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            London 8th May 1839. My dear Sir
On receipt of your Letter I immediately went to Mr Planché, who regretted as much as I do, that you should have returned the Manuscript, as he did not mean to decline making the alternations you wish, but to express his opinion that the Opera would not be objected to by the English Public on account of not having a Comic Part & that he considered it would be better without it. He is however perfectly willing to give way, if you deem it necessary for your Music, provided he can alter it to his own satisfaction, for which purpose he has taken back the Manuscript to reconsider the whole & I most anxiously wish he may succeed to your expectations as it will be a considerable Loss to me to have the Opera, for which I have long since paid him, thrown upon my Hands, & yet I cannot expect you will undertake a work with which you are not fully satisfied – Believe me Dear Sir
Yours very sincerely
Wm Chappell
50 New Bond St.          

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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. 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He is however perfectly willing to give way, if you deem it necessary for your Music, provided he can alter it to his own satisfaction, for which purpose he has taken back the Manuscript to reconsider the whole &amp; I most anxiously wish he may succeed to your expectations as it will be a considerable Loss to me to have the Opera, for which I have long since paid him, thrown upon my Hands, &amp; yet I cannot expect you will undertake a work with which you are not fully satisfied – Believe me Dear Sir</p> <signed rend="right">Yours very sincerely</signed> <signed rend="right">Wm Chappell</signed> </div> <div type="sender_address" xml:id="div_ec884a02-ef4a-43d4-be7f-cca30fb9ff12"> <p style="paragraph_left"> <address> <addrLine>50 <hi n="1" rend="underline">New Bond St.</hi></addrLine> </address> </p> </div> </body> </text></TEI>