Green Book XII. Letters to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Title

Green Book XII. Letters to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Shelfmark

MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 38

Summary

Comprises letters from:

1. R[aymund] Härtel. Leipzig, 1 Jul 1840.

2. Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy.P.M. Leipzig, 4 Jul 1840.

3. Vacant. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 83].

4. A[dolf] H[einrich] Sponholtz. Schwerin, 3 Jul 1840. Last page only.

5. J[ohan] P[eter] E[milius] Hartmann. Copenhagen, 4 Jul 1840.

6. [Verwitwete von Jagemann. Dresden. Missing].

7. A[ugust] F[erdinand] Häser. Weimar, 9 Jul 1840.

8. C[arl] F[erdinand] Becker. [Leipzig], 9 Jul 1840.

9. H[einrich] Sattler. Blankenburg, 10 Jul 1840.

10. Arthur Lutze. Halle, 11 Jul 1840.

11. Official notes from postmasters of Schwerin, Magdeburg and Leipzig about a lost letter. 15 Jul 1840.

12. Alexis Lvoff. Ems, 17 Jul 1840.

[13]. Anon., 'der schülerhafte Verfasser'. Leipzig, 18 Jul 1840.

14. Friedrich Hofmeister. Leipzig 18 Jul 1840.

15. Knetemayer. Schwerin, 18 Jul 1840.

16. Joseph Lidel. Karlsruhe, 19 Jul 1840.

17. Wilhelm Held. Sondershausen, 21 Jul 1840.

18. Adv. Staudinger. Leipzig, 22 Jun 1840.

19. Alexander [Mendelssohn]. Berlin, 25 Jul 1840.

20. C[arl] Voigt. Frankfurt, 23 Jul 1840.

21. Committee of Anhaltisches Musikfest. Cöthen, 25 Jul 1840.

22. Ed. Thiele, Musikdirektor. Cöthen, 26 Jul 1840.

23. J[ohann] Koch, Pastor and Rector. Schwaan [Mecklenburg], 26 Jul 1840.

24. Verwitwete von Jagemann. Dresden, 27 Jul 1840.

25. Jos[eph] Moore. Birmingham, 27 Jul 1840.

26. Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, 27 Jul 1840.

27. Adolph Nathan. Copenhagen, 28 Jul 1840.

28. Ed[uard] Bendemann and Julius Hü[bner. Dresden], 28 Jun 1840.

29. Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, 29 Jul 1840.

30. Alexander [Mendelssohn]. Berlin, 30 Jul 1840.

31. [Moritz] Seeburg. [Leipzig], 30 Jul 1840.

32. Heinrich Robert Schaab. Lindenau bei Leipzig, 1 Aug 1840.

33. Knetemeyer. P.M. Magdeburg. Schwerin, 1 Aug 1840.

34. Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 1 Aug [1840].

35. William Chappell. London, 3 Aug 1840.

36. H[erman] ‎von Løvenskiold. Vienna, 3 Aug 1840.

37. C[arl] Klingemann. London, 4 Aug 1840.

38. Jos[eph] Moore. Birmingham, 3 Aug 1840.

39. Henry F[othergill] Chorley, [London], 3 Aug 1840.

40. Dr. [Johann Friedrich] Naue. Halle, 4 Aug 1840.

41. E[dward] Buxton. London, 4 Aug 1840.

42. Robert and Marie Warschauer. [Berlin], 5 Aug 1840.

43. Administration des Musikvereins. Copenhagen, 15 Aug 1840.

44. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 5 Aug 1840.

45. Literat Carlo (Karl Heinrich Herzel). Breslau, 7 Aug 1840.

46. J[ulius] Rietz. Düsseldorf, 7 Aug 1840.

47. [Johann Friedrich] Rochlitz. [Leipzig], 8 Aug 1840.

48. Rudolph Lange. Gross-Treben bei Torgau, 12 Aug 1840.

49. Adv. Ch[ristoph] Ch[ristian] Hohlfeldt. Dresden, 7 Aug 1840.

50. Friedrich Gruber, Cantor. Neukirchen, 8 Aug 1840.

51. A[lexis] Lvoff. Ems, 8 Aug 1840.

52. Eduard Devrient. Berlin, 5 Aug 1840.

53. Eduard Devrient. Berlin, 12 Aug 1840.

54. [Moritz] Seeburg. [Leipzig], 9 Aug 1840.

55. Kambach, Musiklehrer. Posen, 11 Aug 1840.

56. Wilhelm Noeldechen. Aschersleben, 15 Aug 1840.

57. Ernst Grenzebach. Berlin, 15 Aug 1840.

58. Hermann Eckersberg, Bandmaster 4 Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. Leeds, 16 Aug 1840.

59. Gustav Häser, Gross-Herzoglicher Altenburgischer Hof-Schauspieler. Weimar, 16 Aug 1840.

60. Arthur Lutze. Halle, 17 Aug 1840.

61. C[arl] [Klingemann]. London, 18 Aug With poem 'Scheidend'.

62. R. Crayen. Leipzig, 19 Aug 1840.

63. M[oritz] Seeburg. Leipzig, 3 Aug 1840.

64. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 20 Aug 1840.

65. [Otto] von Corvin Wiersbitzky. Leipzig, 22 Aug 1840.

66. [Rebecka Dirchlet] to Cécile. P.M. Berlin, 22 Aug 1840.

67. M[oritz] Seeburg. Leipzig, [2(?)] Aug 1840.

68. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy] to Cécile. Berlin, 22 Aug 1840.

69. C[arl] G[ustav] Pfau, Orchester Mitglied. Leipzig, 22 Aug 1840.

70. Ferd[inand] Möhring. Saarbrücken, 23 Aug 1840.

71. Caroline Willmann-Lehmann, früher K. Sächs. Hof-Opern-Sängerin. Dresden, 25 Aug 1840.

72. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 26 Aug 1840. To Cécile and Felix.

73. Giovanni [B.] Gordigiani. Prague, 26 Aug 1840.

73/74. Letter from Paul removed. P.M. 31 Aug.

74. Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 31 Aug 1840.

75. J. C[arl] Schlenstedt. Schleiz, 2 Sep 1840.

75/76. Letter removed.

76. R[ebecka Dirichlet] to Cécile. Berlin, 3 Sep [1840]. P.S. Minna [Hensel].

77. Julie [Schunck]. Eltville, 8 Sep 1840.

78. Salvador Morhange. Brussels, 9 Sep 1840.

79. Adolph Köttlitz. Cologne, 29 Sep 1840.

80. Heinrich Marschner. Hanover, 13 Sep 1840.

81. [Carl] A[ugust] Dohrn. Stettin, 14 and 15 Sep 1840.

82. D[avid] C[harles] Read. Salisbury, 18 Sep 1840.

83. A[dolf] H[einrich] Sponholtz, Domorganist. Rostock, 18 Sep 1840.

84. Julie Schunck. Manchester, 20-21 Sep 1840.

85. E. Wilcock. Dover, 24 Sep 1840.

86. F[riedrich] W[ilhelm] Benecke. 8 Tokenhouse Yard [London], 29 Sep 1840.

87. Th. Stilke-Windwart. Zurich, 25 Sep 1840.

88. G[eorge] A[lexander] Macfarren. London, 25 Sep 1840.

89. Fanny [Hensel]. Berlin, 28 Sep 1840.

90. E[duard Franz] Genast. Weimar, 6 Oct 1840. To Heinrich Schletter.

91. K[arl] E[duard] Hering. Budissin, 4 Oct 1840.

91. J. Alfred Novello. London, 2 Oct 1840.

92. Onkel [Joseph Mendelssohn]. Hochheim, 7 Oct [1840].

93. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 13 Oct [1840].

95. Charles Edward Horsley. Cassel, 14 Oct 1840.

96. Missing.

97. Fanny [Hensel]. Berlin, 14 Oct [1840].

98a. Carl [Anton Florian] Eckert. Berlin, 14 Oct 1840.

98b. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's request to the Orchestra at Leipzig to play in a private concert, acknowledged by signatures of the players.

99. Copy of letter of M[oses] Mendelssohn, 16 Oct 1761, sent by Lea to Cécile. P.M. 8 Dec [1840?].

100. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 17 Oct [1840].

101. Ferdinand Hiller. Como, 17 Oct 1840.

102. [Sophie Horsley]. Detmold, 19 Oct 1840. Ends 233.

103. W[illiam] Watts of the Philharmonic Society. London, P.M. 20 Oct 1840. With F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drafted answer.

104. [Fanny Hensel]. Berlin, 20 Oct 1840.

105. Nina Sontag. Dresden, 13 Oct [18]40. Sent on to Dörrien by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, [Leipzig], 23 Oct 1840, with a note.

106. Hermann Mertens. Leipzig, 22 Oct [18]40.

107. C.H. Monicke. Leipzig, 24 Oct 1840.

108. J[ulius] Fürst. Berlin, 26 Oct 1840.

109. G. Friebe. Dresden, 25 Oct 1840.

110. Karl Jeanrenaud. Frankfurt, 25 Oct 1840.

111. Nina Sontag. Dresden, 28 Oct [1840]. Sent on to Dörrien.

112. P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. Paris, 28 Sep 1840. P.M. 29 Sep [18]40.

113. [Rebecka Dirichlet and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 30 Oct [1840].

114. Printed: The Music-Seller, No. 2, Oct 1840 (review of Hymn of Praise at Birmingham).

115. I[gnaz] Moscheles. Prague, 2 Nov 1840.

116. Dr. G[ustav] Pfarrius. Cologne, 2 Nov 1840.

117. [Johann Theodor] Mosewius. Breslau, 2 Mar 1840.

118. Julius Griebel. Berlin, 3 Nov 1840.

119. Fanny [Hensel]. P.M. Berlin, 3 Nov Incomplete.

120. [Carl] Voigt. [Leipzig], 3 Nov 1839.

121. [Ignaz Xaver] Seyfried. Vienna, 3 Nov 1839.

122. Vacant. [Fanny Hensel; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 85].

123. R[ebecka Dirichlet] and Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 6 Nov [1840].

124. A. Schmidt. Lehrer a.d. Dom Töchterschule. Naumburg, 7 Nov 1840.

125. A[dolf] H[einrich] Sponholtz. Rostock, 7 Nov 1840.

126. Jos[eph] Fischhof. Vienna, 8 Nov 1840.

126/127. Letter removed. Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy

127. Wilh[elm] Attern, Musikdirektor. Rheda im Kreise Wiedenbrück, 9 Nov 1840.

128. Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 9 Nov 1840.

129. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 10 Nov 1840.

130. A[lexis] Lvoff. Berlin, 11 Nov 1840.

131. Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 11 Nov 1840.

132. H[erman] v[on] Løvenskiold. Vienna, 14 Nov 1839.

133. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's draft to Lieber Onkel [Joseph Mendelssohn]. Answer to 134.

134. Onkel [Joseph Mendelssohn]. Berlin, 15 Nov 1840.

135. W[ilhel]m Speyer. Frankfurt, 16 Nov 1840.

136. Julius Schuberth. Hamburg, 16 Nov 1840.

137. J[ulius] Schubring. Dessau, 17 Nov 1840.

138. Vacant. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy; now MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 34, fol. 87].

139. J[uliusl Rietz. Düsseldorf, 19 Feb 1840.

140. Louis Spohr. Cassel, 21 Nov 1840.

140/141. Letter missing.

141. [Ludwig] von Massow. Berlin, 23 Nov 1840. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's drafted answer, 250 below.

142. C.T. Heyer, Dir. des franz. Inst. Leipzig, 24 Nov 1840.

143. H[einrich C[onrad] S[chleini]tz. Leipzig, 25 Nov 1840. With verses, Französisches Rheinlied.

144. J. C[arl] Schlenstedt. Schleiz, 26 Nov 1839.

145. H[enry] F[othergill] Chorley. London, 27 Nov 1840.

146. J. v[on] Nass. Dresden, 27 Nov 1840.

147. J. Alfred Novello. London, 27 Nov 1840.

148. C[arl] F[riedrich] Rungenhagen. Berlin, 27 Nov 1840.

149. Onkel J[oseph] Mendelssohn. Berlin], 30 Nov 1840.

150. E[lizabeth] H. Horsley. Kensington, 28 Dec 1839.

151. I[gnaz] Moscheles. London, 30 Nov 1840.

152. F.W. Brauer, Musiklehrer. Dresden, 29 Nov 1840.

153. W. [Johann Wilhelm Matthias?] Wöhler, Hofsänger. Ludwigslust, 1 Dec 1840.

154. Bernh[ard] Fr. Voigt. Weimar, 1 Dec 1840. Lithographed.

155. A[ntoine] Berlin [Berlijn]. Amsterdam, 1 Dec 1840.

156. Gustav Carl Lipinsky. Dresden, 19 Dec 1840.

157. Carl Klingemann. London, 1 Dec 1840.

158. Wilhelm Barth, Musikdirektor. Glauchau nr. Waldenburg, 2 Dec 1840.

159. K[arl Peter] Lepsius. Naumburg, 2 Dec 1840.

160. Ad[olph] Koettlitz. Cologne, 2 Dec 1840.

161. Fanny [Hensel]. Berlin, 9 Dec 1840.

162. W[illia]m Horsley. Kensington, 11 Dec 1840.

164. Giovanni Gordigiani. Prague, 11 Dec 1840.

164. Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, 30 Dec 1840.

164/165. Letter removed.

165. A[nton] B[ernhard] Fürstenau. Dresden, 4 Dec 1840.

166. J[ulius] Rietz. Düsseldorf, 4 und 5 Dec 1840.

167. H[einrich] Marschner. Hanover, 4 Dec 1840.

167/168. Letter from P. Mendelssohn Bartholdy removed.

168. Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, 7 Dec 1840.

169. Deutscher Nationaler Musik-Verein, [Dr. Gustav] Schilling. Stuttgart, 7 Dec 1840.

169/170. Letter from P. Mendelssohn Bartholdy removed.

170. [Karl Emil von] Spiegel. Weimar, 3 Dec 1840.

171. G. Bastians [Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans]. Amsterdam, 5 Dec 1840.

172. Fr[ederick Ludwig] Lindner. Dessau, 12 Dec [1840].

173. Julius Schuberth & Co. Hamburg, 13 Dec 1840.

174. Vincent Novello. London, 14 Oct 1840. Letter of introduction for [Henry] Hugh Pearson.

175. [Rebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 16 Dec 1840. Incomplete.

176. Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin 16 Dec 1840.

177. Dr. [Heinrich] Dörrien. Leipzig, 17 Dec 1840.

178. J. Alfred Novello. London, 18 Dec 1840.

179. [Carl] Fr[iedrich] Kistner. Leipzig, 18 Dec 1840.

180. Dr. Aug[ust] Schmidt. Vienna, 19 Dec 1840.

181. [Jacob Michael] Pohley. Leipzig, 19 Dec 1840. Probably written by a professional secretary.

182. F.W. Brauer. Dresden, 20 Dec 1840.

183. Sigmund Goldschmidt. Prague, 21 Dec 1840.

184. Charles Edward Horsley. Cassel, 21 Dec 1840.

185. Julius Miller. Amsterdam, 20 Dec 1840.

186. Caroline Caspari. Carlsbad bei Berlin, 20 Dec 1839.

187. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 20 Dec 1840.

188. Das Secretariat des Deutschen National-Vereins für Musik und ihre Wissenschaft, Dr. G[ustav] Schilling. Stuttgart, 22 Dec 1839. Printed.

189. Ernst Grenzebach. Berlin, 21 Dec 1840.

190. Louis Maurer. St. Petersburg, 21 Dec 1840.

191. Carl Overweg. Naumburg, 22 Dec 1840.

192. H[enry] F[othergill] Chorley. P.M. Frankfurt, 29 Oct 1840.

193. B[enjamin] Mendelssohn. P.M. Berlin, 20 Jun.

194. August Lindner. Hanover, 26 Dec 1840.

195. R[udolf Ludwig von] Decker. Berlin, 28 Dec 1840.

196. Louis Spohr. Cassel, 25 Dec 1840.

197. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Goodwaard at Dresden. Leipzig, 26 Dec 1840. Returned by P.O. Signature removed.

198. Theodor Apel. Leipzig, 25 Dec 1840. Poem.

199. Dr. K.L.A. Friedrich. Berlin, 26 Dec 1840.

199/200. Letter removed, P. Mendelssohn Bartholdy

200. E[lisabeth Wilhelmine] Jeanrenaud. Frankfurt, 27 Dec [1840].

201. [Riessel?], parents of Amalie R. Flensburg, 27 Dec 1840.

202. [J.] C[arl] Schlenstedt. Schleiz, 27 Dec 1840.

203. [Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy]. Berlin, 28 Dec 1840.

204. R[ebecka Dirichlet]. Berlin, 28 Dec [1840]- 4 Jan [1841].

205. Composer. Schwerin. Incomplete.

206. Wilhelm Sehring. Two signed letters, in the hand of a secretary.

206-207. Anon. Leipzig. Albumblatt.

207. Eduard Bendemann. n.p., n.d. [Dresden, before Mar 1841]. Partly dictated.

208. Paul's copy of Petiton to Prussian Landtag. [Berlin], after 4 Oct 1840.

209. Henry F[othergill] Chorley. Incomplete. n.p., n.d.

210. [Hubert] Ferdinand Kufferath. n.p., n.d. [Christmas 1840?].

211. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Draft of letter to King Frederick August of Saxony. ca. 16 May 1841. See Rudolf Elvers, F.M.B. Briefe an deutsche Verleger. (Berlin, 1968), p. 116.

212. A[lexander] von Humboldt. [Berlin], Sonntag [1840, F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Berlin].

213. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Draft of letter relating to Louis Spohr's 32 piano sonatas. See XII 196.

214. A[nton] W[ilhelm] von Zuccalmaglio. With verses, 'Trinklied'. n.p., n.d. See 216.

215. [Fanny Hensel. Berlin], n.d.

216. [Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio]. Verses, enclosed in 214.

217. G. Rahn. [Leipzig]. 2 letters.

218. Drafts of choruses from 'Antigone', [Frederick Bellermann].

219. Vacant; formerly in F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's hand.

220. L. Anger. n.p., n.d. Message from Musikdirektriedrich Wilhelm Sörgel.

221. Hermine Rudersdorff. 'Freitag Abend', Gross Blumenburg.

222. E[lisabeth] Jeanrenaud. n.p., 'Lundi', n.d., [3 Feb 1840?].

223. K[arl] Simrock. Poem 'Warnung vor dem Rhein'. See XI 31 and Rudolf Elvers, F.M.B. Briefe an deutsche Verleger. (Berlin, 1968), p. 227.

224. M[ar]g[are]t Alexander. 'Thursday' [1 Oct 1840]. Ends at 232.

224/225. Letter removed.

225. [Iganz and] Ch[arlotte Moscheles. 1 Dec 1840].

226. [Franz Liszt. Between 9 and 29 June 1840. Incomplete].

227. [Charlotte and] I[ganz] Moscheles. Birmingham, 'Montag Abends' [21 Sep?].

228. H[enriette] Benecke. Denmark Hill, [London], Sonntag d. 20 [Sep 1840].

229. E[dward] Buxton. Bow Church Yard, [London], Monday [28 Sep 1840].

230. C[hristian] Reingold Köstlin. Landeck im Innthale.

231. Julie Schunck. Eltville, 30 [Sep 1840]. See MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 31, fol. 55.

232. End of 224.

233. Sophy H. Horsley. End of 102.

234. Cecilia [Gibsone] to Rebecka [Dirichlet]. Liverpool, 'Donnerstag früh', [late Aug-early Sep 1840]. See XII 76.

235a. F[riedrich Christoph] Foerster [Förster]. [Berlin]. On Carl [Anton Florian] Eckert's oratorio Judith.

235b. W. Mannewitz (portrait painter). n.p., n.d.

236. Letter and poem from anonymous admirer.

237. E[rnst] Grenzebach. [Leipzig, before XI 95, 21 Mar 1840].

238. [Adolf Bernhard] Marx. n.p., n.d. [sc. Berlin, after 20 Feb 1840, XI 58].

239. P. de Colombey [Théodore Pernot Colomb]. n.p., n.d. [sc. Berlin, 30 Apr 1840. See XI 142].

240. [Breitkopf & Härtel. Leipzig, before 5 Mar 1840?. See XI 145 and Rudolf Elvers, F.M.B. Briefe an deutsche Verleger. (Berlin, 1968), p. 105]. Incomplete.

241. Ernst Pfundt. [Leipzig], n.d.

242. '1. Pythische Ode'.

243. L[udwig] Pape. n.p., n.d. See XIII 5.

244. [Rebecka Dirichlet to] Cécile [Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Berlin, 22 Feb 1840]. End of XI 62.

245. Heinrich Enke. Leipzig, just after 16 Oct [1840].

246. [Prof. Franz Arnold Maria] von Woringen. n.p., n.d. Recommendation of Herr Johannes Horkel.

247. [Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume?] Zimmerman. Paris, n.d.

248. C[arl] Klingemann. [London, 21? Sep 1840].

249. Julie and Cornelie [Schunck].

250. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. [Leipzig?, Nov-Dec 1840]. Draft of answer to Massow, no. 141 above.

251. Poem, 'Preis des Welt'schöpfers (Psalm)'.

252. Poem, 'Choral' to the melody 'Wachet auf'.

253. Vacant; formerly [Julius Nikolaus] Koetschau. Indexed F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Lily Wach.

254. A[lexis] Lvoff, 'Lundi'. [Leipzig, before 11 Nov].

255. A[dolf] B[ernhard] Marx. [Berlin, May or Jun?].

256. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. List of some of his works with publishers' names.

257. Memoranda of a meeting of the Liedertafel, Leipzig, deciding on the celebration of the 25th anniversary of foundation, 24 Oct [1840].

258. W[illia]m Chappell. London, 9 Nov 1839.

259. J[ames] R[obinson] Planché. London, 8 Nov 1839.

Date

Jul-Dec 1840

Language

English

German

Physical extent

259 items