gb-1841-05-12-01

            Edinburgh 12th May 1841 41 Hircot thon Dear Sir
It is now so many years since I had the honor of meeting with you in Scotland that perhaps you have forgotten me. Since then I have frequently longed to visit Germany in order to renew our acquaintance but business and other ties have hitherto prevented me.
You are perhaps aware by this time that our old friend Mr John Thomson died here about a week ago, leaving a young wife and many friends to lament his early loss. Poor fellow! he did not long enjoy his Professorship.
As the vacant Chair of music is to be filled up, several of my friends here have advised me to become a Candidate. May I therefore request the favor of a testimonial from you. It would be of the greatest value to me.
You may remember that I studied music for some years in Italy, and that you saw some trifles of my composition when you were in Scotland. I have since been writing a good deal, but the métier of teaching, as you may well imagine, interferes considerably with regular study.
Hoping that you will pardon the liberty I have taken in making this application to you, I have the honor to remain, with the greatest esteem & respect, Yours obediently
Finlay Dun
To Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Eqre          

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Juli bis 18. August 1829 gemeinsam mit Carl Klingemann bereist.</note> that perhaps you have forgotten me. Since then I have frequently longed to visit Germany in order to renew our acquaintance but business and other ties have hitherto prevented me.</p> <p>You are perhaps aware by this time that our old friend <persName xml:id="persName_2d1fe3c2-38fb-4c70-b735-f407ed090260">Mr John Thomson<name key="PSN0115318" style="hidden" type="person">Thomson, John (1805-1841)</name></persName> died here about a week ago, leaving a young wife and many friends to lament his early loss. Poor fellow! he did not long enjoy his Professorship.<note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_80f1b7d9-9633-4bab-8273-8c975d825986" xml:lang="en ">he did not long enjoy his Professorship –  John Thomson war mit Empfehlung von Mendelssohn seit 1838 Professor für Musik an der Universität Edinburgh gewesen.</note></p> <p>As the vacant Chair of music is to be filled up, several of my friends here<seg type="pagebreak"> |2| <pb n="2" type="pagebreak"></pb></seg>have advised me to become a Candidate. May I therefore request the favor of a <title xml:id="title_52774148-6210-4468-b329-7f5a729be648">testimonial<name key="PSN0000001" style="hidden" type="author">Mendelssohn Bartholdy (bis 1816: Mendelssohn), Jacob Ludwig Felix (1809-1847)</name><name key="fmb-1841-05-13-01" style="hidden" type="letter">Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Finlay Dun in Edinburgh; Berlin oder Leipzig, nach dem 12. Mai 1841</name></title><note resp="FMBC" style="hidden" type="single_place_comment" xml:id="note_854646dd-ca85-446e-b74f-e08e198d0b41" xml:lang="en ">the favor of a testimonial – zum überlieferten autographen Konzept eines Zeugnisses für Finlay Dun (heutiger Standort: GB-Ob, M.D.M. d. 39/222) siehe Brief fmb-1841-05-13-01 (Brief Nr. 3147) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy an Finlay Dun in Edinburgh, Berlin oder Leipzig, nach dem 12. Mai 1841.</note> from you. It would be of the greatest value to me.</p> <p>You may remember that I studied music for some years in Italy, and that you saw some trifles of my composition when you were in Scotland. I have since been writing a good deal, but the métier of teaching, as you may well imagine, interferes considerably with regular study.</p> <closer rend="left">Hoping that you will pardon the liberty I have taken in making this application to you, I have the honor to remain, with the greatest esteem &amp; respect,</closer> <signed rend="center">Yours obediently</signed> <signed rend="right">Finlay Dun</signed> </div> <div n="2" type="act_of_writing" xml:id="div_b4d3aa30-558e-49bb-9db5-c81634a9c8b8"> <docAuthor key="PSN0110775" resp="author" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_89aebe93-5e8c-4c6d-b8a4-63759a895b71">Dun, Finlay (1795-1853)</docAuthor> <docAuthor key="PSN0110775" resp="writer" style="hidden" xml:id="docAuthor_4c8a52b6-2d9e-4ff4-96b8-46916d668602">Dun, Finlay (1795-1853)</docAuthor> <p style="paragraph_without_indent">To Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Eq<hi rend="superscript">re </hi></p> </div> </body> </text></TEI>