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MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847). A fine early autograph letter signed, in English, to a friend, 'My dear Sir', travelling to Berlin, Edinburgh, 30 July 1829, thanking his correspondent for the 'delightful song' which he has received and which 'will give my [sic] the greatest treat, both for its musical value, and for renovating the recollection of the most happy hours I passed with you', suggesting that the recipient should meet the composer's family and giving him other letters to take to friends in Berlin including Carl Friedrich Zelter, his mother, Klingemann and Eduard Rietz (spelt as always 'Ritz' by Mendelssohn) , 3 pages on a bifolium, (180 x 300mm.), framed and glazed (some minor perforations).
This early letter, written in sometimes wayward English with a number of corrections, susggesting that it may possibly be a draft, dates from the very beginning of Mendelssohn's highly important visit to Scotland in the summer of 1830, the culmination of his first visit to Britain and the inspiration for some of his most renowned works.
This early letter, written in sometimes wayward English with a number of corrections, susggesting that it may possibly be a draft, dates from the very beginning of Mendelssohn's highly important visit to Scotland in the summer of 1830, the culmination of his first visit to Britain and the inspiration for some of his most renowned works.