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            Leipzig 1st March 1839. My dear Sir
A very particular friend of mine, Mr. David goes to England and I cannot lose this opportunity of addressing a few words to you, the more so as I wish to introduce you my friend and to recommend him in the strongest terms to your kind and friendly reception. When I think of my different stays in your country, the hours spent at your house with you and your family are always the brightest and happiest recollections, and I can accordingly do nothing better to my friend than to procure him an acquaintance which to me has always been a source of so true a pleasure. Mr. David whom I have known when a boy is one of our most eminent musicians, a very distinguished violin player and the leader of our Orchestra here; and while I admire him as an artist, he has my highest respect as a man, for indeed there are few musicians so free from vanity, so unaffected and so fond of their art and its progresses. I thought for a time that I should be able to meet him this spring in England, but this beautiful project has again been given up, and I must hope for next year. I send a little bit of music to Miss Fanny & Miss Sophy, and return my thanks for the last kind letter in German, which I am sure they understand now better than I do English. Pray my dear Sir give my best and most heartfelt respects to Mrs. Horsley and pray think sometimes of me with friendship. I shall never cease to feel grateful & happy whenever I write your name or speak it and whenever I am reminded of all that kindness which I met with from you & Mrs Horsley. I shall always be
Very truly yours
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy          

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When I think of my different stays in your country, the hours spent at your house with you and your family are always the brightest and happiest recollections, and I can accordingly do nothing better to my friend than to procure him an acquaintance which to me has always been a source of so true a pleasure. Mr. David whom I have known when a boy is one of our most eminent musicians, a very distinguished violin player and the leader of our Orchestra here; and while I admire him as an artist, he has my highest respect as a man, for indeed there are few musicians so free from vanity, so unaffected and so fond of their art and its progresses. I thought for a time that I should be able to meet him this spring in England, but this beautiful project has again been given up , and I must hope for next year. I send a <title xml:id="title_09ae0cd8-bb3e-4ea9-b666-05aae4dd54a0">little bit of music<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_mhwbbm0n-drkh-czff-g9zf-xkuo7nxsjfnj"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="secular_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="works_for_one_voice_and_piano" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100272" style="hidden">Der Blumenstrauß »Sie wandelt im Blumengarten«, [Mai 1832]<idno type="MWV">K 73</idno><idno type="op">47/5</idno></name><list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_pq1ktqsc-wpqf-61ve-ffln-pobxuurnzu6y"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="instrumental_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="piano_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="works_for_piano_two_hands" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100482" style="hidden">Lied ohne Worte As-Dur, [Februar 1839]<idno type="MWV">U 143</idno><idno type="op">53/1</idno></name></title> to <persName xml:id="persName_a18846bd-08d5-4133-986b-0f5338bae6d8">Miss Fanny<name key="PSN0112105" style="hidden">Horsley, Frances Arabella (Fanny) → Thompson (1815-1849)</name></persName> &amp; <persName xml:id="persName_7bcaf0fe-fd1b-426f-87f2-111a85dc8f7b">Miss Sophy<name key="PSN0112108" style="hidden">Horsley, Sophia Hutchins (Sophy) (1819-1894)</name></persName>, and return my thanks for the last kind letter in German, which I am sure they understand now better than I do English. Pray my dear Sir give my best and most heartfelt respects to <persName xml:id="persName_132b18fb-21c0-4852-8252-9a9a699ec648">Mrs. Horsley<name key="PSN0112103" style="hidden">Horsley, Elizabeth Hutchins (1793-1875)</name></persName> and pray think sometimes of me with friendship. I shall never cease to feel grateful &amp; happy whenever I write your name or speak it and whenever I am reminded of all that <add place="inline">kindness which I met with from you &amp; M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Horsley. <seg type="closer" xml:id="seg_b49c4d4a-fea5-4c52-8163-7f7fa6f14676">I shall always be</seg><name key="PSN0118477" resp="writers_hand" style="hidden">Unbekannt</name></add></p><signed rend="right"><add place="inline">Very truly yours<name key="PSN0118477" resp="writers_hand" style="hidden">Unbekannt</name></add></signed><signed rend="right"><add place="inline">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy<name key="PSN0118477" resp="writers_hand" style="hidden">Unbekannt</name></add></signed></div></body> </text></TEI>