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The Digital BaermannMain MenuEmily Worthingtondc0de7b378441b9738811bc69784080195614d20
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12024-05-23T04:07:40-07:00Luke Sullivanbddce0f847cb23516862c1656b033616988b6b53455101Pierpont Morgan Library, New Yorkplain2024-05-23T04:07:40-07:00Luke Sullivanbddce0f847cb23516862c1656b033616988b6b53List of cited sources held at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
SourceUS-NYpm, Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection - Letters, MFC M5377. B141. No digitisation currently available. TranscriptionMendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, et al. Sämtliche Briefe. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2008, vol. II p. 205–8.
Summary A long, affectionate and conversational letter in which Mendelssohn expresses his longing to visit Baermann in Munich later in the year, and to play music for him. He describes his previous visit as ‘the merriest days I have ever had’ and expresses his wish to talk with Baermann again as he misses stimulating musical conversation. Mendelssohn humorously gives his impressions of the Rome opera and overall musical culture, comparing it unfavourably with London, Venice and Florence in both singing and playing standard, and complaining about the use of keyed trumpets. But despite this he describes and enjoyable and productive stay.
Primary Sources: Holding Institutions and Collections
CH-SGv Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, St. Gallen D-B Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Berlin D-Bim Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin D-Dl Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Dresden D-Heu Universitätsbibliothek, Heidelberg D-Hs Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietzky, Musiksammlung, Theatersammlung, Hamburg D-Hth Universität Hamburg, Zentrum für Theaterforschung, Theatersammlung, Hamburg D-KA Badische Landesbibliothek, Karlsruhe D-LEsm Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, Bibliothek, Leipzig D-Mbs Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München GB-Lbl The British Library, London GB-Ob Bodleian Library, Oxford US-NYpm Pierpont Morgan Library, New York US-Wc Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Secondary Sources
Erdt, Robert. Der Münchner Klarinettenvirtuose Carl Baermann als Pädagoge, Klarinettist und Komponist. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, et al. Sämtliche Briefe. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2008
Meyerbeer, Giacomo. Briefwechsel und Tagebücher. Edited by Heinz Becker. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1959-2006
Nohl, Ludwig, ed. Musiker-Briefe: eine Sammlung Briefe von C.W. von Gluck, Ph. E. Bach, Jos. Haydn, Carl Maria von Weber und Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Leipzig: Duncker und Humblot, 1867.
Poissl, Johann Nepomuk von. Briefe (1807-1855): ein Blick auf die Münchener Musik- und Theatergeschichte. Edited by Volkmar von Pechstaedt. Göttingen: Hainholz, 2006