gb-1838-07-11-02

            Bond Street, July 11th 1838 Dear Sir
I have just received your letter and regret to say that my brother has just left London for Ireland or he would of course have himself answered it – I was much surprised to find that you had not received a letter which I know my brother wrote at least six weeks ago, and which was sent to Mr Klingemann to be forwarded to you, I suppose it was sent by private hand and has shared the fate of many thus under similar circumstances – Mr Planché has now completed two acts of the Opera which you will receive immediately after this, as we have only to have them copied; in his agreement with us he promises to make any alterations in his power, that you may wish. My brother in his letter I know, said that he should be much obliged if you would write a introduce a few songs and Duets such as might well be sung out of the Opera, as it is necessary to the success of an Opera here not only that it should be really good but also that there should be a few Songs for the multitude – With many apologies for the delay that has occured and trusting the libretto will meet with your approbation I am
Dear Sir Your’s very truly Thos Chappell          

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Mendelssohn Bartholdy</hi></addrLine> <addrLine>Leipziger Strasse N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 3</addrLine> <addrLine><hi n="1" rend="underline"><hi rend="latintype"><abbr>Berlin</abbr></hi></hi></addrLine> </address> </head> </div> <div n="1" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_2e5a7d57-a58d-4ee3-a019-59843d568070"> <docAuthor key="PSN0110350" resp="author" style="hidden">Chappell, Thomas Patey (1819–1902)</docAuthor> <docAuthor key="PSN0110350" resp="writer" style="hidden">Chappell, Thomas Patey (1819–1902)</docAuthor> <dateline rend="right"><hi n="1" rend="underline">Bond Street, <date cert="high" when="1838-07-11" xml:id="date_cac509e3-aa64-4686-a048-292b4268331d">July 11<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1838</date></hi></dateline> <salute rend="left">Dear Sir</salute> <p style="paragraph_without_indent">I have just received your <title xml:id="title_4e6322be-9fd0-4f25-926a-a17a002ddc7f">letter <name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name> <name key="fmb-1838-06-26-01" style="hidden" type="letter">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an William Chappell in London; Berlin, 26. Juni 1838</name> </title> and regret to say that my <persName xml:id="persName_895733b9-2e34-4ca0-ad90-0ef32e08d699">brother<name key="PSN0110351" style="hidden" type="person">Chappell, William (1809-1888)</name></persName> has just left London for Ireland or he would of course have himself answered it – I was much surprised to find that you had not received a <title xml:id="title_6ec52f7d-2735-4282-b1d7-cebfc5c14633">letter <name key="PSN0110351" style="hidden" type="author">Chappell, William (1809–1888)</name> <name key="gb-1838-01-11-01" style="hidden" type="letter">William Chappell an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig; London, 11. Januar 1838</name> </title> which I know my brother wrote at least six weeks ago, and which was sent to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <persName xml:id="persName_c5a70e19-ff7b-4b6f-8b3f-119844c36bc9">Klingemann<name key="PSN0112434" style="hidden" type="person">Klingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862)</name></persName> to be forwarded to you, I suppose it was sent by private hand and has shared the fate of many thus under similar circumstances – M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> <persName xml:id="persName_22842c78-8a69-4103-9e76-1a0e748ae088">Planché<name key="PSN0113896" style="hidden" type="person">Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880)</name></persName> has now completed two acts of the Opera<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_e3e71244-2b7c-4703-bb41-bde434e412f0" xml:lang="en">completed two acts of the Opera – William Chappell hatte Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy vorgeschlagen, eine Oper auf ein Libretto von James Robinson Planché zu komponieren. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy war mit Planché seit seinem zweiten England-Aufenthalt 1832 persönlich bekannt. Chappell bot Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dann in seinem Brief gb-1837-10-05-01 vom 5. Oktober 1837 300 Pfund Sterling für die Komposition der Oper an (vgl. fmb-1837-11-17-01, Brief Nr. 1768, Z. 70). In der Folgezeit wurde das Opernlibretto, das die Belagerung von Calais durch Edward III. thematisierte, zwischen Chappell, Planché und Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy unter dem Arbeitstitel »The brothers« diskutiert. Gelegentlich wurden auch die Bezeichnungen »Edward III and the Siege of Calais« bzw. »Eduard III. und die Belagerung von Calais« verwendet. Letztlich lehnte Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy den Text ab und zog sich um die Jahreswende 1839/40 von dem Projekt zurück. Siehe dazu Planché, Recollections and Reflections, Bd. 1, S. 279 ff., Todd, On Mendelssohn’s Operatic Destiny, S. 117 f., und Todd, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, S. 406. </note> which you will receive immediately after this, as we have only to have them copied; in his agreement with us he promises to make any alterations in<seg type="pagebreak"> |2| <pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg>his power, that you may wish. My brother in his <title xml:id="title_8299b535-b89e-421c-b0dd-bed91d4b9420">letter <name key="PSN0110351" style="hidden" type="author">Chappell, William (1809–1888)</name> <name key="gb-1838-01-11-01" style="hidden" type="letter">William Chappell an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig; London, 11. 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