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John Thomson an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig <lb></lb> Wien, 24. August 1838 you perceive that I am now true in your beautiful and attractive country – I am now on my way to Praha – Dresden Leipzig – Berlin &amp; Hamburg – from there to Scotland. I Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online (FMB-C) unbekannt Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an John Thomson in Leipzig (?); Leipzig, 10. September 1838 Thomson, John (1805-1841)Thomson, John (1805-1841) Transkription: FMB-C Edition: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online-Ausgabe (FMB-C). Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Medienwissenschaft. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Maschinenlesbare Übertragung der vollständigen Korrespondenz Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys (FMB-C)

 Großbritannien Oxford GB-Ob Oxford, Bodleian Library Music Section M.D.M. d. 34/36. Autograph John Thomson an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig; Wien, 24. August 1838 you perceive that I am now true in your beautiful and attractive country – I am now on my way to Praha – Dresden Leipzig – Berlin &amp; Hamburg – from there to Scotland. I

1 Doppelbl.: S. 1-3 Brieftext; S. 4 Adresse, 2 Poststempel [WIEN / ???] [N–5 / 28 / 8 ]. Der Brief ist vollständig in lateinischen Buchstaben geschrieben.

John Thomson

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online-Ausgabe FMB-C: Digitale Edition der vollständigen Korrespondenz Hin- und Gegenbriefe Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys auf XML-TEI-Basis.

Die Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Correspondence Online-Ausgabe FMB-C ediert die Gesamtkorrespondenz des Komponisten Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809-1847 in Form einer digitalen, wissenschaftlich-kritischen Online-Ausgabe. 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.

 24. August 1838 Thomson, John (1805-1841)counter-resetThomson, John (1805–1841) Wien Österreich Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847) Leipzig Deutschland englisch
Herrn Dr F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy 3 Leipziger Straße Berlin in Leipzig 16. R nach zu sendenUnbekanntVon fremder Hand. franco
Thomson, John (1805–1841) Thomson, John (1805–1841) Vienna 24 Augt 1838. My Dear Sir

you perceive that I am now true in your beautiful and attractive country – I am now on my way to PrahaPragBöhmen – DresdenDresdenDeutschland LeipzigLeipzigDeutschland – BerlinBerlinDeutschland &amp; HamburgHamburgDeutschland – from there to Scotland. I heard from your brother in lawMendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Paul Hermann (1812-1874) in London that you were with all your relatives assembled in your mother’s house at Berlinyou were … in your mother’s house at Berlin – Felix und Cécile Mendelssohn Bartholdy hielten sich vom 10. Juni bis 19. August 1838 in Berlin auf, waren aber zum Zeitpunkt des Briefschreibedatums bereits seit dem 20. August 1838 wieder in Leipzig. and were likely to remain there till the beginning of September. Now I am very anxious to see you and would be lost to miss you either at Leipzig or Berlin: but my reason is a selfish one though to me of no little importance. The fact is I am a Candidate for the Profesorship for Music in the EdinburghEdinburghGroßbritannien UniversityUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghGroßbritannien and as I require Testimonials for my qualifications for the office I am not anxious to prove it from You, which I feel confident will be no small weight. It is possible that |2| You may already have been applied to by other Candidateshave been applied to by other Candidates – In seinem Brief gb-1838-06-27-01 an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy vom 27. Juni 1838 hatte George Hogarth Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy um ein Zeugnis für seine Bewerbung auf eine »professorship of Music which has just been established in the University of Edinburgh«. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy war diesem Wunsch mit seinem Gutachten in Briefform ( Brief fmb-1838-09-10-02, Brief Nr. 2088) nachgekommen. Die Stelle ging letztlich an Thomson. Für das von George Hogarth geforderte Zeugnis existieren ein Entwurf vom 27. Juni 1838 (GB-Ob, M.D.M. d. 33/28) und das Zeugnis selbst (Abschrift, GB-Ob, M.D.M. c. 18, fol. 81r. Druck: Max Unger, Von Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Beziehungen zu England, S. 21 f. Unpublished letters of Mendelssohn, in: The Musical Times, Vol. 51, 1910, S. 366 f., dort datiert »July 1838«), das Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy sowohl Hogarth als auch Ignaz Moscheles sprachlich und inhaltlich zu überarbeiten bat (siehe Brief fmb-1838-07-11-02, Brief Nr. 2049, Z. 3). Der Text des Zeugnisses lautet: »During my last visit to England I had the opportunity of perusing some of Mr G. Hogarth’s writings on Musical History & this as well as the personal intercourse which I had with that gentleman enabled me to form the highest ideas of his attainments in the Theory, History & Practice of the Art. Indeed I know few persons, writing as he does a deep and thorough knowledge of musical science with that warmth of feeling, with that poetical disposition of soul which seems to me quite as necessary for the perfect understanding of works of Art as it is to the true Artist. Mr Hogarth did not loose this love and lively feeling for music during his scientific pursuits, while he displays a most extended knowledge of that science which forms its basis. We have in my country but few writers on music who possess that happy combination which I admire in Mr Hogarth, and which gives me the highest regard and esteem for him. Leipzig 1 July 1838 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy«. And that You may therefore consider yourself tied up from giving Testimonials to any other. But as it is a new expression of opinion, not a decision of a judge there is no injustice committed. In this light MoschelesMoscheles, Ignaz (Isack) (1794-1870) HorsleyHorsley, William (1774-1858) and others received the matterI require Testimonials … Moscheles Horsley and others received the matter – Sowohl Thomsons Konkurrent George Hogarth als auch John Thomson erhielten Gutachten von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Ignaz Moscheles. and from me very kind &amp; handsome letters. Knowledge of the theory, acquaintance with the works of the great masters, my compositions and several enthusiasm in the act are the Copies but they may be hinted at quite generally. Your name will be a tower of thought.

I hope to be in Berlin (for a day only) by the 4th 5th of next month – in Leipzig at the previous Monday the 3d so that if a letter be addressed to me before that |3| time to the hotel de Bavière at LeipzigHôtel de BavièreLeipzigDeutschland I shall be sure to get it.

I long to see your family again – all marriedyour family … all married – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und seine Geschwister Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rebecka Lejeune Dirichlet und Fanny Hensel waren sämtlich bereits verheiratet. – while I alone am yet single! a regular batchelor bachelor like KlingemannKlingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862) – fromThomson, John (1805–1841) whom I have a packet of regards – The member of tribus from the Horsley familyHorsley, Frances Arabella (Fanny) → Thompson (1815-1849)Horsley, Mary Elizabeth (1813-1881)Horsley, Sophia Hutchins (Sophy) (1819-1894)The member of tribus from the Horsley family – Gemeint sind die drei Horsley-Töchter Sophia Horsley, Arabella (Fanny) Horsley und Mary Elizabeth Horsley. – the MoschelesMoscheles, Charlotte (1805-1889)Moscheles, Ignaz (Isack) (1794-1870) KlingemKlingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862). & & it would fatigue me to enumerate – so wait till I see you. Kind regards to all yours.

Yours sincerely John Thomson 
            Vienna 24 Augt 1838. My Dear Sir
you perceive that I am now true in your beautiful and attractive country – I am now on my way to Praha – Dresden Leipzig – Berlin &amp; Hamburg – from there to Scotland. I heard from your brother in law in London that you were with all your relatives assembled in your mother’s house at Berlin and were likely to remain there till the beginning of September. Now I am very anxious to see you and would be lost to miss you either at Leipzig or Berlin: but my reason is a selfish one though to me of no little importance. The fact is I am a Candidate for the Profesorship for Music in the Edinburgh University and as I require Testimonials for my qualifications for the office I am not anxious to prove it from You, which I feel confident will be no small weight. It is possible that You may already have been applied to by other Candidates And that You may therefore consider yourself tied up from giving Testimonials to any other. But as it is a new expression of opinion, not a decision of a judge there is no injustice committed. In this light Moscheles Horsley and others received the matter and from me very kind &amp; handsome letters. Knowledge of the theory, acquaintance with the works of the great masters, my compositions and several enthusiasm in the act are the Copies but they may be hinted at quite generally. Your name will be a tower of thought.
I hope to be in Berlin (for a day only) by the 4th 5th of next month – in Leipzig at the previous Monday the 3d so that if a letter be addressed to me before that time to the hotel de Bavière at Leipzig I shall be sure to get it.
I long to see your family again – all married – while I alone am yet single! a regular batchelor like Klingemann – from whom I have a packet of regards – The member of tribus from the Horsley family – the Moscheles Klingem. & & it would fatigue me to enumerate – so wait till I see you. Kind regards to all yours.
Yours sincerely John Thomson          
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It is possible that<seg type="pagebreak"> |2|<pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg> You may already have been applied to by other Candidates<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_1419b420-a50d-41e1-ac1c-513a5a9e71d6" xml:lang="en">have been applied to by other Candidates – In seinem Brief gb-1838-06-27-01 an Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy vom 27. Juni 1838 hatte George Hogarth Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy um ein Zeugnis für seine Bewerbung auf eine »professorship of Music which has just been established in the University of Edinburgh«. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy war diesem Wunsch mit seinem Gutachten in Briefform ( Brief fmb-1838-09-10-02, Brief Nr. 2088) nachgekommen. Die Stelle ging letztlich an Thomson. Für das von George Hogarth geforderte Zeugnis existieren ein Entwurf vom 27. Juni 1838 (GB-Ob, M.D.M. d. 33/28) und das Zeugnis selbst (Abschrift, GB-Ob, M.D.M. c. 18, fol. 81r. Druck: Max Unger, Von Mendelssohn-Bartholdys Beziehungen zu England, S. 21 f. Unpublished letters of Mendelssohn, in: The Musical Times, Vol. 51, 1910, S. 366 f., dort datiert »July 1838«), das Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy sowohl Hogarth als auch Ignaz Moscheles sprachlich und inhaltlich zu überarbeiten bat (siehe Brief fmb-1838-07-11-02, Brief Nr. 2049, Z. 3). Der Text des Zeugnisses lautet: »During my last visit to England I had the opportunity of perusing some of Mr G. Hogarth’s writings on Musical History &amp; this as well as the personal intercourse which I had with that gentleman enabled me to form the highest ideas of his attainments in the Theory, History &amp; Practice of the Art. Indeed I know few persons, writing as he does a deep and thorough knowledge of musical science with that warmth of feeling, with that poetical disposition of soul which seems to me quite as necessary for the perfect understanding of works of Art as it is to the true Artist. Mr Hogarth did not loose this love and lively feeling for music during his scientific pursuits, while he displays a most extended knowledge of that science which forms its basis. We have in my country but few writers on music who possess that happy combination which I admire in Mr Hogarth, and which gives me the highest regard and esteem for him. Leipzig 1 July 1838 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy«.</note> And that You may therefore consider yourself tied up from giving Testimonials to any other. But as it is a new expression of opinion, not a decision of a judge there is no injustice committed. In this light <persName xml:id="persName_8c52e0a9-0e6b-4349-9a11-5f4691fb548e">Moscheles<name key="PSN0113441" style="hidden" type="person">Moscheles, Ignaz (Isack) (1794-1870)</name></persName> <persName xml:id="persName_9a4e7f76-9082-4b5d-8088-8dddc2ca613f">Horsley<name key="PSN0112109" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, William (1774-1858)</name></persName> and others received the matter<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_3f1bd0c7-692e-4441-ab9a-e0172a828c90" xml:lang="en">I require Testimonials … Moscheles Horsley and others received the matter – Sowohl Thomsons Konkurrent George Hogarth als auch John Thomson erhielten Gutachten von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und Ignaz Moscheles.</note> and from me very kind &amp;amp; handsome letters. Knowledge of the theory, acquaintance with the works of the great masters, my compositions and several enthusiasm in the act are the Copies but they may be hinted at quite generally. Your name will be a tower of thought.</p> <p>I hope to be in Berlin (for a day only) by the <date cert="high" when="1838-09-04" xml:id="date_a964467c-0a21-49ac-b016-4c7396c2fbab">4<hi rend="superscript">th</hi></date> <date cert="high" when="1838-09-05" xml:id="date_bef28271-224c-4494-a1b6-ea49acebf757">5<hi rend="superscript">th</hi></date> of next month – in Leipzig at the <date cert="high" when="1838-09-03" xml:id="date_ec75195b-a406-462a-985d-99dd7696eb2f">previous Monday the 3<hi rend="superscript">d</hi></date> so that if a letter be addressed to me before that |3| time to the <placeName xml:id="placeName_935c9bdd-f44b-4870-8723-8bdd4db426ee">hotel de Bavière at Leipzig<name key="NST0100515" style="hidden" subtype="" type="institution">Hôtel de Bavière</name><settlement key="STM0100116" style="hidden" type="locality">Leipzig</settlement><country style="hidden">Deutschland</country></placeName> I shall be sure to get it.</p> <p>I long to see your family <gap quantity="1" reason="uncertain_reading" unit="words"></gap> again – all married<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_cbe1155c-5eee-4228-9ea5-a2ab506d318c" xml:lang="en">your family … all married – Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und seine Geschwister Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rebecka Lejeune Dirichlet und Fanny Hensel waren sämtlich bereits verheiratet.</note> – while I alone am yet single! a regular <choice resp="editor" source="autograph_edition_template" xml:id="choice_b8cb4c0e-cdae-4e66-a71f-a62476bffe7b"> <sic resp="writer">batchelor</sic> <corr resp="editor">bachelor</corr> </choice> like <persName xml:id="persName_a68d9ecf-2748-4bbc-9d58-e58a8aedb606">Klingemann<name key="PSN0112434" style="hidden" type="person">Klingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862)</name></persName> – <add place="above">from<name key="PSN0115318" resp="writers_hand" style="hidden">Thomson, John (1805–1841)</name></add> whom I have a packet of regards – The <persName xml:id="persName_4528b48c-0623-45ca-9667-ebb05e6f7785">member of <hi n="1" rend="underline">tribus</hi> from the Horsley family<name key="PSN0112105" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, Frances Arabella (Fanny) → Thompson (1815-1849)</name><name key="PSN0112107" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, Mary Elizabeth (1813-1881)</name><name key="PSN0112108" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, Sophia Hutchins (Sophy) (1819-1894)</name></persName><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_b7e71980-1dd4-4b50-9d8f-38613e7baf19" xml:lang="en">The member of tribus from the Horsley family – Gemeint sind die drei Horsley-Töchter Sophia Horsley, Arabella (Fanny) Horsley und Mary Elizabeth Horsley.</note> – the <persName xml:id="persName_1cf21bf6-fca5-4616-a879-3b1d99697bfb">Moscheles<name key="PSN0113436" style="hidden" type="person">Moscheles, Charlotte (1805-1889)</name><name key="PSN0113441" style="hidden" type="person">Moscheles, Ignaz (Isack) (1794-1870)</name></persName> <persName xml:id="persName_2bfcafea-6987-44f0-b4b8-2ab4c9caa1af">Klingem<name key="PSN0112434" style="hidden" type="person">Klingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862)</name></persName>. &amp; &amp; it would fatigue me to enumerate – so wait till I see you. Kind regards to all yours.</p> <closer rend="center">Yours sincerely</closer> <signed rend="right">John Thomson</signed> </div> </body> </text></TEI>