[8] A certain beadle in a country church, being reprimanded by the clergyman for appearing at a funeral in a scarlet waistcoat instead of a black one, retorted, “What matters it, your Reverence, provided the heart is black?”
[9] The compass of Mrs. Moscheles’s voice.
[10] Mendelssohn used to delight in attending meetings at the Guildhall to hear Liberal speakers.
[11] “Klavierlieder,” meaning the “Songs without Words.” On the copy sent to Moscheles he had called them “Melodies.”
[12] Moscheles lived at No. 3 Chester Place, Regent’s Park.
[13] Mendelssohn became engaged in 1836, and Klingemann in 1845.
[14] Emily, Moscheles’s eldest daughter, then six years old. She married Mr. A. Roche, of London.
[15] The Septet was written for the Philharmonic Society.
[16] The German word “Becken” has the double meaning of “cymbals” and “basin.”
[17] The Italian Symphony.