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MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847)

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14.12.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 69 | MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847)
MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847)

Autograph letter signed ('Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy') to [Carl Friedrich] Kistner, Leipzig, 15 [actually 14] July 1843.

In German. One page, 227 x 142mm, integral blank. Provenance: Heritage Auctions, New York, 9 April 2015, lot 49179; with J. & J. Lubrano.



On the proposed publication of Die erste Walpurgisnacht. 'The fee I have decided on for the first Walpurgis night is 100 Frederic d'or ... I beg you to tell me frankly if such a big and therefore expensive work by me is not convenient for you just now ... If you do not want the piece now, I will give you a smaller, shorter one as soon as possible'.



Mendelssohn had written the first version of Die erste Walpurgisnacht in 1831, setting a text by Goethe (whom Mendelssohn knew personally): it was first performed in Berlin on 10 January 1833, after Goethe's death. Mendelssohn worked on a second version in 1842-3 before its publication as his op. 60: this second version was premiered at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 2 February 1843 before an audience including Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz. Sämtliche Briefe 4027.





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