Liszt expresses pleasure with the 'Galop' written by the recipient's son Konstantin, which has made "le plus surnaturel Furore", at Weimar, offers to orchestrate the work for military band and to publish it in Leipzig, mentions his article and gives news of his intention to visit Paris soon, using extravagant language, he assures his correspondent that he has not received his letter from Munich, discusses a problem with the Russian ambassador,

...Plaisanterie à part, si Constantin n'y met point d'objection, je ferai instumenter son Galop (car il est bien tout à fait et exclusivement sien la mechante sauce que j'y ai ajouté n'a meme pas le mérite d'être ce que vous appellez si ingénieusement à Petersburg "sauce au Diable"...



4 pages, 4to, some staining on outer pages, repairs at folds and along top edge, annotated in red ink by another hand, presumably Konstantin's, "Lettre de Liszt à mon père", and dated by the recipient "29 Janvier 1844 sur l'enveloppe Weymar"), Weimar, 29 January 1844

This letter appears to relate to the 'Russischer Galop' by Konstantin Alexandrovich Bulgakov (1812-1862). Liszt had made a piano arrangement of Bulgakov's piece the previous year (LW A99; R.143), but we have traced no orchestral version.