upon myself to write you these lines as, I feel certain that, as long as you have already done so much to help her in her career, you would rather sacrifice a little more to see her reach her object and get yourself some compensation for the sacrifices made on her behalf.

As far as I am concerned, I have told the dear girl that I would wait until she began to earn herself for the payment of her lessons with me. In this manner, part of the financial consideration would be made lighter.

With kind regard, I remain yours sincerely Teresa Carreño

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Letter from Teresa Carreño to Mrs. Gibansky May 1, 1902 Teresa Carreño Anna Kijas Transcription and encoding by Anna Kijas First digital edition in TEI P5, 3 August 2017. Teresa Carreño Correspondence Boston, Massachusetts 2017

Reproduced by courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Teresa Carreño Correspondence Collection of correspondence, photographs and a recital program relating to pianist Teresa Carreño (1853-1917). University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Julia Gibansky Kasanoff papers relating to Teresa Carreño, 1902-1937 Ms. Coll. 1184 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/ead/upenn_rbml_PUSpMsColl1184 Letter from Teresa Carreño to Mrs. Gibansky May 1, 1902 English

4 pages

The aim of this project is to transcribe the content of the letters from the manuscript at hand. Original spelling, punctuation, underlining, additions, and other features are retained.
Berlin W. Kurfürstendamm 28 May 1st 1902 Dear Mrs. Gibansky

Your dear child tells me that she will have to return home this summer according to your wishes.

As I take a real interest in your daughter, I think it my duty to tell you quite frankly what I think about her and her studies.

Your dear child is really talented and through some mistake or other, did not have the good fortune to be helped in her music, as she should have been.

As a consequence, she has not been able to do herself justice and develop the talent which she possesses. The child has been very much discouraged through not having had the interest shown her, which she really deserves, and, with her clean head, she knew that she was not doing the work which she needed, even though she worked hard and faithfully. Since the last few months, she has begun to improve very much and it is my firm conviction, that, if she is given the necessary time to work, she will make a very fine pianist.

It would be, therefore, the greatest pity in the world, to make her interrupt her work just now, when she is doing so well and I advise you strongly, to do all in your power, to keep her here, at least another year.

Julia tells me that it would be a great financial sacrifice on your part and that therefore she cannot and will not ask this of you. This is the reason why I have taken it upon myself to write you these lines as, I feel certain that, as long as you have already done so much to help her in her career, you would rather sacrifice a little more to see her reach her object and get yourself some compensation for the sacrifices made on her behalf.

As far as I am concerned, I have told the dear girl that I would wait until she began to earn herself for the payment of her lessons with me. In this manner, part of the financial consideration would be made lighter.

With kind regard, I remain yours sincerely Teresa Carreño