Sales catalogue 512: Maggs Bros

Date:
1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/69
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 512: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AUTOGRAPH LETTERS—continued. MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (FELIX)—continued. [444] ———— Avrocrapy Lerrer SicNep (In ENcLIsH) To HENRY F. CHor.ey. 5 pp., 8vo. Leipzig, 21st July, 1840. £12 Ios A lomg and very imteresting letter, stating that he has sent his acceptance for the Birmingham Festival, discussing plans for a new oratorio, mentioning Liszt and many other famous musicians, describing his new ‘‘ Lobgesang,’ ’and proposing to give a Charity Comeert in London. : IT have thought very often of our Oratorio plan, and although I could not recomeile myself to the idea of introducing Dives and Lazarus, your sketches have givem me another idea for the introduction of my favourite plan, which I think is the night one, and which I long to communicate to you & to hear your opinion ef it. . . As for your opening of the 2nd part, with the verses 31 &e. from, Matth. Ch. 23, it is a glorious idea, and that of course must remain, but ‘ mtindhich, mundlieh! ° I was glad to hear that you liked Liszt so much; he is such an extraordinary artist! He wrote me that he would probably assist to the festival at Birmingham, but I hear he has given a Concert at Mayence one of these days. ’ IT hope you will hke my new ‘ Lobgesang’ or ‘ Song of Praise’ which we performed here at the Festival, and which they will give at Birmingham on the 2nd morning. It is a kind of wniversal thanksgiving, on the words of the last Psalm, ‘ lef all that hath breath praise God,’ the instruments begin it with a Symphony of 3 movements but them it will not do, and the voices take it up and continue it with different feelings and words, Solo’s & Choruses’ till they all unite again in the same words.*” Ete. [445] —M— AvrocrapH LerrTer SIGNED To JENNY Linp. 2 pp., 8vo. Leipzig, 25th January, 1846. £5 5s to attend a rehearsal of either the opera or the concert in which she takes part; one of the gemtlemen being the father of Clara Wieck-Schumann, the famous pianist. Also inviting his correspondent to repeat her visit to Leipzig. [446] ————— Avrocrapn Letter SIGNED (In ENGLIsH). I page, 8vo. London, 26th June, 1842. 2 10s Making an appoimtment ** that I might become acquainted with your score.”’
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