MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY FELIX Autograph Letter Signed to tenor

Sale 2661 - Lot 143

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"MAY I THEREFORE ASK YOU . . . FOR THE VOICE PART FROM IDOMENEO" MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, FELIX. Autograph Letter Signed, to tenor Heinrich Maria Schimdt, in German, requesting a change to his singing schedule for the [Leipzig Gewandhaus] subscription concerts, and requesting that he send the vocal score for Idomeneo. 1 page, 8vo, with (now detached) integral address leaf, addressed in holograph to "Herrn Schmidt . . . Hier [Leipzig]"; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, faint scattered foxing. Leipzig, 18 December 1838

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"Because of the various 'diplomatic' conditions, I would prefer to request your participation in some other than the next subscription concert since in that case we might perhaps be able to profit from your kindness for several pieces at once. May I therefore ask you, through this messenger, for the voice part from Idomeneo? . . ."