PREFACE.
with the exception of some engraved chorus parts, are all in Mr. Bartholomew's handwriting, but they also contain several alterations written by Mendels- sohn himself. Some of them possess additional interest from the fact that they are the actual copies from which the soloists sang at the first performance. Not only am I greatly indebted to my good friend Miss Mounsey for these manuscripts and a copy of the original word-book of 1846, but also for her encouragement and the kindly interest she has taken in this " History," from the time I first mentioned it to her to that of its completion.
My last word is one of gratitude to Sir George Grove for his kindness in contributing an Intro- duction.
F. G. E.
Hampstead,
February, 1896.
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