14 letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Charles Coventry, of Coventry and Hollier, Music Publishers, London
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 55
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
14 letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Charles Coventry, of Coventry and Hollier, Music Publishers, London
Shelfmark
MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn d. 55
Summary
Quoted by Elise Polko in Reminiscences (tr. Lady Wallace, 1869, pp. 245-248) and by F.G. Edwards in a lecture, 'Mendelssohn's Organ Works', Inc. Society of Musicians, 8 Dec 1894. Copies by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's granddaughters E.C. and M.D. Benecke of Coventry's letters to F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy are on fols. 24-33.
Date
11 Nov 1837-20 Mar 1846
Language
English
German
Physical extent
36 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned by William Sterndale Bennett. Bought by T.W. Taphouse at Bennett's sale 26 Apr 1875, for Thomas Case (see MS. M. Denek Mendelssohn e. 2, fols. 69v-70).
Acquisition
Bought with the help of a donation from Albi Rosenthal, Sotheby's sale, 14 Jun 1976 (lot 141).
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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
14 letters from F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy to Charles Coventry, of Coventry and Hollier, Music Publishers, London
