Book/Printed Material The Mendelssohn family : Felix Mendelssohn--Abraham Mendelssohn, his father--Leah Mendelssohn, his mother--Cecile, his wife--Fanny Hensel, his sister.

Title

• The Mendelssohn family : Felix Mendelssohn--Abraham Mendelssohn, his father--Leah Mendelssohn, his mother--Cecile, his wife--Fanny Hensel, his sister.

Names

• Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-1847.
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
• Library of Congress. Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation.

Created / Published

• [19--]

Headings

• -  Mendelssohn family
• -  Scrapbooks

Notes

• -  Scrapbook, containing printed matter about the family, holograph letters by them or to them, portraits, and holograph music ("Praeludium für ein Orgel, zum 3ten Oktober 1829," by Fanny Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at end Sept. 28, 1829; and 5 measures by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, dated at Birmingham Sept. 25, 1840). The contents date from about 1829 to about 1938.
• -  The printed matter is in English (except for a few portrait captions in German); the ms. matter is in German (except for 1 letter in French).
• -  In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection in the Library of Congress.
• -  Cataloged as "2a" material. vj03 08-21-87.
• -  Part of Whittall Coll. in Music Div. Staff believes this was a scrapbook acquired from W.T. Freemantle and probably made by him. But Order Div. record shows purchase from autograph dealer Mary A. Benjamin as part of a lot in 1945, 2 yrs. prior to acquisition of Freemantle coll.

Medium

• [61] leaves : 1 ill., ports (2 col.) ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• ML30.8j .M46 1900z

Library of Congress Control Number

• 87171209

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/87171209

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