FOOTNOTES:
[1] At the period to which Mendelssohn here refers, owing to the advice of his friends, he had applied for the situation of Director of the Singing Academy, but was not chosen.
[2] “St. Paul.”
[3] From “Alexander’s Feast.”
[4] Mendelssohn’s sister had learned Greek along with him.
[5] The subject in question was Mendelssohn’s nomination (which afterwards ensued) as a member of the musical class of the Academy of Art in Berlin, as to the acceptance of which he had been doubtful.
[6] Immermann and Mendelssohn had agreed to give a certain number of performances in the theatre, which they termed “classical.” A certain portion of the public considered this to be arrogance on their part, and as the prices were also raised on the occasion, at the first performance the tumult ensued that Mendelssohn here describes.
[7] He never had recourse to it. Mendelssohn wrote invariably everything, without exception, himself.
[8] Music Director in Stockholm.
[9] This fantasia and the E flat rondo (with orchestra), Op. 29, are both dedicated to Moscheles.