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            Leipzig 21 July 1840 My dear Sir
I delay’d the answer to your letters so long, because my health as well as that of my wife was not in a very good state, which made me feel uncertain whether I could stand the fatigues of such a great festival as yours, and such a hasty journey home as I had three years ago – (for again must I be in Leipzig at the beginning of October when our Concertseason opens) My physician would not even allow me to go some weeks ago and wanted to send me to one of our baths; but now I am so much improved that he has changed his mind, & given his sanction to my journey, and I shall therefore come and have the pleasure of assisting to your festival. The period of my arrival I cannot yet fix upon; it depends of my wife’s health which is not yet quite settled. If she can go with me, I shall come to England in the middle of next month; if I must go alone I shall leave Leipzig not before September, and spend only a week before the Festival in London. I am afraid this last will be the case, although I should lose the greatest part of the pleasure I anticipated, if I must come alone. Pray, my dear Sir, accept our best thanks for your kind and hospitable offers; I wish and hope still, we might be able to accept them; but if not, you know our thanks & gratitude are the same, as your kindness is the same
The composition, which we performed here at the festival, and which you want to have for the second day, is not as you call it a little Oratorio, its plan being not dramatic, but merely lyrical. It is called in German „The song of praise“) and consists of an instrumental Symphony of three movements, which lead to a great Chorus to which 12 others vocal pieces, Solo’s and Choruses, succeed. Its time of duration is an hour and a quarter. I hope it will do for the second morning, but it must not begin the Concert. I beg you will let it either conclude the first part, or (and this I would prefer by far) make it alone the last part of the performance. I do not know whether „the Song of praise“ is good English, and a good title, and whether a better translation of our „Lobgesang“) might not be found; of this I will soon write you more. I have found here an Englishman who translates the words for me; I prefered this, because I can always tell which parts I am able to alter, and which not, and if the task is done I shall send it to my friends in England to look over & alter it, as they like. I write to-day to Novello, who can have the parts as soon as I get his answer; at all events I have plenty of parts, which I can bring with me, our Leipzig Orchestra having been a very great one. So much for the second morning. On the 4th you mention another piece of mine – I should like it to be either the 42d Psalm, which is published in England, or the 114th Psalm, which is still M. S., for a Double Chorus. The last is very short, only 15 minutes duration; the former the double of it – chose which you like best. – On the first morning I will perform something of Seb. Bach’s on the Organ; on the 4th something of my composition. I am not sure whether I shall complete my Concerto in time for your festival; I hope so, but if not I will perform something else on the Pianoforte if you wish it. I will also bring over my new Overture, with all the parts. – If I make a stay in London before your festival, I have an idea of giving a Concert to the benefit of some Charity there, I hope the Committee will not oppose such an undertaking, on the ground of my first appearance being looked for at the Birmingham festival; should such a feeling exist I beg you will let me know it immediately. Pray do not forget to answer this point. Tell me also who your principal singers and performers are, and who conducts the Festival. Which Soprano is to sing the Solo part in my „Lobgesang“ the 2d morning? I must have a very good one if possible. And pray keep to the idea of having a rehearsal of it in London, before the general rehearsal at Birmingham. Else it would be impossible for the best Band & Chorus to do it with spirit and energy. Once more my and my wife’s best thanks for all your kindness and believe me to remain very truly yours
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.          

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The period of my arrival I cannot yet fix upon; it depends of my wife’s health which is not yet quite settled. If she can go with me, I shall come to England in the middle of next month; if I must go alone I shall leave Leipzig not before September, and spend only a week before the <placeName xml:id="placeName_8b5e8253-1458-471a-8fed-d7dea8b36ecb">Festival<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName> in London. I am afraid this last will be the case, although I should lose the greatest part of the pleasure I anticipated, if I must come alone. Pray, my dear Sir, accept our best thanks for your kind and hospitable offers; I wish and hope still, we might be able to accept them; but if not, you know our thanks &amp; gratitude are the same, as your kindness is the same</p> <p>The composition, which we performed here at the <placeName xml:id="placeName_a6c68ef6-4748-4426-8416-8e9bb923f573">festival<name key="NST0103712" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">400-Jahr-Feier der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst 1840</name><settlement key="STM0100116" style="hidden" type="">Leipzig</settlement><country style="hidden">Deutschland</country></placeName>, and which you want to have for the <placeName xml:id="placeName_2d7d3fa6-6711-4883-90a0-186873519643">second day<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>, is not as you call it a little Oratorio, its plan being not dramatic, but merely lyrical. It is called in German <title xml:id="title_0c75dfca-23b4-4dea-8993-22186214cebd">„The song of praise“)<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_ic1asnvu-pvp5-4rnq-1am0-iixkfktkalu2"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100118" style="hidden">Lobgesang / Hymn of Praise, Eine Sinfonie-Kantate nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, [erste Jahreshälfte 1840]; 27. November 1840<idno type="MWV">A 18</idno><idno type="op">52</idno></name></title> and consists of an instrumental Symphony of three movements, which lead to a great Chorus to which 12 others vocal pieces, Solo’s and Choruses, succeed. Its time of duration is an hour and a quarter. I hope it will do for the second morning, but it must not begin the Concert. I beg you will let it either conclude the first part, <hi rend="underline">or</hi> (and this I would prefer by far) make it alone the last part of the performance. I do not know whether „<title xml:id="title_c024eb60-fc8f-41ed-ac60-c9509f9876b5">the Song of praise<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_xbroa2w0-x10c-pcah-jqg4-5107ihboecw3"><item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item><item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item><item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item><item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100118" style="hidden">Lobgesang / Hymn of Praise, Eine Sinfonie-Kantate nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, [erste Jahreshälfte 1840]; 27. November 1840<idno type="MWV">A 18</idno><idno type="op">52</idno></name></title>“ is good English, and a good title, and whether a better translation of our <title xml:id="title_5d5a0804-0fcf-4556-aab2-484f4348b69a">„Lobgesang“)<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_rwr29ufr-otqh-61y9-2uj4-ein60wvxclj6"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100118" style="hidden">Lobgesang / Hymn of Praise, Eine Sinfonie-Kantate nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, [erste Jahreshälfte 1840]; 27. November 1840<idno type="MWV">A 18</idno><idno type="op">52</idno></name></title> might not be found; of this I will soon write you more. I have found here an Englishman who translates the words for me; I prefered this, because I can always tell which parts I am able to alter, and which not, and if the task is done I shall send it to my friends in England to look over &amp; alter it, as they like. I write to-day to <persName xml:id="persName_0b0a2a75-17c8-442b-b82c-b029894a10ef">Novello<name key="PSN0113624" style="hidden">Novello, Joseph Alfred (1810-1896)</name></persName>, who can have the parts as soon as I get his answer; at all events I have plenty of parts, which I can bring with me, our <placeName xml:id="placeName_18503f34-3f80-4e15-9e94-c167cdd93106">Leipzig Orchestra<name key="NST0100494" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">Gewandhaus</name><settlement key="STM0100116" style="hidden" type="">Leipzig</settlement><country style="hidden">Deutschland</country></placeName> having been a very great one. So much for the second morning. <placeName xml:id="placeName_323f25ae-5d1d-4e2a-8d7e-82d2c3dc4644">On the 4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi><name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName> you mention another piece of mine – I should like it to be either the 42<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> <title xml:id="title_c544cdca-0efa-42f7-98b2-532ad4dc47f4">Psalm<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_0oh03lgg-10ct-8tpi-cey3-sgrzokremtv7"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100115" style="hidden">Der 42. Psalm »Wie der Hirsch schreit« für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, April bis Juli 1837; 22. Dezember 1837<idno type="MWV">A 15</idno><idno type="op">42</idno></name></title>, which is published in England, or the 114<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> <title xml:id="title_d900c5fa-d73f-4c9a-b843-b6ba03583c0d">Psalm<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_fywokfcf-1mgr-gwuo-gnpx-fh6hlwytc6zw"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100117" style="hidden">Der 114. Psalm »Da Israel aus Ägypten zog« für gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, [Ende Juli 1839] bis 9. August 1839; Revision 1840<idno type="MWV">A 17</idno><idno type="op">51</idno></name></title>, which is still M. S., for a Double Chorus. The last is very short, only 15 minutes duration; the former the double of it – chose which you like best. – On the first <placeName xml:id="placeName_8571eaad-42e4-4823-8275-1e37df5a4f38">morning<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName> I will perform something of <persName xml:id="persName_196c4b1b-aaa3-4393-9d8e-c3de5dc40eb6">Seb. Bach’s<name key="PSN0109617" style="hidden">Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)</name></persName> on the Organ; on the 4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> something of my composition. I am not sure whether I shall complete my <title xml:id="title_a583c0f9-0afa-4f79-ab07-de89316cdcb2">Concerto<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_rcksdr0v-hzai-kste-rnhp-opz5hpqqlh2o"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="instrumental_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="orchestral_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="concerts_and_concertante_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100355" style="hidden">Konzert e-Moll für Klavier und Orchester, Fragment, [1842 bis 1844]<idno type="MWV">O 13</idno><idno type="op"></idno></name></title> in time for your <placeName xml:id="placeName_57db6542-4e40-4072-89f2-eefa0f1195b6">festival<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>; I hope so, but if not I will perform something else on the Pianoforte if you wish it. I will also bring over my new <title xml:id="title_e1eb6245-396a-4e1c-a2e7-dd9628ead332">Overture<name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="" style="hidden" subtype="" type=""><idno type="MWV"></idno><idno type="op"></idno></name></title>, with all the parts. – If I make a stay in London before your <placeName xml:id="placeName_5f118ee3-4af9-4af8-bf76-4f910f65266d">festival<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>, I have an idea of giving a Concert to the benefit of some Charity there, I hope the <placeName xml:id="placeName_206d3b2a-2f46-4ff7-b672-b76d9773a1ec">Committee<name key="NST0103557" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName> will not oppose such an undertaking, on the ground of my first appearance being looked for at the <placeName xml:id="placeName_47a8a78f-ea78-43df-8884-fcc8db88ba29">Birmingham festival<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>; should such a feeling exist I beg you will let me know it immediately. Pray do not forget to answer this point. Tell me also who your principal singers and performers are, and who conducts the <placeName xml:id="placeName_c6dc7c85-ec88-4035-97be-b3eff4ae89a4">Festival<name key="NST0100324" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>. Which Soprano is to sing the Solo part in <title xml:id="title_25a8ad1f-6de5-47d9-b91e-de84e1bb5345">my „Lobgesang“<list style="hidden" type="fmb_works_directory" xml:id="title_p1ouhbof-fesy-s2gh-ihje-nw8wci0tiiyy"> <item n="1" sortKey="musical_works" style="hidden"></item> <item n="2" sortKey="vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="3" sortKey="sacred_vocal_music" style="hidden"></item> <item n="4" sortKey="large-scale_sacred_vocal_works" style="hidden"></item></list><name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="PRC0100118" style="hidden">Lobgesang / Hymn of Praise, Eine Sinfonie-Kantate nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift für Solostimmen, gemischten Chor, Orchester und Orgel, [erste Jahreshälfte 1840]; 27. November 1840<idno type="MWV">A 18</idno><idno type="op">52</idno></name></title> the 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> morning? I must have a very good one if possible. And pray keep to the idea of having a rehearsal of it in London, before the general rehearsal at Birmingham. Else it would be impossible for the best Band &amp; Chorus to do it with spirit and energy. Once more my and my <persName xml:id="persName_0d23f1a6-1b0f-490f-b3a8-93c5bc7ddc0f">wife’s<name key="PSN0113252" style="hidden">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile Sophie Charlotte (1817-1853)</name></persName> <seg type="closer" xml:id="seg_46b98ab5-508b-45a6-a882-b48a6916e5db">best thanks for all your kindness and believe me to remain very truly yours</seg></p> <signed rend="right">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.</signed> </div> </body> </text></TEI>