Mendelssohn, Felix - Autograph Letter Signed c. 1833 playbills opera shown as Tosca

shown as Tosca

Russian soprano (1914-

shown in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko

matted on solid cardboard

Also signed on verso and dated in 1938

Mendelssohn, Felix - Autograph Letter Signed c. 1833 playbills opera shown as ToscaGerman 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.