fmb-1838-07-11-01

            Berlin 11th July 38My dear Sir
It is very kind in you to ask a Testimonial of mine of a thing, so well known & appreciated, as your musical attainments are, & indeed I should feel proud if I could hope it could be of the least value to you. This I fear is not the case, but yet I write it to show how gratified I felt by your kind letter, & why should I not say what I think of you in that form as well as in any other? But the English Style is not my forte – my pianissimo it is, & therefore I am not quite sure whether you will make out my meaning; but should you guess it, I beg you will alter what you think fit & make it as English as possible, in order to make it understood by others also. I ask our mutual friend Moscheles to whom I include these lines to do the same and strike out the bad clauses from my bill & when it has passed two such committees I trust it will do better than in its original shape. Once more I wish you very much success, you deserve & I think your friends may be sure you will have it, & then I hope I shall also hear from it. At least none of them can take more interest in it, than I do. Believe me always
yours very truly
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy          

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This I fear is not the case, but yet I write it to show how gratified I felt by your kind letter, &amp; why should I not say what I think of you in that form as well as in any other? But the English Style is not my forte – my pianissimo it is, &amp; therefore I am not quite sure whether you will make out my meaning; but should you guess it, I beg you will alter what you think fit &amp; make it as English as possible, in order to make it understood by others also. I ask <persName xml:id="persName_595f7ad5-2dc9-40b2-bcb3-e2c6fab93d09">our mutual friend Moscheles<name key="PSN0113441" style="hidden">Moscheles, Ignaz (Isack) (1794-1870)</name></persName> to whom I include these lines to do the same and strike out the bad clauses from my bill &amp; when it has passed two such committees I trust it will do better than in its original shape. Once more I wish you very much success, you deserve &amp; I think your friends may be sure you will have it, &amp; then I hope I shall also hear from it. At least none of them can take more interest in it, than I do. <seg type="closer" xml:id="seg_957ee874-6276-4c58-a0d0-e8cfc67d52ec">Believe me always</seg></p><signed rend="right">yours very truly</signed><signed rend="right">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy</signed></div></body> </text></TEI>