BIB_ID
117883
Accession number
MA 104.83
Creator
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907.
Display Date
[between 1863 and 1870] Mar. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters related to Charles and Catherine Dickens. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 104 for more information.
The date range is based on Joachim's mentioning his wife (they married in 1863) and George Hogarth (who died in 1870).
Written on mourning stationery.
The date range is based on Joachim's mentioning his wife (they married in 1863) and George Hogarth (who died in 1870).
Written on mourning stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1913 from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Saying that he is pleased to comply with her request concerning a second piece; asking that she not place it too late in the program; saying that he plans to play a Barcarolle and Scherzo by Spohr, "and your Papa will tell you Spohr will not do to[o] late in the evening, charming as his compositions are."
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