Folio 90

The Mendelssohn Scholarships Foundation . Instituted 1848.

1 New Court Woodside
Laug Street Caterham
London W.C.
5 Nov. 1910.
Dear Sir

At the annual meeting of the Committee of the English Mendelssohn Scholarship , held at the Royal Academy of Music yesterday , sympathetic reference was made to the death of Frau Wach , the last surviving child of the great musician in whose memory this scholarship Folio 91 was founded , and I was directed to convey to you on behalf of the Committee an expression of their sincere condolence with you in your bereavement .

Believe me to be , Sir , Yours faithfully
J.F.R. Stainer Hon. Sec .

About this text

Title: Letter of condolence on the death of Elisabeth (Lili) Wach.
Author: Stainer, J.F.R.
Edition: Taylor edition
Series: Taylor Editions: Manuscript
Editor: Edited by Jennifer Patterson

Identification

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 90-91

Contents

Letter expressing condolences on behalf of the Mendelssohn Scholarships Foundation on the death of Elisabeth (Lili) Wach (1845-1910), daughter of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. It was most likely intended for Adolf Wach (1843-1926), Lili's husband. The letter (written on an octavo-size bifolium with the Foundation's letterhead on the first leaf) mentions the occasion at which a reference to Frau Wach's death was made, namely the annual meeting of the Foundation's Committee that took place at the Royal Academy of Music on 4 November. The letter was written a day later by John Frederick Randall Stainer (1866-1939), Honorary Secretary of the Foundation and son of the composer Sir John Stainer.

Physical description

Codex. paper

History

Written in Coventry, England in 1910

About this edition

This is a facsimile and transcription of Letter of condolence on the death of Elisabeth (Lili) Wach, 1910 . Shelf mark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 90-91

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Letter of condolence on the death of Elisabeth (Lili) Wach. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 90-91

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