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INDEX/LETTERS/14639
INDEX/LETTERS/14639
28 Nov 1826 - 7 Oct 1847
The greater number of these letters are very lengthy, in all
they cover upwards of 150 pages, 4to. and 8vo. They were
written during a period of 21 years. The first letter was
penned when Mendelssohn was but 17 years of age, and the last
one less than a month before his death. Mendelssohn was only 38
when he died so these letters illustrate more than half his life
and nearly the whole of his period as a composer.
There are many important and interesting references in these
letters to Mendelssohn's composition's, to his contemporaries,
to the publication of his Works in London, to the conditions of
their publications and to their prices. He refers to Bach,
Handel, Chopin, Mozart, Cherubini, Liszt and many other famour
musicians, as well as Paganini, Jenny Lind and others. He also
describes his famous "Songs without Words", "Overture to A
Midsummer Nights Dream", "Rondo Brilliant" his Oratoria "Paul"
his edition of Handel's "Messiah" and Works etc.
These letters are preserved in the original 4to. volume as
arranged and mounted by Moscheles with his manuscript index and
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14642
INDEX/LETTERS/14642
6 Dec 1831
Loose in an envelope at end of volume.
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14643
INDEX/LETTERS/14643
23 May 1833
Loose in an envelope at end of volume.
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14644
INDEX/LETTERS/14644
25 Jun 1839
Loose in an envelope at end of volume.
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14645
INDEX/LETTERS/14645
24 Jan 1841
Preserved in the original 4to. volume as arranged and mounted by
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14646
INDEX/LETTERS/14646
24 Jan 1841
Sent c/o Mr C. Klingermann, 4 Hobart Place, Eaton Square,
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14647
INDEX/LETTERS/14647
19 Sep 1841
Loose in an envelope at end of volume
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14648
INDEX/LETTERS/14648
12 Oct 1841
Loose in an envelope at end of volume.
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14649
INDEX/LETTERS/14649
20 Feb 1843
Loose in an envelope at end of volume.
Index:
INDEX/LETTERS/14650
INDEX/LETTERS/14650
20 Mar 1846
Preserved in the orignal 4to. volume as arranged and mounted