Autograph signed letter.

Bifolium, 12mo, 1 p., in German (folds, some foxing and sm. stains, one line censored with blue pencil).

Letter to an unnamed correspondent, whom Wagner thanks for his offers of collaboration. He mentions an article by "Herr Hiller", which should interest him. Ferdinand Hiller (1811-1885), German composer, conductor and pedagogue (he was one of Max Bruch's teachers), was the founder of the Cologne Conservatory (1850). He also wrote numerous articles, mainly on musical life and personalities. He and Wagner met in Dresden, where they frequented the same artistic circles in the 1840s. Hiller, a Romantic composer, was classed as a conservative, opposed to the modernism personified by Wagner. Wagner's antisemitic writings did not help to bring them closer together, as Hiller was Jewish. In his autobiography, Wagner treats Hiller with a certain condescension. The sentence mentioning Hiller's name was censored, either out of Judeophobia or pro-Wagner fanaticism?
Ref. About Hiller: Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG online).
Joined, by the same : Fragment of an autograph letter. S.l.n.d. 2 pp. Letter about Bayreuth, the bottom part of which (with the signature) has been cut out by an autograph collector. (2 pcs)