Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Prodigiously gifted German composer (1809–1847), who, during the course of a career that began in childhood, produced a remarkable body of work that occupies a place of central importance in the Romantic repertoire. His musical output represents virtually every form and genre of the era, ranging from piano and chamber music to symphonies and other orchestral music to such large-scale choral masterpieces as the oratorios ‘Elijah’ and ‘St. Paul.’ ALS in German, one page, 5 x 7.75, April 23, 1841. Letter to an unknown recipient. In full (translated): “I want to thank you for sending me your cantatas and for accompanying them with such kind and flattering words. It would make me happy to accept your offer to take over their composition, but I regret to say that I will not be in the position to do so. About to leave Leipzig for an extended period, I have prepared several works that will keep me tied up for a few years, and before their completion I should not start anything new. Let me express the hope that at some later point in time I may be so lucky to make up for this lost opportunity. Please accept my renewed gratitude for the honor of your trust in me and be assured of my utmost respect.” Central horizontal and vertical fold, one through a single letter of signature, a diagonal crease to lower right, and show-through from four mounting remnants on reverse near each corner, otherwise fine condition. Much of the writing, including the signature, is a shade or two light.
Mendelssohn had conducted the premiere of Robert Schumann’s ‘Spring Symphony’ just a few weeks before dispatching this letter shortly before leaving for Leipzig, Germany “for an extended period.” That excursion included participating in a revival of Bach’s ‘Saint Matthew Passion’ at St. Thomas's Church. His visit to Leipzig ended later that summer upon his appointment as court composer to Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. A regretful decline by the composer who at the time was overwhelmed by the work at hand.
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