Miscellaneous papers in several hands

Title

Miscellaneous papers in several hands

Shelfmark

MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn c. 29

Summary

1-9: Papers written entirely or in part by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy.

10-22: Papers written by several different hands.

(fols. 1-4) English lesson for Cécile, with her translations, [1837].

(fol. 6) Draft of a poem on the birthday of Julie Schunck, née Jeanrenaud. Leipzig. [29 Sep 1839 or later.]

(fols. 7-8) Diary. London, 27 Sep-1 Oct 1840. Formerly folded inside MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn g. 7.

(fols. 9-10) 'Hieroglyphe', drawn for 'The Family Chronicle, Wednesday June 22 1842' for the Beneckes, Denmark Hill, London. Explanatory verses in another hand.

(fol. 14) List of 14 cantatas by J.S. Bach. F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's favourites are marked with a cross. Sent with a letter to his family in Berlin, 18-20 May 1830 (Sämtliche Briefe, 299).

(fols. 15-23) Accounts on loose leaves, not all dated, including entries in Cécile's hand. Sep 1838, May 1843, 1845.

(fols. 26-29) List of his own and Cécile's books, Nov 1844, and of belongings packed in boxes numbered 101-132, stored in Berlin. Inventories in other hands are on fols. 30-39.

a. (fols. 40a-b) List of the godparents of his 5 children, annotations and Lili's list in F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's hand. b. (fol. 40c) Cécile's copy of verses by Dr. H[ermann] Härtel, written on Härtel's letter, 27 Oct 1845, on the birth of Lili Mendelssohn Bartholdy. c. (fol. 40d) Verses in another hand headed by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy 'VerlobungsGedichte'.

(fols. 41-42) Draft of the dedication of op. 37 to Thomas Attwood, and of the title of op. 55.

(fols. 45-62) Passages copied from the letters of Lea Mendelssohn Bartholdy [to her cousin Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein], relating to her children, 1809-1827.

(fols. 63-64) Copy of part of a letter from Friedrich August Wolff to Carl Friedrich Zelter, 9 Apr 1824, and of Zelter's to Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, concerning F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's education.

(fols. 65-70) Eduard Souchay's account of his niece Cécile and F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Copied on paper watermarked 1863. A translation of the first two paragraphs was printed in Petitpierre, Romance of the Mendelssohns, tr. D. Dobson, 1947, pp. 126-128.

(fols. 71-72) Accounts of the fee for the state wedding of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Cécile.

(fols. 73-4) Paul Appia: address in French at the wedding of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Cécile, 'abgeschrieben von H. der kein Französisch verstand'. A translation of part of this address, from another source, printed Petitpierre, op. cit. pp. 145-146.

(fols. 75-78) Funeral sermon on Cécile, copied by her mother.

(fols. 80-83) Programmes of the 'Niederrheinische Musikfeste seit 1818 bis 1845'.

(fols. 85-90) Verses in several hands, including a poem by Minna [Hensel] beg. 'Auch ich möchte Freude dir verleihen', and a copy of the words of the 'Nachtlied', F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's op. 71 no. 6, dated 'den 8ten Nov. 1847'.

(fols. 92-93) List of contents of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's sketchbooks.

(fols. 94-97) Transcript of the beginning of MS. M. Deneke Mendelssohn g. 1.

(fols. 98-102) Reports on F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and certificates from Dr. Messow, Vorsteher der Lehr-, Pensions-und Erziehungsanstalt, Kronenstraße, Berlin, 1 Mar 1816-1 Apr 1818.

(fols. 103-114) Discussion of draft of Act I of 'Die Hochzeit des Camacho' by Friedrich Voigts.

(fols. 117-128) Medical prescriptions, 1840-1852.

(fol. 132) Photograph of Wilhelm Hensel's pencil portrait of Lili Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Frankfurt, 1859.

Date

1816-1863

Language

German

Physical extent

1 volume

Acquisition

Items 1-19 are from the Wach collection; items 20-22 were bequeated by Helena Deneke, 1973.