Letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to his family
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 13
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Title
Letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to his family
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 13
Summary
59 letters from which F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's brother Paul selected the Reisebriefe, 1861. Letters of 13 Feb and 28 May 1832 are no longer here. Most of these letters were published by P. Sutermeister in Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Briefe einer Reise durch Deutschland, Italien und die Schweiz, und Lebensbild . . . mit Aquarellen und Zeichnungen aus Mendelssohns Reisekizzenbüchern (Zurich: M. Niehans, 1958), where a facsimile of fol. 6 is printed between pp. 24 and 25; but in addition to short passages omitted throughout, the following complete letters were not printed.
1. (fols. 17-18) Rome, 1 Nov 1830.
2. (fol. 25) Rome, 30 Nov 1830.
3. (fol. 34) Rome, 9 Jan 1831.
4. (fol. 37) Rome, 1 Feb 1831.
5. (fols. 40-41) Rome, 22 Feb 1831.
6. (fols. 91-92) 'Münchener Bürgerbrief', finished 7 Oct 1831.
7. (fols. 93-94) Munich, 18 Oct 1831.
8. (fols. 95-96) Paris, 19 Dec 1831.
9. (fols. 97-98) Paris, 20 Dec 1831.
10. (fols. 99-100) Paris, 28 Dec 1831.
11. (fols. 101-102) Paris, 14 Jan 1832.
12. (fols. 103-104) Paris, 21 Jan 1832.
13. (fols. 105-106) Paris, 4 Feb 1832.
14. (fols. 107-108) Paris, 21 Feb 1832.
15. (fols. 109 a-b) Paris, 15 Mar 1832.
16. (fols. 110-111) Paris, 31 Mar 1832.
17. (fols. 112-113) London, 27 Apr 1832, with a paragraph added by Karl Klingemann.
18. (fol. 114) [London], 'Literary Union Club', 11 May 1832.
19. (fols. 115-116) London, 18 May 1832.
20. (fols. 117-118) Norwood, Surrey, 25 May 1832,
21. (fols. 119-120) London, 1 Jun 1832.
Fol. 1 is F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's 'Nachricht an den Custode' [i.e. Paul].
Date
21 May 1830-1 Jun 1832
Language
German
English
Physical facet
Binding: maroon morocco with blind tooling and gold lettering by C.W. Vogt, Berlin. Inscribed on front cover: 'Für Lilli Mendelssohn Bartholdy von ihrem Onkel Paul. 1863'.
Physical extent
123 Leaves
Acquisition
Bought from Miss Wach of Wilderswil, 1960-1970.
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Collection contents
The M. Deneke Mendelssohn Collection
Correspondence of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and others
Letters from and to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and other correspondence
Letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to his family
