gb-1837-10-14-02

            London October 14. 1837 My Dear Mr Mendelssohn
We cannot let Miss Novello go to Leipzig without sending you a few lines, just to ask how you arrived in Germany. I sincerely hope that you found your wife & all friends perfectly well. I could see, when you were in the Coach at Birmingham, how delighted you were at the thought of going back & wished many times to go with you – I think you must have been perfectly satisfied with your reception in England, which is said to have been the greatest, since Weber produced his Oberon – They talk of you very much & with the greatest enthusiasm, & I am very, very, glad, because my Country is getting musical – I am sorry to tell you that our Organist Samuel Wesley died two days since very suddenly, I believe you were with him at ChristChurch where you played the Organ – I have no more news to tell you – but I hope you will be so kind to write sometimes & tell me what is going on in Leipzig – I think I should like to send you something for the Concerts, if you would do it, but I will write again it about it – Und nun, noch eine Bitte (Schiller) will you accept the little gold pencilcase from me, which is very simple, but I hope you will like it. Your name is engraved on the top. &
Good bye – Give my best respects to Mrs Mendelssohn & the Schunke family & believe me – Yours very Truly
W Sterndale Bennett
– P. S. I rather believe, Blagrove, (an English Violin Player) will pass through Leipzig & give a Concert, when, if you could show him any attention you would much oblige me – He would like to know David –
Will you give my remembrances to Schleinitz & David – Good Bye – GoodBye          

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September 1837 seine Rückreise von England nach Leipzig an. </note> I sincerely hope that you found your wife &amp; all friends perfectly well<unclear reason="covering" resp="UT">.</unclear> I could see, when you were in the Coach at <placeName xml:id="placeName_83d60c9c-a01d-4362-9e04-f6aa4f01b3a8">Birmingham<name key="NST0103557" style="hidden" subtype="Komitee" type="institution">The Birmingham Triennial Music Festival</name><settlement key="STM0100323" style="hidden" type="locality">Birmingham</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName>,<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_c608629c-0ad1-44d6-a276-0813b8707b7a" xml:lang="en">Coach at Birmingham – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy war zum Birmingham Triennial Music Festival gereist, das vom 19. bis 22. September 1837 stattgefunden hatte. Er dirigierte dort u. a. sein Oratorium Paulus, trat als Solist bei der Uraufführung seines 2. Klavierkonzerts d-Moll, op. 40, auf und spielte Johann Sebastian Bachs Präludium und Fuge Es-Dur, BWV 552.</note> how delighted you were at the thought of going back &amp; wished many times to go with you – I think you must have been perfectly satisfied with your reception in England, which is said to have been the greatest, since <title xml:id="title_b45a4acb-2c8c-461d-92ab-c9b59e7fb2e7">Weber produced his Oberon<name key="PSN0115645" style="hidden" type="author">Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von (1786–1826)</name><name key="CRT0111259" style="hidden" type="music">Oberon, or the Elf King’s Oath WeV C. 10</name></title> – They<seg type="pagebreak"> |2| <pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg>talk of you very much &amp; with the greatest enthusiasm, &amp; I am <hi n="1" rend="underline">very</hi>, <hi n="1" rend="underline">very</hi>, glad, because <hi n="1" rend="underline">my Country</hi> is getting musical – I am sorry to tell you that our Organist <persName xml:id="persName_ecc0bbe3-c407-4685-8951-18f010707344">Samuel Wesley<name key="PSN0115729" style="hidden" type="person">Wesley, Samuel (1766-1837)</name></persName><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_ed7dc1b3-b4f2-4c81-a526-e4fc6f9b0461" xml:lang="en">Samuel Wesley – Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), englischer Organist und Komponist I believe you were with him at ChristChurch where you played the Organ – Am 12. September spielte Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in der Londoner Christ Church in der Newgate Street (Christ Church Greyfriars) auf Bitten des dort angestellten Organisten Henry John Gauntlett die Orgel und lernte im Anschluss Samuel Wesley und seine Tochter Eliza Wesley persönlich kennen. Wesley spielte an diesem Tag das letzte Mal Orgel und starb nach kurzer Krankheit am 11. Oktober 1837. Siehe den Artikel Death of Mr. Samuel Wesley. (From a Correspondent.), in: The Times, 12. Oktober 1837, S. 4. Siehe Brief fmb-1837-09-14-01 (Brief Nr. 1712) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Frankfurt a. M., Birmingham, 14. 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Your name is engraved on the top. <hi n="2" rend="underline"><del cert="high" rend="strikethrough" xml:id="del_af6feda6-f663-4429-8a7e-16c2938f1591">&amp;</del></hi> </p> <closer rend="left"> Good bye – Give my best respects to M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> <persName xml:id="persName_0b52b248-b388-40b9-a56c-e247acb78919">Mendelssohn<name key="PSN0113252" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile Sophie Charlotte (1817-1853)</name></persName> &amp; the <persName xml:id="persName_e75d3e71-d027-430a-af4a-105d760ddbae">Schunke family<name key="PSN0114759" style="hidden" type="person">Schunck, Familie von → Friedrich Philipp Daniel S.</name></persName> &amp; believe me – </closer> <signed rend="right">Yours very Truly </signed> <signed rend="right">W Sterndale Benn<unclear reason="covering" resp="UT">ett</unclear></signed> </div> <div n="2" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_b7aa8f43-c63b-4acd-be94-c5d483e2953a"> <docAuthor key="PSN0109864" resp="author" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_12d8e347-4e61-4fbd-ba9b-0fb50b88d472">Bennett, (seit 1871) Sir William Sterndale (1816–1875)</docAuthor> <docAuthor key="PSN0109864" resp="writer" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_b00bad5e-8d9f-4892-aeb9-dc4933888f36">Bennett, (seit 1871) Sir William Sterndale (1816–1875)</docAuthor> <p style="paragraph_without_indent">– P.S. I rather believe, <hi n="1" rend="underline"><persName xml:id="persName_e7c4e4bd-6af2-4aa9-9357-eb7c13e4e878">Blagrove<name key="PSN0109967" style="hidden" type="person">Blagrove, Henry Gamble (1811-1872)</name></persName></hi>, (an English Violin Player) will pass through Leipzig<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_0f6e70b5-96f8-4427-8f98-3f772f64b7a0" xml:lang="en">Blagrove, (an English Violin Player) will pass through Leipzig – Der Geiger Henry Gamble Blagrove trat am 18. Januar 1838 als Solist im zwölften Abonnementkonzert des Gewandhauses auf. 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