English Misses should not forestall German, 251.
Envy, like Hercules, throttled in its cradle, 155.
Erard, compliment from, 54; offers to repair piano, 166; presents Mendelssohn with new instrument, 166.
“Eroica Symphony,” suggestive passage in, 293.
Ewer & Co., Mendelssohn prefers to give manuscript to, 270.
Exeter Hall, 286; “Elijah” performed there, 286.
Extracts, how made, x; substance embodied in commentary, x; subject-matter of, from the pen of Moscheles, x.
“Fall of Paris,” and Alexandrian Variations, 20, 134.
Fantasie, “Gipsies’ March,” 63; manuscript of, 63; joint work of authors, 64; the share of each, 64; the intimate fusion of two musical minds, 64; Moscheles’s letter on, 64.
Fleming, Mr., re-elected to a seat in Parliament, 126.
Foreigner, things difficult made easy to, 16.
Frank, Dr., Mendelssohn wishes to show A major Symphony to, 111; errors of, 111; minuet and finale of, 111.
Frankfurt, Oratorio to be brought out at, 137.
Frege, Dr., waits anxiously near the sick-room, 292.
Friendship, characteristics of Moscheles’s and Mendelssohn’s, ix.
Ganz Brothers desire to visit London and Paris, 62.
“Gazette Musicale” exalts Berlioz’s Requiem, 165.
Gerhard’s Garten, a spot of historical interest, 283.
Giermann, Mr., commissioned to pay for disbursements, 29.
“Gipsies’ March,” “April Variations” of, 89.
Goethe, the “Pole-star of poets,” 19; correspondence with Zelter, 90.
Goethe’s and Zelter’s letters, great merits of, 100.
Goethe, Frau von, sends thanks for Variations, 115.
Graban, Mademoiselle, “prima donna,” 145.
Gratitude for happy days, way of showing, 22.
Great composers, the way to honor them, 197.
Hamburg, letter in sixteen parts from, 25; to Berlin, journey requires thirty-four hours, 45; fire, sufferers from, 227.
Handel Society desires a new edition of “Messiah,” 242; its generous offer, 244; request for Oratorio, 245; difficulty with, 251.
Handel’s Oratorios, selections from, 276.
Handley, Mrs., Mendelssohn a warm admirer of, 99; her appearance beside her husband, 99.
Härtel, Dr., his effort for Mendelssohn, 292.
Hauptmann, his first Mass performed at St. Thomas’s Church, 230; head master of music school, 260.
Hauser, beautiful joke of, 139; sends Bach’s Concertos, 153.
Hensel, painter, marries Mendelssohn’s eldest sister, 15.