fmb-1839-04-23-07

            Leipzig 23 April 1839. My dear Sir
I hope you received the two Overtures of F. Hiller which I sent to you for the Philharmonic Society’s performance some time ago.
I send you to-day for the same purpose the parts of the Symphony of Fr. Schubert (the celebrated ballad-composer) of which I spoke in my last letter. It is a very extraordinary composition, which has created an uncommon sensation amongst the musicians here. I should strongly recommend you not to repeat the first part of the last movement, perhaps also not of the first, and the second part of the Scherzo. The slow movement and also the beginning will be favourites with you, I believe.
Breitkopf & Härtel the music-publishers have bought the Copyright of this Symphony, and have been quite ready, at my request, to allow its being performed at your Society before the publication; but they rely on your and the Society’s honour that it shall not be used to any other purpose than this performance, & that nobody else will get a copy of it in England. They beg you will return these parts immediately after you used them which I promised them would be (at latest) early in July.
Believe me alwaysvery truly yours
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Pray send the enclosed letters to their directions.          

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Sie bietet neben der diplomatischen Wiedergabe der rund 6.000 Briefe Mendelssohns erstmals auch eine Gesamtausgabe der über 7.200 Briefe an den Komponisten sowie einen textkritischen, inhalts- und kontexterschließenden Kommentar aller Briefe. Sie wird ergänzt durch eine Personen- und Werkdatenbank, eine Lebenschronologie Mendelssohns, zahlreicher Register der Briefe, Werke, Orte und Körperschaften sowie weitere Verzeichnisse. Philologisches Konzept,  Philologische FMB-C-Editionsrichtlinien: Uta Wald, Dr. Ulrich Taschow. Digitales Konzept, Digitale FMB-C-Editionsrichtlinien: Dr. Ulrich Taschow. Technische Konzeption der Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence FMB-C Ausgabe und Webdesign: Dr. Ulrich Taschow.</p></editorialDecl></encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <creation> <date cert="high" when="1839-04-23" xml:id="date_be87baf2-c264-4fb8-b2d0-bafcf0e68906">23. 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Schubert<name key="PSN0114718" style="hidden" type="author">Schubert, Franz Peter (1797-1828)</name><name key="CRT0110764" style="hidden" type="music">8. Sinfonie C-Dur, D 944 (Große)</name></title> (the celebrated ballad-composer) of which I spoke in my last letter. It is a very extraordinary composition, which has created an uncommon sensation amongst the musicians here. I should strongly recommend you <hi rend="underline">not to repeat the first part</hi> of the last movement, perhaps also not of the first, and the second part of the Scherzo. The slow movement and also the beginning will be favourites with you, I believe.</p><p><persName xml:id="persName_33408487-fcec-428d-a866-56a157179628">Breitkopf &amp; Härtel<name key="PSN0110112" style="hidden">Breitkopf &amp; Härtel (bis 1786: Breitkopf), Verlag und Musikalienhandlung in Leipzig</name></persName> the music-publishers have bought the Copyright of this Symphony, and have been quite ready, at my request, to allow its being performed at your Society before the publication; but they <hi rend="underline">rely on your and the Society’s honour</hi> that it shall not be used to any other purpose than this performance, &amp; that nobody else will get a copy of it in England. They beg you will return these parts immediately after you used them which I promised them would be (at latest) early in <hi rend="underline">July</hi>.</p><closer rend="left" xml:id="closer_c96a423d-158f-4149-a23c-f559e1ce8b6b">Believe me always</closer><signed rend="right">very truly yours</signed><signed rend="right">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.</signed></div><div n="2" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_83ea370a-5b79-43eb-a6aa-af077df961aa"><docAuthor key="PSN0000001" resp="author" style="hidden">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</docAuthor><docAuthor key="PSN0000001" resp="writer" style="hidden">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</docAuthor><p style="paragraph_without_indent">Pray send the enclosed letters to their directions.</p></div></body> </text></TEI>