Title: Autograph Letter Signed by Joseph Alfred Novello, Composer, Organist, Music Publisher and Friend of Mendelssohn.
Description: Soho [London]: Oct 22, 1842. 1842. - sc Small quarto [approximately 10 inches high by 8 inches wide]. 57 words penned in black ink on a sheet of cream stock. signed "Yours faithfully / J Alfred Novello". With the recipient's name and address penned on the verso. The letter is lightly creased & soiled with a light stain in the blank space to the left of the signature; There is a tiny chip to the top edge. Remnants of gray paper adhere to a strip of mounting tape on the verso where the letter has been removed from an album. Folded 4 times for mailing. Good.
Novello writes to "French, Esq. / Her Majesty's Chapel Royal / Windsor": "A friend of mine offered me the accompanying 2 vols for 16/- they are not in my way but I thought they might suit you for your autographs - If you like them send me a post office order as the money wd. be acceptable to the party who wants to sell them if not return them to me".
Joseph Alfred Novello was the son of well-known organist and composer Vincent Novello and, like his father, devoted himself to the propagation of good music in England. As a friend and admirer of Felix Mendelssohn, he was particularly eager to introduce that composer's work to English audiences. Some years after establishing himself, at the age of nineteen, as a music publisher in London, he invented a system for printing cheap music and succeeded in introducing it in spite of the opposition of his fellow music-sellers. He was active, and effective, in promoting the progess of the arts, science and social betterment. Good .
Keywords: MUSIC; COMPOSER; ORGANIST; MUSIC PUBLISHER; JOSEPH ALFRED NOVELLO; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
- Book number: 27882
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