Mendelssohn, Felix - Autograph Letter Signed c. 1833 playbills opera matted on solid cardboard

matted on solid cardboard

Also signed on verso and dated in 1938

from the Worth Avenue National Bank

Signed photo shown during performance

German-born British pianist (1905-1955)

Mendelssohn, Felix - Autograph Letter Signed c. 1833 playbills opera matted on solid cardboardGerman composer (1809 1847), pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period and one of the greatest in music history. Autograph letter signed, to a Mrs. Moscheles (probably the wife of composer Ignaz Moscheles (1794 1870)), in German (sold untranslated), dated in July, circa 1833. Mendelssohn is thanking her for returning some borrowed books and requesting an address. Lacquer stamp with a barely visible monogram inside, unidentified.