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            Kensington Gravel Pits. January 1. 1839. My dear Sir
I am sure your long friendship for Mr Horsley and myself, will make you excuse the trouble I am about to give you in asking your opinion on a subject which occupies much of our thoughts at this moment.
We have several times been urged by Mr Neukomm, Moscheles, & other friends to send Charles to Germany, for the purpose of pursuing his Musical education, & this has been still more strongly pressed on us of later, by our friend Mr Benedict. Mr Horsley has hitherto thought that it would be more advantageous to Charles, that his visit should be defer="defer"red until he was sufficiently advanced, to profit by the highest class of instruction; but circumstances have proved to him, how unfit London & its neighbourhood are for the steady & unpermitting study of such a profession, since here music is chiefly considered as the means of making money, & since there are so few opportunities of associating with men truly devoted to this art.
 With these feelings, Mr Horsley is now anxious to make some arrangement with a German professor, of some knowledge & talent, whose residence is in a quiet city & we have been very strongly advised to enter with a correspondence, with Mr Hauptmann of Cassel, whom Mr Benedict considers a profound & excellent practical Musician & a man of general acquirements & of the highest moral character. This account has been confirmed by Blagrove who became well acquainted with Hauptmann during his stay with Spohr, but who assures us that this gentleman is not of Spohr’s school to which Mr Horsley has a decided objection. Mr Klingemann too, remembers the terms of praise in which your friend Mr Hauser spoke of Mr Hauptmann’s great knowledge. With all these recommendations however, Mr Horsley is still most desirous of obtaining your opinion, if you should know this gentleman personally or by reputation, for you will believe how greatly we should value it above all others.
We are very unwilling to intrude at all an time which we know is so precious to you, but if you could oblige us with an early answer to this enquiry you would be doing us a great favour.
We were all much concerned to hear that you had had a sick house with measles some time since. I trust that this letter will find you, Mr F Mendelssohn & your little boy in good health. We are all quite well & write in every kind & good wish to you & yours. Pray make my particular remembrances to Mrs F Mendelssohn & believe me dear Sir your most sincerely
Eliz. H Horsley
Fanny thanks you for your note which she ought to have answered long ago. Our mutual friends are all well.          

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Anfang der 1840er-Jahre war er in Leipzig Schüler von Mendelssohn und wurde (wie sein Vater William) Komponist.</note> for the purpose of pursuing his Musical education, &amp; this has been still more strongly pressed on us of later, by our friend Mr <persName xml:id="persName_099a76f2-e373-4879-89ac-7c4ff8613938">Benedict<name key="PSN0109851" style="hidden" type="person">Benedict, (seit 1871) Sir Julius (Jules) (vorh. Isaac) (1804-1885)</name></persName>. Mr <persName xml:id="persName_f0aac525-be93-432f-a14c-15d7d48a7818">Horsley<name key="PSN0112109" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, William (1774-1858)</name></persName> has hitherto thought that it would be more advantageous to Charles, that his visit should be defer="defer"red until he was sufficiently advanced, to profit by the highest class of instruction; but circumstances have proved to him, how unfit <placeName xml:id="placeName_32aaa6ba-dc3a-421e-a005-f7387482fbd2">London<settlement key="STM0100126" style="hidden" type="locality">London</settlement><country style="hidden">Großbritannien</country></placeName> &amp; its neighbourhood are for the steady &amp; unpermitting study of such a profession, since here music is chiefly considered as the means of making money, &amp; since there are so few opportunities of associating with men truly devoted to this art.</p> <p><seg type="pagebreak">|2|<pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg> With these feelings, Mr Horsley is now anxious to make some arrangement with a German professor, of some knowledge &amp; talent, whose residence is in a quiet city &amp; we have been very strongly advised to enter with a correspondence, with Mr <persName xml:id="persName_b05ebe27-f39d-4763-9346-8a312bf95ef6">Hauptmann<name key="PSN0111769" style="hidden" type="person">Hauptmann, Carl Moritz (1792-1868)</name></persName><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_7b786dad-435c-401f-a874-e9d44de29c29" xml:lang="de">Hauptmann – Der Violinist, Komponist und Musiktheore tiker Moritz Hauptmann, ein Schüler von Louis Spohr, war einer der renommiertesten Kompositionslehrer seiner Zeit. Mendelssohn empfahl ihn 1842 für den Posten des Leipziger Thomaskantors und berief ihn 1843 als Lehrer für Musiktheorie und Komposition an das neu gegründete Königliche Konservatorium der Musik, Leipzig.</note> of <placeName xml:id="placeName_8498ffc9-20ca-4ac2-964d-40d113a32926">Cassel<settlement key="STM0100115" style="hidden" type="locality">Kassel</settlement><country style="hidden">Deutschland</country></placeName>, whom Mr Benedict considers a profound &amp; excellent practical Musician &amp; a man of general acquirements &amp; of the highest moral character. This account has been confirmed by Blagrove who became well acquainted with Hauptmann during his stay with <persName xml:id="persName_a2ba8620-36ed-4d2e-92ab-0ac4dbf6a60d">Spohr<name key="PSN0115032" style="hidden" type="person">Spohr, Louis (Ludewig) (1784-1859)</name></persName>,<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_b59ed4cc-03ce-45d7-bda5-50912b574655" xml:lang="de">Spohr – Spohr war nicht nur ein gefeierter Violinvirtuose und ein respektierter Komponist und Dirigent, sondern auch ein engagierter Lehrer, der seine Schüler über das Violinspiel hinaus zu ganzheitlich gebildeten und vielseitig interessierten Menschen heranzuziehen suchte. Sein Geigenspiel wurde, im Unterschied zur französischen Violinschule oder zu Paganini, als ausgesprochen deutsch empfunden, da es trotz allem romantischen Ausdrucksstrebens auf klassischer Formstrenge beharrte. Diese prägte auch seine Kompositionen und trug ihm schon zu Lebzeiten den Vorwurf des Manierismus ein.</note> but who assures us that this gentleman is not of Spohr’s school to which Mr Horsley has a decided objection. Mr <persName xml:id="persName_b490a883-7f90-4a9d-b85f-2917e0359de8">Klingemann<name key="PSN0112434" style="hidden" type="person">Klingemann, Ernst Georg Carl Christoph Konrad (1798-1862)</name></persName> too, remembers the terms of praise in which your friend Mr <persName xml:id="persName_5fbe1928-37dc-4bbe-9807-00751b09229e">Hauser<name key="PSN0111775" style="hidden" type="person">Hauser, Franz (František) (1794-1870)</name></persName> spoke of Mr Hauptmann’s great knowledge. With all these recommendations however, Mr Horsley is still most desirous of obtaining your opinion, if you should<seg type="pagebreak"> |3|<pb n="3" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg> know this gentleman personally or by reputation, for you will believe how greatly we should value it above all others.</p> <p>We are very unwilling to intrude at all an time which we know is so precious to you, but if you could oblige us with an <hi n="1" rend="underline">early</hi> answer to this enquiry you would be doing us a great favour.</p> <p> We were all much concerned to hear that you had had a sick house with measles some time since. I trust that this letter will find you, Mr F Mendelssohn &amp; <persName xml:id="persName_450958f1-633e-4c26-a3f2-b9c35e554344">your little boy<name key="PSN0113251" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Carl (seit ca. 1859: Karl) Wolfgang Paul (1838-1897)</name></persName> in good health. We are all quite well &amp; write in every kind &amp; good wish to you &amp; yours. Pray make my particular remembrances to <persName xml:id="persName_0f99a366-bea3-42ce-8c2a-9feb216906ef">M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> F Mendelssohn<name key="PSN0113252" style="hidden" type="person">Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Cécile Sophie Charlotte (1817-1853)</name></persName> &amp; believe me dear Sir your most sincerely</p> <signed rend="right">Eliz. H Horsley</signed> </div> <div n="2" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_aa28aa05-74c2-4dcc-8609-ee95e02e3db4"> <docAuthor key="PSN0112103" resp="author" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_eb309f4e-381b-4441-9480-645215065fc0">Horsley, Elizabeth Hutchins (1793–1875)</docAuthor> <docAuthor key="PSN0112103" resp="writer" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_ba3371ef-867a-4303-8ea6-7211600f3fb4">Horsley, Elizabeth Hutchins (1793–1875)</docAuthor> <p style="paragraph_without_indent"><persName xml:id="persName_8342489c-0d47-4c51-9f24-14a1a5e2e12b">Fanny<name key="PSN0112105" style="hidden" type="person">Horsley, Frances Arabella (Fanny) → Thompson (1815-1849)</name></persName> thanks you for your note which she ought to have answered long ago. Our mutual friends are all well.</p> </div> </body> </text></TEI>