Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., 1850's(?)], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., 1850's?].

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Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., 1850's(?)], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., 1850's?].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270578897

Writing at the suggestion of Mrs. [Harriet] Grote, saying that Paul Mendelssohn is collecting the letters of his late brother, Felix, and hopes to use them in a "Life and Correspondence" of the composer that will be written by Professor [Johann Gustav] Droysen, and asking to borrow letters that the recipient might have from Felix about an opera.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847

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Felix Mendelssohn, composer of the early Romantic period. His best-known works include the overture and incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Italian Symphony, the Scottish Symphony, the oratorio St. Paul, the oratorio Elijah, the overture The Hebrides, the mature Violin Concerto and the String Octet. A grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn was born into a prominent Jewish family. He was brought up without religion until the age of seven, when he was bapt...

Grote, Harriet, 1792-1878

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English biographer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : East Burnham, Berkshire, and [n.p.], to Madame [Blaze] de Bury, 1855 Sept. 14 and, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879255 ...

Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Klingemann, Karl, 1798-1862

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Secretary to the Hanoverian legation in London. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d., 1850's(?)], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d., 1850's?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578897 From the description of [Poem] : autograph manuscript, 1837 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270942119 ...

Droysen, Johann Gustav, 1808-1884

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