[MUSIC] WEBER, CARL MARIA VON. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("C M VON WEBER") TO ADOLPH MARTIN SCHLESINGER, PRAGUE, 5 JANUARY 1816. 1 FULL PAGE, 4TO, 233 X 188MM (9 3/16 X 7 3/8), ADDRESS PANEL ON VERSO, RECIPIENT'S DOCKET, IN GERMAN. TO THE BERLIN PUBLISHER, WEBER WRITES THAT HE HAS RECEIVED HIS RECENT LETTER BUT HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY BUSY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DO THE REDUCTION [OF A SCORE] YWHICH HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO PREPARE. IT IS DIFFICULT BEING A COMPOSER AND BESIDES, IF HE WERE IN BERLIN, IT WOULD BE EASIER. HE REFERS TO AN OPERA BY MEYERBEER WHICH IS ENJOYING GREAT SUCCESS AND HAS BECOME PART OF THE GENERAL REPERTORY; HE HAS WRITTEN TO MEYERBEER IN PARIS.