Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix.

comprising a central quatrain composed by Karl Klingemann and written by Emily Moscheles ("Weiter und wieter ging die Reise / Doch ist Er uns nah geblieben, Würkend nach der alten Weise, Frisch im Leben, treu im Lieben [On and still on, the journey went, / Yet has he kept us all in view / Working in age with youth's content, / In living - fresh, in loving - true]"), within a border by Mendelssohn of seven musical quotations and nine drawings, being humorous allusions to Moscheles's works, the drawings provided with autograph captions ("...Dann ist die Liebe stumm...With me in dreadful Harmony they join (Horsley's Glees)...March of intellect - Miss-understanding...Les roses et les épines de la dédication...Scène champêtre...The Curfew. osia Those evening bells...Bachanale (la Polka)...Miss Birch...Intérieur & avenir..."), also containing an elucidatory autograph superscription ("Die Schrift ist abermals verfertigt von Emily Moscheles d. 30sten May 1844 Das Gedicht ist abermals von Carl Klingemann 4 Hobart Place Eaton Square Die Arabesken sind abermals erfunden und die Klekse ausgelassen von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy") and a central autograph inscription "Glückwunsch zum 30^{sten May 44.") 1 page, oblong 4to (21.5 x 32.7cm), on a sheet of pink paper mounted on another similar sheet, [London,] 30 May, 1844, traces of mount}

Felix Moscheles, trans. and ed., Letters of Felix Mendelssohn to Ignaz and Charlotte Moscheles (London, no date), p.246

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Formerly from the collection of Charlotte Moscheles, and never before offered at auction.

This beautiful object was presented to Ignaz Moscheles on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday on 30 May 1844.  Moscheles's son Felix, in his edition of the letters of Mendelssohn to his parents, relates the following about the leaf's remarkable contents:

...Among the various humorous allusions to Moscheles's works, we find his song "Silent Love", represented by a padlock closing the composer's mouth. The "March of intellect, Miss-understanding", allude to the "Harmonized Scales" written by Moscheles for his youngest daughter, Clara. The "Scène champêtre" illustrates the "Concerto Pastorale". "Les Roses et les épines de la dédication" show us Mendelssohn presenting his Concerto to Mendelssohn, who is bowing and profusely thanking, quite unconscious of the difficult passage which is lying in wait for him behind his back...