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MENDELSSOHN Felix (1809 - 1847) 2 L.A.S. "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", Frankfurt and Leipzig May 17 and September 21, 1847, to publisher N. SIMROCK in Bonn; 1 1/2 and 1 page in-4, addresses; in German. Letters written in the year of his death, on the publication of his oratorio Elias. [Mendelssohn had just returned from England, where he had several times conducted Elias, his ultimate masterpiece, with great success. He died on November 4]. Frankfurt a.M. May 17. Thanks the publisher for his kindness in Bonn. As he seemed impatient to receive the corrections, Mendelssohn immediately set to work, and this very day sends back the piano reduction, and the choral parts of the first part, corrected. All the errors he had noticed had to be corrected. Once this is done, the printing can begin. He will send everything he has of the second part in a few days' time, and asks that the rest of the 2nd part (keyboard reduction) be sent to Frankfurt, where he is staying for a few days, as this will be useful for correcting the choir parts... He will then leave for Vevey... He has nothing against the publication of the very insignificant Rhine song ("das sehr unbedeutende Rhein-Lied" [Warnung vor dem Rhein]). Then he mentions a request from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, which had asked Mendelssohn to be its representative at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn... Leipzig September 21. On the subject of proofreading. He has reviewed only those places where several plates have been reduced to one. It is necessary to verify that the errors noted have been correctly corrected. He did not revise what he had already revised ("Ich habe nur die Stellen noch einmal durchgesehen, wo mehrere Platten in eine reducirt worden sind; haben Sie die Güte recht darauf zu halten, daß die angemerkten Fehler genau corrigirt werden. Die übrigen Platten habe ich nicht noch einmal revidirt"). He points out an indication for the horns; in the parts, everything is correct. There are also no errors in the metronome indications in the first part. In the second part, on the other hand, these indications have not been carried over to several pieces, and only reappear towards the end; he corrects two tempi, in the Allegro of no. 26 and the Allegro moderato of no. 30, and the metronome indication of no. 32 (66 and not 60). Nothing now stands in the way of printing the first part, and he will return the second part in the next few days, once he has received it. Sämtliche Briefe, Band 12, nos. 5751 and 5818
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MENDELSSOHN Felix (1809 - 1847) 2 L.A.S. "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", Frankfurt and Leipzig May 17 and September 21, 1847, to publisher N. SIMROCK in Bonn; 1 1/2 and 1 page in-4, addresses; in German. Letters written in the year of his death, on the publication of his oratorio Elias. [Mendelssohn had just returned from England, where he had several times conducted Elias, his ultimate masterpiece, with great success. He died on November 4]. Frankfurt a.M. May 17. Thanks the publisher for his kindness in Bonn. As he seemed impatient to receive the corrections, Mendelssohn immediately set to work, and this very day sends back the piano reduction, and the choral parts of the first part, corrected. All the errors he had noticed had to be corrected. Once this is done, the printing can begin. He will send everything he has of the second part in a few days' time, and asks that the rest of the 2nd part (keyboard reduction) be sent to Frankfurt, where he is staying for a few days, as this will be useful for correcting the choir parts... He will then leave for Vevey... He has nothing against the publication of the very insignificant Rhine song ("das sehr unbedeutende Rhein-Lied" [Warnung vor dem Rhein]). Then he mentions a request from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, which had asked Mendelssohn to be its representative at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn... Leipzig September 21. On the subject of proofreading. He has reviewed only those places where several plates have been reduced to one. It is necessary to verify that the errors noted have been correctly corrected. He did not revise what he had already revised ("Ich habe nur die Stellen noch einmal durchgesehen, wo mehrere Platten in eine reducirt worden sind; haben Sie die Güte recht darauf zu halten, daß die angemerkten Fehler genau corrigirt werden. Die übrigen Platten habe ich nicht noch einmal revidirt"). He points out an indication for the horns; in the parts, everything is correct. There are also no errors in the metronome indications in the first part. In the second part, on the other hand, these indications have not been carried over to several pieces, and only reappear towards the end; he corrects two tempi, in the Allegro of no. 26 and the Allegro moderato of no. 30, and the metronome indication of no. 32 (66 and not 60). Nothing now stands in the way of printing the first part, and he will return the second part in the next few days, once he has received it. Sämtliche Briefe, Band 12, nos. 5751 and 5818
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