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            Leipzig July 21 1840 Dear Sir
It is now certain that I shall visit your Country in September next and I hasten to write you these lines, in order to ask wether I shall find you in London at that time? The week from the 13th to the 20th September I shall certainly spend in London and would be very happy if in that week something could be done to settle our plans about the Opera. I hope Mr. Planché will be in London at that time, and that we will more advance after some Conversation than after so long a Correspondance. But I am afraid that I cannot express my objections as to details more distinctly than I have done already, and that the plot which is interwoven into the historical fact, (which in itself seems to offer many advantages for an Opera) is not quite congenial to my feelings, from which my objections to the details may be derived. Since I have seen the end to which the story of the brother is brought I have not been able to reconcile myself to the idea of it, and am afraid that our difference of opinion lies more in the plot itself, than in any of the details, the greater part of which is so masterly, as must be expected from such a poet. But of all that I hope to speak to you, when we talk over this subject in September; only let me know in a few words wether I am sure to find you at the above mentioned period and believe me dear Sir
your very obedt Servt
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.          

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New Bond Street</addrLine> <addrLine>Oxford Street.</addrLine> </address> </head> </div> <div n="1" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_4750a46b-2a4f-4a1a-9b7f-d99fe11388f1"> <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> <dateline rend="right">Leipzig <date cert="high" when="1840-07-21" xml:id="date_264cdff9-9f37-4fcf-b42c-6379a4b9839f">July 21 1840</date></dateline> <salute rend="left">Dear Sir</salute> <p style="paragraph_without_indent">It is now certain that I shall visit your Country in September next and I hasten to write you these lines, in order to ask wether I shall find you in London at that time? The week from the 13<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> to the 20<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> September I shall certainly spend in London and would be very happy if in that week something could be done to settle our plans about the <title xml:id="title_fbb1e2df-536b-4cd9-861b-f462cd286173">Opera<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden" type="author">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name><name key="CRT0110329" style="hidden" type="dramatic_work">The Brothers (auch: Edward III and the Siege of Calais / Eduard III. und die Belagerung von Calais) (Libretto)</name></title>. I hope Mr. <persName xml:id="persName_d309bbc0-09dc-4f04-88fe-f8f307d6a6b1">Planché<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name></persName> will be in London at that time, and that we will more advance after some Conversation than after so long a Correspondance. But I am afraid that I cannot express my objections as to details more distinctly than I have done already, and that the <title xml:id="title_5072943d-bf8c-4cab-88e2-8a70642e07c6">plot<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden" type="author">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name><name key="CRT0110329" style="hidden" type="dramatic_work">The Brothers (auch: Edward III and the Siege of Calais / Eduard III. und die Belagerung von Calais) (Libretto)</name></title> which is interwoven into the historical fact, (which in itself seems to offer many advantages for an Opera) is not quite congenial to my feelings, from which my objections to the details may be derived. Since I have seen the end to which the <title xml:id="title_bde188a7-2cf4-4d5e-8a31-24d63d85b096">story of the brother<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden" type="author">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name><name key="CRT0110329" style="hidden" type="dramatic_work">The Brothers (auch: Edward III and the Siege of Calais / Eduard III. und die Belagerung von Calais) (Libretto)</name></title> is brought I have not been able to reconcile myself to the idea of it, and am afraid that our difference of opinion lies more in the <title xml:id="title_86a9a0c6-207f-40f7-a846-a54e4efec4ff">plot<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden" type="author">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name><name key="CRT0110329" style="hidden" type="dramatic_work">The Brothers (auch: Edward III and the Siege of Calais / Eduard III. und die Belagerung von Calais) (Libretto)</name></title> itself, than in any of the details, the greater part of which is so masterly, as must be expected from such a <persName xml:id="persName_8494234e-8ece-4ce9-b3a6-7f45a7d4a64a">poet<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name></persName>. But of all that I hope to speak to you, when we talk over this subject in September; only let me know in a few words wether I am sure to find you at the above mentioned period <seg type="closer" xml:id="seg_fcd0689c-9b59-4470-b8b9-cb50c255d3bc">and believe me dear Sir</seg></p> <signed rend="right">your very obedt Servt</signed> <signed rend="right">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.</signed> </div> </body> </text></TEI>