. Recent music and musicians as described in the diaries and correspondence of Ignatz Moscheles. ds at the font. The following letter, with the annexed pen and inksketch, came by return of post, in answer to Moscheles let-ter :— Dear Moscheles,—Here they are, wind instrumentsand fiddles, for the son and heir must not be kept waiting tillI come ; he must have a cradle-song, with drums and trum-pets and Janissary music ; the fiddles alone are not near joy-ous enough. May every happiness and joy and blessing at-tend the little stranger ; may he be prosperous ; may he dowell whatever he does ; and
. Recent music and musicians as described in the diaries and correspondence of Ignatz Moscheles. ds at the font. The following letter, with the annexed pen and inksketch, came by return of post, in answer to Moscheles let-ter :— Dear Moscheles,—Here they are, wind instrumentsand fiddles, for the son and heir must not be kept waiting tillI come ; he must have a cradle-song, with drums and trum-pets and Janissary music ; the fiddles alone are not near joy-ous enough. May every happiness and joy and blessing at-tend the little stranger ; may he be prosperous ; may he dowell whatever he does ; and may it fare well with him in thisworld ! So he is to be called Felix, is he ? How nice andkind of you to let him become my grandchild in forma, andthe first present his godfather makes him is the above entireorchestra ; it is to accompany him all through life : the trum-pets when he wants to become famous, the flutes when hefalls in love, the cymbals * when he gets a beard ; the pi- * The German word Becken has the double meaning of cymbalsand basin. COAGRA TULA TOR V LE TTER. I So 3 ^^. I^O RECENT MUSIC AND MVS7CIANS. anoforte explains itself, and should people ever play himfalse, as they will do to the best of us, there stand the kettle-drums, and the big drums in the background. Dear me !forgive this rubbish, but I am ever so happy when I thinkof your happiness, and of the time when I shall have mvtull share of it. By the end of April at the latest I intendto be in London, and then we will give the boy a regulainame and introduction to the big world. It will be grand ! \o your Septet I look forward with no small has written out eleven notes of it for me, andthose [ like ever so much; I can quite imagine what a ^ JEL ^recentmusicmusic00mosc
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